# Romney seems to say he'll consider Jerusalem capital of Israel. Effect? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 29, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-seems-to-say-hell-consider-jerusalem-capital-of-israel-effect/629792 "2012-07-29T20:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-seems-to-say-hell-consider-jerusalem-capital-of-israel-effect/629792/21 "2012-07-31T20:41:08Z")
International media on Romney’s Mideast trip: [“The Republican has done damage.”](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/31/613081/international-media-romney-mideast-damage/) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-seems-to-say-hell-consider-jerusalem-capital-of-israel-effect/629792/22 "2012-08-01T02:32:36Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > International media on Romney’s Mideast trip: [“The Republican has done damage.”](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/31/613081/international-media-romney-mideast-damage/) I suspect that Romney was not counting on winning over the international media in any event. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-seems-to-say-hell-consider-jerusalem-capital-of-israel-effect/629792/23 "2012-08-02T19:12:06Z")
Wait, does just having our embassy in Tel Aviv mean that we officially consider that to be the capital? I was under the impression that several countries had their embassy to the US in New York instead of in Washington, and nobody claims that New York is the real capital of this country. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-seems-to-say-hell-consider-jerusalem-capital-of-israel-effect/629792/24 "2012-08-02T19:21:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, does just having our embassy in Tel Aviv mean that we officially consider that to be the capital? I was under the impression that several countries had their embassy to the US in New York instead of in Washington, and nobody claims that New York is the real capital of this country. Those are probably the embassies to the UN, not the US. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-seems-to-say-hell-consider-jerusalem-capital-of-israel-effect/629792/25 "2012-08-02T19:22:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, does just having our embassy in Tel Aviv mean that we officially consider that to be the capital? I was under the impression that several countries had their embassy to the US in New York instead of in Washington, and nobody claims that New York is the real capital of this country. There are several consulate in NYC, but I don’t think there are any embassies, and every country with a consulate in NYC also has an embassy in DC. (ignoring the UN stuff) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-seems-to-say-hell-consider-jerusalem-capital-of-israel-effect/629792.md?page=1)