Supreme Court: Will passports for Jerusalem-born say Israel? WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- On Monday, the Supreme Court will decide if people born in Jerusalem can have their passport list their country of birth as Israel. Ari and Naomi Zivotofsky sued the government in 2003 for not letting them list Israel as their son Menachem's birth country on his passport. A 2002 law requires the government to allow this, but it has not been enforced since it was ratified. Now, the Supreme Court will have to decide if the government is allowed to ignore the law. If the Supreme Court decides the couple can list Israel on their son's passport, it may appear to be a message that the U.S. government believes Jerusalem belongs to Israel, not Palestine. Competing interests have fought over who controls the city for thousands of years, and the Obama administration would like to remain neutral in the battle. Some argue that Congress forced the President's hand by passing a law that would appear to give Israel the control over Jerusalem, so they don't want the law upheld. The same case went to the Supreme Court in 2012, but the decision at that time was limited to a "procedural issue." Once the court decides this aspect of the case once and for all, the family will not be able to appeal if they don't like the outcome.