The decade-long struggle to get the United States to allow “Jerusalem, Israel” on passports of U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem was dealt another blow this week, when a federal appeals court ruled
that doing so would infringe on the U.S. president’s power to recognize
foreign governments. As a consequence, “Jerusalem” will continue to
stand alone on those passports without a country designation.
The
decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia stems from a lawsuit filed a decade ago by
Ari and Naomi Zivotofsky, whose son Menachem was born in Jerusalem and
is a U.S. citizen. The Zivotofskys sought to identify Israel as the
birthplace on their son’s passport.
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