First Jerusalem-born American gets U.S. passport that lists 'Israel' as birthplace

JERUSALEM - The United States on Friday issued for the first time a passport to a Jerusalem-born American with ‘Israel’ listed as the place of birth instead of the city.The U.S. Ambassador to Israel presented the document to 18-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky after a change of policy by President Donald Trump that is likely to please pro-Israel supporters ahead of next week’s election, but that Palestinians condemned as a violation of international law.

Since Israel was founded in 1948, successive American governments declined to recognize any country as having sovereignty over Jerusalem, and State Department policy was to list only the city as a birthplace, leaving resolution of such a sensitive issue to the parties in the dispute. Americans born in Jerusalem can now list either ‘Jerusalem’ or ‘Israel’ as their birthplace, an embassy official confirmed.

The administration of Trump’s predecessor, President Barack Obama, argued that if the law were enforced it would have caused “irreversible damage” to America’s ability to influence the Middle East peace process. Negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians broke down in 2014.

Booo

Beautiful

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Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem helped many Arabs to see that times had changed and it was time to move on. That's why so many are making peace with Israel. Well done,realDonaldTrump

Look whose been caught wiping who out. Israel all along has been the one exterminating Palestine and you all hold up the results of its atrocities and celebrate like the sadists you are.

What?

Of course-the 51st state. Seems carefully worded-Jerusalem-born-American.

Awesome, love it

Like Puerto Ricans that get theirs with Puerto Rico. Congratulations!

You mean Palestine?

More GOP Zionist bootlicking. Really getting tired of it.

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Trump is pushing phusing for another election!

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Can you share with us a plan that we might not be aware of?

This is sick, than go live in Israel.

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Wtf

Congratulations

The melodrama and trickery of this administration is simply grotesque.

He's not the first. This is a completely false story.

Fact check please, AP snopes as others are claiming they also have passports naming Israel as their birthplace.

Who cares?

This is 1000000% false.

Did you verify this, Reuters?

Looks like Hamas has entered the comment section.

Narrator: He was not the first

Sounds a little globalist, no?

Nothing like supporting war crimes.

LIARS. This is 100% not true.

So, are people supposed to remove masks about this or what

Joke of the century.

Meanwhile, a Palestinian born in Jerusalem is not a citizen of anywhere and is under constant threat of being stripped of their residency.

He deserves the attached map as a birthday gift, so that he always remember he was born on a stolen land.

President Barack Obama, argued that if the law were enforced it would have caused “irreversible damage” to America’s ability to influence the Middle East peace process. YET President Trump has won peace in the middle east and enforced the Law to allow this to happen.

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I too would love to live in a nonexistent country

So America is Israel?

You are the most dishonarable people in the world. Free Palestine Free Jeruselam

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Who cares?

Who the fuck cares? I have an American passport that lists Israel as the birthplace too lol

Whats israel?

IDK

Don’t care!

Such an important moment!!! /s

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