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What happened to self determination?
Reader comment on item: Pretending Tel Aviv, Not Jerusalem, Is the Capital of Israel
Submitted by Doug Mayfield (United States), Feb 4, 2014 at 18:11
Although not a scholar in history or geography, I was always under the impression that the capital of a country was determined by the people of that county. Arrogance of 'wanna be' tyrants here in the US not to the contrary, I think that system of choosing a capital works quite well.
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| Pretending Tel Aviv is the Capital of Israel. Islam and the worldly represent myths and deceptions [153 words] | Anne | Feb 7, 2014 11:25 | 213045 | ||
| Fear, self-loathing, and denial of history [290 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Rob G. | Feb 6, 2014 16:26 | 213021 | ||
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| 6 | The Qur'an says that Allah gave the land of Israel to the Jewish people so do you disagree with Allah our dear GoD? [1785 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 7, 2014 08:49 | 213018 | |
| God urged Muslims to liberate the Holy Land [14 words] | Guardian of Deen | Feb 7, 2014 23:25 | 213018 | ||
| 2 | The Hindu Genocide revisited [191 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 8, 2014 09:02 | 213018 | |
| 3 | Surprise surprise! The etymology of the word al-Quds [152 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 8, 2014 09:47 | 213018 | |
| 3 | Violence in the Qur'an including murder war and the mafia tax aka al-Jizya [287 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 11, 2014 07:25 | 213018 | |
| Dhimmi is wrong [95 words] | Ali Baba | Feb 13, 2014 16:31 | 213018 | ||
| 5 | Allah is a Zionist and what a disaster [294 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 14, 2014 07:10 | 213018 | |
| A ridiculous farce! [84 words] | Sally | Feb 5, 2014 08:22 | 212981 | ||
| WHO GETS TO CHOOSE A COUNTRY'S CAPITAL? [86 words] | SALLY LEVY | Feb 4, 2014 18:48 | 212975 | ||
| 1 |  What happened to self determination? [52 words] | Doug Mayfield | Feb 4, 2014 18:11 | 212974 | |
| This could be the beginning of an avalanche (sp?) [161 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | John W McGinley | Feb 4, 2014 16:27 | 212972 | ||
| raising the question in French [86 words] | myth | Feb 4, 2014 15:00 | 212970 | ||
| 1 | TIME magazine atlas from 30+ years ago [97 words] | PezDispenser | Feb 4, 2014 11:15 | 212967 | |
| One of my favorite illustrations of the lying, bias and dishonesty of the msm. [77 words] | Robert | Feb 4, 2014 10:42 | 212964 | ||
| Jerusalem the everlasting capital of Israe [18 words] | Marcel Jacobs | Feb 4, 2014 08:15 | 212962 | ||
| Jerusalem or tel aviv? [51 words] | avi elnekave | Feb 4, 2014 07:56 | 212961 | ||
| Daniel Pipes is right to point out this commonplace deliberate lie [20 words] | Elliott | Feb 4, 2014 06:51 | 212959 | ||
| Move the American Embassy to Jerusalem [189 words] | NuritG | Feb 4, 2014 01:32 | 212956 | ||
| 2 | Any other country? [86 words] | Dmitry | Feb 4, 2014 01:25 | 212955 | |
| 1 | backup [22 words] | A.T. Halmay | Feb 5, 2014 23:47 | 212955 | |
| Jerusalem? Tel Aviv? [153 words] | A.T. Halmay | Feb 4, 2014 00:39 | 212953 | ||
| Pretending Tel Aviv Is the Capital of Israel [36 words] | steven L | Feb 3, 2014 23:40 | 212950 | ||
| The green spot [78 words] | Rob G. | Feb 3, 2014 22:50 | 212949 | ||
| 2 | Israel should make Tel Aviv difficult on an operational level? [54 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | LindaK | Feb 3, 2014 22:44 | 212948 | |
| 1 | another idea [16 words] | A.T. Halmay | Feb 5, 2014 23:50 | 212948 | |
| Kerry's awful loose with our money [26 words] | LindaK | Feb 6, 2014 21:57 | 212948 | ||
| I love you, Daniel! [108 words] | Anne Julienne | Feb 3, 2014 22:11 | 212947 | ||
| 2 | Is there any other country in the world? [45 words] | Mr. M.S. | Feb 3, 2014 22:04 | 212944 | |
| Great minds think alike :-). [5 words] | Dmitry | Feb 6, 2014 08:25 | 212944 |
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