The Capitol Hill source told Arab News that both the House and Senate passed a version of the bill. "After that, you are not supposed to tack on any new legislation. But these new provisions were added on in the closed-door deal. They were thrust upon both bodies after the bill was passed, so there was no time to organize any opposition to them, or even express concern.

"Regarding the Jerusalem Provision, it is being treated as a non-binding resolution, but it is indeed a change in the law, and if they don’t enforce it there could be a legal action to compel them to enforce it by any member of Congress."

The source said that the chairman and ranking members of the International Relations Committee were responsible for tacking on the new legislation. They were specifically Congressmen Tom Lantos, D-California; Henry Hyde, R-Illinois; Joseph Biden and Sen. Jesse Helms, R-North Carolina.

"Lantos was the ringleader," he said. Congress was unable to debate it, the source told Arab News, because it was passed as part of the bill. He said another portion of the bill, called Middle East Restrictions Act, "puts some serious restrictions on the Palestinian Authority and PLO."

"Everyone should be furious about this, it is a huge concern, and was cut behind closed-door deals without any deliberation," he said.