Capital? What about Country?

Submitted by Consul-At-Arms (United States), Sep 13, 2017 at 17:00

Perhaps I'm missing something, but unlike the neighboring "Syrian Arab Republic," "Lebanon," and "West Bank;" not only is either of Israel's possible capitals not so-marked, but neither does the country's name appear either.

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