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Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/03/29/federal-case-out-of-jerusalem/
Making a Federal Case Out of Jerusalem
(Commentary) Rick Richman - The State Department spokesperson was tortured with a series of questions Wednesday about whether Jerusalem is part of Israel. Obviously acting on instructions to say only that Jerusalem is an issue to be resolved by negotiations, she gave the same answer to the question, "What is the capital of Israel?" The reporter might have referenced the State Department website, which identifies Israel's capital as Jerusalem (and says Israel's area is 20,330 square km., "including Jerusalem"); or the CIA website, which says the same thing; or the Department of Defense website, which is replete with references including a picture of Secretary Gates and Prime Minister Netanyahu "during a working lunch meeting in Jerusalem, Israel." This all could have been avoided if the White House had ended the charade about the city that has been Israel's capital since 1950; and stopped fighting a nine-year-old boy's passport designation in the Supreme Court.