Solicitor General: Israel Has No Claim to Jerusalem, Just as Russia Has No Claim to Crimea

Adam Kredo
The Washington Free Beacon
11/4/2014

Lawyers for the Obama administration compared Israel’s control of Jerusalem to Russian claims over the Ukrainian territory of Crimea during oral arguments this week before the Supreme Court in a case concerning the rights of U.S. citizens to list Jerusalem as part of Israel on their passports.

U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who is rumored to be in the running to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, drew the comparison on Monday while he attempted to convince the Supreme Court that Jerusalem is not officially part of Israel.

The controversial case hinges around Menachem Zivotofsky, who was born in Jerusalem in 2003. Zivotofsky’s parents requested that Menachem’s U.S. passport bear “Jerusalem, Israel” as his place of birth, a request that was denied by the Obama administration on the basis of its longstanding policy to not recognize the holy city as part of Israel…

 

 

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Update: Pamela Geller: Supreme Court Decides Landmark “Born in Jerusalem” Passport Case: Sotomayer Accuses Jewish Boy of Lying About Being Born in Jerusalem

…Congress declared in 2002 that Americans born in Jerusalem should have “Israel” listed as the place of birth on their passports. So what’s the problem?…

 

 

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