Trump administration should allow Israel to be marked on passports of Jerusalem-born citizens

The next positive step the Trump administration should take for recognizing Jerusalem as Israeli area is to make sure the State Dept. allows Israel on passports, which 55 Congress members have called for:

A letter from 55 US House of Representatives Republicans to President Donald Trump asks him to direct the State Department to allow US citizens born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their birth country on their passport.

“Despite the progress in moving the embassy, the State Department has not yet fully implemented the administration’s policy of recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital for purposes of registration of birth, certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem,” said the letter sent September 17.

The letter was released to media on Friday by Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York, who initiated it with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida.

This would make another important step in helping improve the situation for Israel, and for anybody with US citizenship born in the city. I hope the administration will take the needed steps to ensure all passports can now have Israel marked on them.