Financial Times Unilaterally Decides on Israel’s Capital
November 7, 2010 14:34 by Simon PloskerIn an article covering British Foreign Secretary William Hague’s visit to Israel, the Financial Times (registration required) writes:
Tel Aviv continues to press Britain for reform of its laws on “universal jurisdiction”, under which any UK citizen can apply to a court for the arrest of visiting foreign officials on alleged war crimes.
While Tel Aviv is widely regarded as Israel’s economic and cultural centre, the organs of political power, including the Knesset, Prime Minister’s Office, Foreign Ministry and most other government ministries are located in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital city.
So even if the Financial Times refuses to recognise Jerusalem as the capital, the newspaper has no right to unilaterally designate Tel Aviv as Israel’s premier city particularly in the context of this story. Any diplomatic discourse between Israel and Britain would have emerged from Jerusalem. Therefore the FT has simply got it wrong.
Please write to the Financial Times – letters.editor@ft.com – and point out the error of its ways.
Ed Rothman
6:29 pm
Jul 19, 2012
There is something I would like to point out regarding Capitals……..
Today the Capital of The Arabian World is LONDON……….So we should not be so surprised to hear this .
The Caliphate is on the March and Satelite Capitals in Europe will appear shortly.
God help us All.
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Martin Kantor
7:12 pm
Jul 19, 2012
The British, like many countries, have a checkered history of antisemitism, even expelling the Jews at one time. On the other hand, it has had a special love for the Arabs.
One can pass the attribution of Tel Aviv instead of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to a mistake. However, giving the Palestinians, a countryless group, East Jerusalem as their capital, with no backing except the Arabs, shows that it is in a “hate Jews” phase.
Why don’t these Arab lovers convince their loves to work for peace with Israel instead of calling for “driving them into the sea?
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