https://freerepublic.com/tag/israelpassport/ en-us Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:11:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3046445/posts A federal appeals court Tuesday declared unconstitutional a law allowing Americans born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their birthplace on their U.S. passports, the latest ruling in a case that stretches back a decade. … The case was brought by parents of an American boy named Menachem Zivotofsky, who was born in a Jerusalem hospital soon after the law was passed. The parents wanted to list Israel as his birthplace, but the U.S. has refused to recognize any nation's sovereignty over Jerusalem since Israel’s creation in 1948—so the boy’s U.S. passport only says “Jerusalem” as his birthplace. The Bush... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3046445/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:11:10 GMT