Sentence examples for as its capital from inspiring English sources

Citing historical and Biblical roots, Israel regards all of Jerusalem as its capital and has annexed it in a move that is not accepted internationally.

Israel's government has said it regards all of Jerusalem as its capital.

After the first world war, the city was incorporated by Poland, though it was claimed by Lithuania as its capital.

In 2013 it claimed Raqqa, a Syrian city of 200,000, as its capital.

Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital but the international community does not recognise it.

It also calls for a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Israel claims the whole city as its capital.

In 1849 Vancouver Island became a British crown colony with Fort Victoria as its capital.

In January 1918 the Central Rada proclaimed an independent Ukrainian state with Kiev as its capital.

9) There will be no Palestinian state without East Jerusalem as its capital.

Palestine for me is [the 1967] borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.