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London Olympics website fails to list Israel's capital
Oren Aharoni
Published: 01.05.12, 09:19
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1. Location: Europe?
Mary   (05.01.12)
Now satisfied: Israels's capital is named Jerusalem (tribal opinion) instead of Tel Aviv (international opinion), Palestine has no capital, because Israel gets all what it wants on the expenses of the Palestinians. The next lie: Location of Israel in Europa (lol). I fear that this is the next big Israeli lie which will be enforced by power.
2. check your dictionary
kelly ,   toronto   (05.01.12)
"appraised" is not the correct word.
3. Mary Arabs rejected "corpus seperatum" for war of annihilatn
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (05.01.12)
There is no Arab state of Palestine,there never was one. If they wanted one they could have had it 64 years ago,they refused,insisting on no recognised borders. Jerusalem, Israel is where heads of state from all over the world, visit the leaders of Israel. What do you call that?Its obvious what they do. When are you going to cry about the vast majority of mandate Palestine? Calling for its "liberation"? "In Europe" ? That's Eurabia,terror riots & all.
4. No Capital for a non state.They refused statehood
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (05.01.12)
insisted on no recognised borders,rejected corpus seperatum and stopped Jews from visiting their holy sites The leaders of the world adress the Knesset in Jerusalem Israel and meet with the leaders of the Jewish state in Jerusalem Israel
5. #1 - A country's capital is decided by that country and
Henry from New York ,   USA   (05.01.12)
only that country. It is the main political administrative centre. Other countries really do not have a say in the matter. As for Europe, Israel is counted as European in all international events. It's for some cultural reasons, I guess for cultural reasons.
6. UN Resolution 478
Mary   (05.01.12)
The Jerusalem law is seen by the UN (the same institution which brought the state of Israel in its existence) as a violation of international law, because no country should be allowed to declare territories conquered by WAR as its own. Israel cultural in Europe? LOL!
7. Palestine borders on Oz and Neverland.
Chaim ,   Israel   (05.01.12)
Fictional Palestine borders on Oz and Neverland. Just a wish and a pinch of pixie dust and you're on your way there.
8. 1
(05.01.12)
you are so dumb it is painful. the location implies where the olympics are taking place....not where israel is located. the olympics take place in europe which england is part of. why are you at the 1st grade level of reading???? my god! hameed aboughaze, iranian
9. UN GA resolutions have no legal binding
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (05.01.12)
its an Arab run zoo now
10. brits always got bad vote in geography
anna M Sedda ,   rome_Italy   (05.02.12)
if you ask an english the capital of france will tell you Rome,and brits do not know where is Patagonia.. Geography is not brits best ,they know more about drinks...
11. Eurabia is in Europe.Jerusalem is where world leaders go to
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (05.02.12)
meet Israeli leaders.
12. Israel is located in the Middle East!
Daniel ,   Israel   (05.02.12)
This is simple geography people come on.
13. 1
Marc ,   North Carolina   (05.02.12)
I have to agree with Mary..Israel is not in Europe geographically though in many sport events it's considered part of the Europe division (Euroleague Basket ball, soccer). Capital the site could say Jerusalem and put in quotations (in despute or not officially recognized) like in US directories, and frankly that is the reality whether we like it or not
14. to #1 TA isn't international option, palis
ghostq   (05.02.12)
never had capital or state before. as for economy option, well Europe is also source of funding for other ME countries, it goes from the time British and Franch were in the ME.
15. Actually, they simply removed the capitals -- but "Europe"??
Serge ,   Montreal, Canada   (05.07.12)
"Location: Europe"? The folks putting together that website are less than geographically gifted! Look at a map, Olympic organizers...
16. Olympic website fails to list Israel's capital
Simine ,   Sacramento USA   (05.22.12)
Did anyone notice that Israel is listed as a country in Europe? It is, in fact, in Asia! Why is it so difficult to publish accurate information about Israel?
17. Olympics
Larry Aberman ,   Cape Town, South Afr   (07.26.12)
Not only is there a political agenda, somebody is ignorant of geography - the last time I heard, Israel was in the Middle East, not Europe
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