Appeals court hears Jerusalem passport case

Published on March 19, 2013

A U.S. appeals court panel heard arguments on whether Americans born in Jerusalem can list Israel as their place of birth on passports and birth certificates.

Spy suicide scandal focuses attention on Israel’s foreign Jews

Published on February 14, 2013

The jailhouse suicide of an Australian immigrant who may have betrayed Israel's Mossad has focused attention on the agency's recruitment of foreign-born Jews who could spy under cover of their native passports.

Members of Congress file brief to support Jerusalem passport case

Published on August 1, 2012

A bipartisan slate of 58 members of Congress signed a friend of the court brief in a case involving a 9-year-old boy who was born in Jerusalem but was denied a request to have Israel listed on his passport as his place of birth.

Suspected suicide bomber had fake U.S. I.D.; Surveillance camera captures image

Published on July 19, 2012

A suicide bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the interior minister said on Thursday, and Israel said Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants were to blame.

U.S. won’t budge on Jerusalem, but attorney calls passport ruling ‘full victory’

Published on April 2, 2012

Nathan Lewin didn’t ask the Supreme Court to come out and say directly that Jerusalem is in Israel, or that it is the capital of Israel. He did, however, get the decision he was seeking for 9-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky.

Supreme Court decides that Zivotofsky suit remains viable

Published on March 26, 2012

On Monday, 9-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky won a resounding, if partial, victory from the Supreme Court in his litigation against the U.S. government. On an 8-1 vote, the Court decided that the courts can decide whether the President must obey a Congressional command to enter “Israel” in the identity papers of Americans born in Jerusalem.

Supreme Court rules federal courts can consider Jerusalem passport issue

Published on March 26, 2012

American parents of a boy born in Jerusalem can go to court to argue that their son's U.S. passport can list Israel as his birthplace, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a setback for the U.S. government.

Toulouse killer visited Israel, other countries in the region

Published on March 22, 2012

The passport of Toulouse killer Mohammed Merah showed that he visited Israel, Syria, Iraq and Jordan, a French newspaper reported.

Report: Mossad continues to use foreign passports

Published on February 13, 2012

Agents of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency reportedly are still using foreign passports to conduct undercover operations in other countries.

Is Jerusalem in Israel? Supreme Court takes up passport case

Published on November 8, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court convened Monday to ponder the implications of a single word that is conspicuously missing from the passport of a 9-year-old boy who was born in Jerusalem.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in Jerusalem passport case

Published on November 7, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments in a case that would allow American citizens born in Jerusalem to have their birthplace listed as Israel on their passports.

U.S. Supreme Court will hear appeal on Jerusalem passport

Published on May 2, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court said it will hear the appeal of a U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem whose parents want Israel listed as his country of birth on his passport.