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April 24, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/04/23/the-grave-threat-of-zivotofskys-passport-to-the-peace-process/

What's the Big Deal about U.S. Recognition of "Jerusalem, Israel"?

(Commentary) Rick Richman - Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for more than 60 years. The State Department website identifies Jerusalem as Israel's capital; so does the CIA website; the Department of Defense website features Secretary Hagel's 2013 meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu in "Jerusalem, Israel." Meanwhile, the Obama administration is fighting all the way to the Supreme Court to avoid putting "Israel" on the passport of a 12-year-old American boy born in Jerusalem, lest the peace process suffer "irreversible damage." Seriously?

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