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Oct 27, 2014

A boys passport becomes a big Supreme Court case


good luck to the Zivoovskys, from Bet Shemesh, who are set to have their suit heard before the Supreme Court again to force the US gvernment to use "Jerusalem, Israel" on passports issued in Jerusalem and births abroad registrations.

The case has been through the courts for years, and this is probably the end of the line, one way or the other.

One argument I have never heard is that supposedly West Jerusalem is not considered disputed territory, so even if the US administration position is accepted that the President should be ale to determine policy and this is affected by that, that should give them the right to not use ",Israel" in disputed East Jerusalem. Births in West Jerusalem should not be considered to be in a disputed area and should be registered as "Jerusalem, Israel".

anyways, good luck to the Zivotovskys.

A boys passport becomes a big Supreme Court case

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2 comments:

  1. If there would be a city called "West Jerusalem", no part of which was in dispute, then that would be a sensible solution. But he was born in Jerusalem, part of which is under dispute.

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  2. The entire city of Jerusalem is disputed to the US who has never even claimed that West Jerusalem is part of Israel.

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