

WASHINGTON –The unlikely duo of Sens. Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz have set aside their campaign feud and united on a bill to halt UN funding until it repeals a resolution condemning Israeli settlements.

Graham once mused that Cruz is so disliked that if the he were killed on the Senate floor the murderer wouldn’t be convicted if senators comprised the jury.

But on Thursday, the pair appeared side-by-side on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and were joking around.

“I want to apologize to Ted for saying he should be killed on the Senate floor,” Graham said turning to Cruz.

“At least we are not on the Senate floor now,” Cruz quipped.

The onetime presidential rivals are united in their disgust for a UN Security Council resolution passed Dec. 23 to condemn Israel for settlement construction. The US sat out the vote and defied a longstanding policy to shield Israel from UN condemnation.

President-elect Donald Trump wanted the US to use its veto power to shut down the resolution, but the Obama Administration allowed it go through.

Cruz (R-Texas) called Obama’s treatment of Israel “shameful” and said the UN measure is a “profoundly anti-Israel resolution. It declares much of Israel illegal and illegitimate. Much of Jerusalem it declares as not legitimately part of Israel.”

Graham (R-S.C.) added: “22 percent of the money to fund the UN comes from the American taxpayer. I don’t think it’s a good investment for the American taxpayer to give money to an organization that condemns the only democracy in the Mideast.”

Cruz is optimistic their joint legislation will pass the GOP-led Congress.

“If you cut off their money that gets their attention and I think we’ve got real prospects of seeing this thing move through Congress and actually turning this thing around,” Cruz said.