U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL PASSPORT DECISION IN COURTS

Congressmen join Jerusalem brief
Fourteen members of Congress filed an amicus brief in an appeal against a court’s decision permitting the U.S. State Department to leave “Israel” off the passports of Jerusalem-born citizens.

A federal court ruled last year against the parents of Menachem Zivotofsky, U.S. citizens who tried to have Zivotofsky’s birthplace listed as “Jerusalem, Israel” on his passport. Lawyers for the family are now taking the case to the appeals court in Washington.

Last week, a bipartisan slate of congressmen, led by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), filed a friend of the court brief in support of the family.