A Canadian court has upheld the country’s policy of barring Canadian passport holders from listing Jerusalem, Israel, as their birthplace. According to the Jerusalem Post, the Federal Court of Appeal said that the policy doesn’t violate the Charter of Rights. The decision was a defeat for Eliyahu Veffer, 19, the son of a Toronto rabbi who wanted to amend his passport to identify his birthplace as being in Israel.
“There is no evidence that the absence of a country name beside Jerusalem hinders his ability to travel in any way,” the judges said in their opinion.
Veffer has the right to hold any religious views or beliefs on Jerusalem’s nationality, the court said in the newspaper article, but a passport is simply a travel document, not a vehicle for expressing those views.
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Way to go, canada!
Where is Jerusalem, in the eyes of the Canadain and American government? We do know the answer, so why does the Israeli govt believe that the US has its best interests as primary.
is jerusalem, palestine allowed?
From all the “TZOROS” that the YIDDEN have in this world and a guy makes a fuss about this?? A “CHILLUL HASHEM”
this must be great news for the niturei karta YM”SH, now, mabey they will all move to Canada
Az vos? This is kinah/sinah of the goyim, and has been around since Mattan Torah (Sinay = Sin’ah).
destro613 – If that happens this won’t change as the US has the same policy (as mentioned earlier by The Town Crier)
stan the man – Since you are wondering where it is, according to the official policy of the State Departments of the US and Canada (and most Western countries)per the original US Partition agreement Yerushalyim is an International City. Same reason why the Embassy is in Tel Aviv. (This is of course the “Official” reason, the real reason of course is not to upset our dear Arab neighbors).
For the record, I agree with those above that why of all things to make a fuss about, why pick this.
Ginsberg
We don’t need them in Canada.
“All those who do not want a make a fuss, can you enlighten us what you are fussing about today?”
We fuss about the minor stuff: How to do Mitzvos better; how to learn Torah better; how to raise our children b’derech Yisroel Sabba.
We let more important people sweat the important stuff like where the Goyim should place Israel on their documents.
What if someone wants to state he’s born in “Eretz Yisroel”,whether it be called ‘Palestine,Judea,Israel’ or called by other names?
Who gives a hoot what it says on your passport? Sounds like a waste of time to me. “A Bi Nisht Lernen…”