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US passport changes for Jerusalem-born citizens an attempt to erase Palestinians

Print: In a reversal of US policy, Trump has announced Americans born in Jerusalem can now declare Israel as their country of birth on their passports, a move which has angered Palestinians.  The new passport change is a serious pivot from established US policy. Since 1948, the US has only listed “Jerusalem” as the place of birth for US citizens born in the divided city, thus refusing to recognise any country s sovereignty over it. The changes have triggered harsh condemnation from senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi, who labelled it as an attempt to erase Palestinians”. In a statement delivered on Friday, she said, The US State Department s new decision to allow the labelling of Jerusalem as part of Israel in official US documents is a falsification of the city s history and identity.

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