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Supreme Court Rules on Jerusalem Passport Issue
Jun 8 2015, 10:23 am ET

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday against the American citizen parents of a boy born in 2002 in Jerusalem who wanted his passport to list the place of birth as "Jerusalem, Israel."

The administration, under presidents of both parties, has insisted that because sovereignty over Jerusalem is one of the major sticking points in any Middle East peace agreement, the U.S. would remain neutral. Being forced to say that Jerusalem was under the control of Israel, the idea went, would be taking sides.

Congress, however, did take sides, passing a law in 2002 that directed the State Department to identify any U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem as born in Israel, if the parents so requested.