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azurnoir

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19. well you are right there is not a capital listed for Israel nor have Istated there is
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 05:58 PM
Jul 2012

apparently you wish the reason(s) for that to be ignored but FWiW here it is from BBC

Top medal sports
(pre-2012)

Sailing
Judo

Seat of government

Jerusalem, though most foreign embassies are in Tel Aviv.
Population

7,300,000
Size

22,072km²
Languages

Hebrew
Arabic


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/countries/israel


That would be "israel". Try capitol. leveymg Jul 2012 #1
Huh? oberliner Jul 2012 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Democracyinkind Jul 2012 #27
More steps towards legal annexation. PDJane Jul 2012 #2
What are you talking about? oberliner Jul 2012 #4
They do. PDJane Jul 2012 #5
What should the capital of Israel be listed as? oberliner Jul 2012 #10
It would be as fair to list Washington as the capitol of Israel. PDJane Jul 2012 #11
Israel does not claim Washington as its capital oberliner Jul 2012 #14
You're missing the whole point....and my spelling isn't the point. PDJane Jul 2012 #17
Doesn't Israel claim that Jerusalem is united? azurnoir Jul 2012 #18
Yep oberliner Jul 2012 #21
You might want to check your own orthography... Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #26
And in responce to Israel's demands BBC did indeed change its page on Israel azurnoir Jul 2012 #6
No they did not oberliner Jul 2012 #7
why did you repost the snip I just posted? azurnoir Jul 2012 #8
Huh? oberliner Jul 2012 #9
and what is your point? outrage that the correction BBC printed is accurate? azurnoir Jul 2012 #12
BBC should not have done what they did oberliner Jul 2012 #13
yes however BBC changed that to accurate information azurnoir Jul 2012 #15
No they haven't oberliner Jul 2012 #16
well you are right there is not a capital listed for Israel nor have Istated there is azurnoir Jul 2012 #19
They should have listed no capital for both of them... shaayecanaan Jul 2012 #20
That regards east jerusalem. Shaktimaan Jul 2012 #22
Doesn't Israel claim Jerusalem is united ie one Jerusalem? azurnoir Jul 2012 #23
As the text makes clear, it applies to the "Holy City of Jerusalem" (nt) shaayecanaan Jul 2012 #24
The "Holy City" eyl Jul 2012 #30
I would like to know why sabbat hunter Jul 2012 #35
Presumably eyl Jul 2012 #36
What do you mean by "rights?" Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #37
Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel. Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2012 #25
Bingo Scootaloo Jul 2012 #28
Except eyl Jul 2012 #29
Somehow ... Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2012 #31
I never said it wouldn't eyl Jul 2012 #34
Sorry... holdencaufield Aug 2012 #38
Fancy retort. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2012 #39
Why should the BBC list Jerusalem as the capitol Ken Burch Jul 2012 #32
The British government doesn't recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine oberliner Jul 2012 #33
It doesn't need well-defined borders, why the big deal about the capitol? bemildred Aug 2012 #40
Capital, not capitol oberliner Aug 2012 #41
Correct. bemildred Aug 2012 #42
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