A New Yorker living in Israel is suing the United States over its failure to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ari Zivotofsky says the U.S. State Department broke the law when it refused to list Israel as the place of birth on his baby’s new passport, despite the baby’s being born in Jerusalem.
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