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Athens 2004 Olympics Site Lists Israel's capital as Tel Aviv
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| 3/2/2004
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Posted on 03/02/2004 6:42:15 PM PST by yonif
Athens Olympic 2004 Website says that Israel's capital is Tel-Aviv.
General Information:
Continent: Europe
Official Name: State of Israel
Capital: Tel Aviv
Area: 20,770 sq km
Population: 6,116,533
Currency: New Israeli Shekel (ILS)
Languages: Hebrew (official), Arabic, English
Government: Parliamentary democracy
Official website:
http://www.info.gov.il/eng/mainpage.asp
In addition, it lists the continent Israel is on as Europe, so when someone goes to see what is in Asia, you do not find Israel on the list, but a ficticious country known as "Palestine."
Click here to view Israel's entry that shows Tel Aviv as Israel's capital, and shows Israel as being in Europe
Click here to view the country of "Palestine" shown in Asia
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2004olympics; antiisrael; athens; greece; greecelikesarabs; israel; jerusalem; olympics; palestine; propalestinianwar; telaviv
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:42:16 PM PST
by
yonif
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; Paved Paradise; Thinkin' Gal; Bobby777; adam_az; Alouette; IFly4Him; ...
Ping.
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posted on
03/02/2004 6:42:45 PM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: yonif
I understand where you are coming from, but I think as far as sports goes Israel plays with "Europe." For example, Israel must qualify in Europe for World Cup soccer. The reasons for this are quite obvious. So perhaps that is the reason they say Europe instead of Asia.
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posted on
03/02/2004 7:38:49 PM PST
by
Rokurota
To: yonif
Most countries maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv. Just pointing it out. Could be an honest mistake.
To: Prodigal Son
You are correct. But this is not a honest mistake, the reason being that most countries do not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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posted on
03/02/2004 8:20:19 PM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: Rokurota
It's because the Arab countries all said they wouldn't participate unless Israel was on some other continent.
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posted on
03/02/2004 8:47:15 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Mitul d'min kadam Shemayo malchusa v'shalim b'ammaya)
To: yonif
Message sent:
1. Israel's capitol is Jerusalem, A$$ holes
2. There is no nation of Palestine
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posted on
03/03/2004 7:36:57 AM PST
by
richardtavor
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
To: yonif
I sent the messages. Thank you for pointing this out and where to respond to them.
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posted on
03/08/2004 3:50:29 PM PST
by
Jaguar Girl
(Prayers for the troops fighting terrorists, the IDF and our American troops.)
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; Paved Paradise; Thinkin' Gal; Bobby777; adam_az; Alouette; IFly4Him; ...
Check this out
Followup report. OK. Now the Israeli entry is MISSING a capital city! It doesn't say "Tel Aviv" anymore, but just doesn't have a capital listed!
And then I looked to see if this was done to all countries, but it wasn't! Every country has a capital city listed but Israel!
And "Palestine" is still there as well.
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posted on
03/08/2004 9:38:36 PM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: yonif
Israel's only and eternal capitol is Jerusalem.
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posted on
03/08/2004 9:40:04 PM PST
by
Monty22
To: richardtavor
Message sent: 1. Israel's capitol is Jerusalem, A$$ holes 2. There is no nation of Palestine I love it! Straightfoward and to the point! :-)
To: yonif
I understand they're changing Mexico's capital to El Paso.
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:48:46 AM PST
by
SJackson
(The Passion: Where were all the palestinians?)
To: Alouette
What does
(Mitul d'min kadam Shemayo malchusa v'shalim b'ammaya) translate to in English?
As near as I can figure: "Show me something Kerry stands for and I'll show you where he had the opposite view last week..."
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:57:34 AM PST
by
CommandoFrank
(If GW is the terrorist's worst nightmare, Kerry is their wet dream...)
To: yonif
What Greece is doing is a huge insult !
Thank you for the update and I just sent another note to them.
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posted on
03/09/2004 3:33:52 PM PST
by
Jaguar Girl
(Prayers for the troops fighting terrorists, the IDF and our American troops.)
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