U.S. Court Invalidates Passport Law on Status of Jerusalem
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by News Editor
Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama. Photo: NJDC/YouTube
Ynet – A federal appeals court on Tuesday invalidated a US law that was designed to allow American citizens born in Jerusalem to choose to have Israel listed as their birthplace on passports contrary to long-standing US foreign policy.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the president – and not lawmakers – had sole authority to say who controls the historic holy city claimed by Israelis and Palestinians.
