(New York Sun) Rick Richman - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is warning that any American action, even symbolically, toward recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel must be avoided since it would jeopardize the peace process. Her warnings were issued in a brief filed with the Supreme Court - in which she is arguing that a law she voted for when she was Senator is unconstitutional because it could require the U.S. government to give to an American citizen born in Jerusalem papers showing the birthplace as Israel. Clinton is being sued by an American, Menachem Zivotofsky, who was born in Jerusalem in 2002 to American parents who want his birthplace to be listed on his passport as Israel. Clinton's brief alleges that any American action that "symbolically or concretely" signals it recognizes Jerusalem being in Israel would "critically compromise the ability of the United States to work with Israelis, Palestinians and others in the region to further the peace process."
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