Kulanu party Knesset Member Michael Oren reacts to the US Supreme Court decision on his Facebook page:
The ruling by the US Supreme Court today, negating the right of Americans born in Jerusalem to denote Israel as their official place of birth, is damaging to Israel’s sovereignty and to the alliance of Israel and the United States.
During my tenure as ambassador in Washington I met with the Zivotofskys and other families who appealed the court in an effort to correct this distortion and then as today I expressed my unequivocal support of their appeal.
Today, to my regret, the court rejected the appeal on the claim that recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is in the unique purview of the president and behold — President Obama uses this authority and chooses not to recognize Jerusalem as our capital.
I gave up my American citizenship at the time, but my daughter Lia, who is still an American citizen, was born in Jerusalem, Israel, despite what her passport says.
Michael Oren, June 16, 2009 (AP/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File)
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