I Will Crush Them
Lawyers for the Obama administration compared Israel’s control of Jerusalem to Russian claims over the Ukrainian territory of Crimea during oral arguments this week before the Supreme Court in a case concerning the rights of U.S. citizens to list Jerusalem as part of Israel on their passports.
U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who is rumored to be in the running to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, drew the comparison on Monday while he attempted to convince the Supreme Court that Jerusalem is not officially part of Israel.
The controversial case hinges around Menachem Zivotofsky, who was born in Jerusalem in 2003. Zivotofsky’s parents requested that Menachem’s U.S. passport bear “Jerusalem, Israel” as his place of birth, a request that was denied by the Obama administration on the basis of its longstanding policy to not recognize the holy city as part of Israel.
The Zivotofsky family sued following the decision and the case has been stuck in judicial limbo since. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and initial arguments by both sides were presented this week.
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VestnikKavkaza: Russian lawmaker calls Obama a loser November 5, 2014 9:03AM
Alexey Pushkov, the head of the State Duma committee for international affairs, said that the losses of the Democrats in the Congressional elections were a personal defeat for Obama. He added that Democrat candidates were scared to mention Obama’s name due to the unpopularity of the president, RIA Novosti reports.The U.S. elected 435 members of the House of Representatives and 36 senators yesterday. Most of them are members of the Republican Party.
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