(TPS) Despite the transfer of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and President Donald Trump’s formal recognition last December of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel, the State Department says it will not note “Jerusalem, Israel” on American documents issued in the city.
Currently, consular reports of birth and American passports issued in Jerusalem note only the city of issuance, not the country, in keeping with U.S. law, which does not recognize Judea, Samaria or the Golan Heights as part of Israel. That policy applied to Jerusalem as well until Trump’s announcement last December.
As a result, consular documents issued in Jerusalem such as U.S. passports or consular reports of foreign birth policy list the issuing agency by city only, rather than by the State Department’s standard practice of listing the city and country.