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RfC

Should the article Gaza genocide be linked from this article, and if yes, where?

Possible answers:

• No, it should not be linked
• Yes, it should be linked in the lead.
• Yes, it should be linked from the body of the article (please specify which paragraph)

cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:20, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Polling (RfC)

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• Yes, it should be linked in the lead and the body of the article, attached to content similar to that Selfstudier developed above, and content similar to that Huldra developed in would serve well in the lede. It's obviously something readers are going to be coming to this page to learn more about, and the information exists on the encyclopedia, the conversations about whether it belongs here or not have laready been had, so there's no reason this page should not serve reader needs. — penultimate_supper 🚀 21:53, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
• Yes, adding content as Selfstudier's above, preferably at the end of the 21st century paragraph + add a single sentence to the end of lead like this, Huldra (talk) 22:15, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

  I don't understand why it would be necessary to add it as a completely separate paragraph (if we were to add it) instead of just putting at the end of the third paragraph, which is far more related, and less abrupt. ARandomName123 (talk) 20:46, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

• Yes, adding content as Selfstudier's above, preferably at the end of the 21st century paragraph and add a single sentence to the end of lead per Huldra, but I would modify their suggested text ("In 2024, Israel was accused of committing the Gaza genocide)" to "In 2024, Israel was accused of committing genocide in Gaza" or similar. My logic for the change is that the accusation/dispute centres on whether Israel's actions in Gaza constitute genocide (or are legitimate self-defence/similar), rather than whether the 'Gaza genocide' is being committed by Israel (as opposed to some other State or body) which Huldra's text otherwise implies.Pincrete (talk) 07:59, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
• Yes, I agree with the inclusion in the lead. JacktheBrown (talk) 16:02, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
• Yes to Selfstudier's suggestion in the body per the weight of reliable sources given (I'll leave to others to determine where), with a summary in the lead. Only suggestion is to add the arrest warrants on. TarnishedPath 09:29, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
• Yes it should be included in the lede and in the body text.--Ortizesp (talk) 14:21, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
• Yes similarly to how self has suggested DMH223344 (talk) 00:09, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
• No Not until a new article about Palestine's genocide against Israel is linked to the Palestine article.Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 01:36, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

  See WP:OTHERCONTENT and then perhaps think about making a policy based argument or your !vote will likely be ignored by whoever closes this RFC. TarnishedPath 02:30, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

• No Given that there is no actual genocide. Very much not. MaskedSinger (talk) 05:06, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
• No The article "Gaza genocide" presents claims that lack broad consensus within the international community and are subject to significant dispute. Linking to such an article may mislead readers into perceiving these claims as established facts rather than contested allegations, thereby compromising the integrity of the host article. Eladkarmel (talk) 20:45, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
• No per MaskedSinger, Allthemilescombined1 and Eladkarmel; feels like including this would unduly shoehorn something in that doesn't belong in the general overview article. Andre🚐 21:05, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
• Not in the lede. It should be made clear that these are accusations and many sources do not agree with this characterisation. Note that many country articles don't mention genocides in the lede even when there is a consensus that it happened (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Syria (Yazidi genocide), Uganda, etc). Alaexis_¿question? 21:38, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

User:Alaexis just a question: when you say "nor in the lead; does that mean you think it should be in the body? If so, which paragraph? Huldra (talk) 22:03, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

• Yes. There's a relevant section where it can be mentioned: Israel#Israeli-occupied_territories. Right now, this article doesn't mention two important things: That the current Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is a fugitive wanted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, and that Israel is being charged with genocide by South Africa in the International Court of Justice. I think there can be a new subsection in the "Israeli occupied territories" section, that mentions both facts. I see Selfstudier has given a sample text. I support that paragraph being added to the relevant section, but I think a mention of the ICC's arrest warrant of the Prime Minister of Israel (and Yoav Gallant's warrant too) could also be added, since it's also international litigation for crimes against humanity in Gaza. Mohammed Deif's arrest warrant doesn't need to be mentioned in this article. I think we can have a new subsection titled "Gaza Strip" that moves text that already exists in the section. So in addition to Selfstudier's text, I would add the first sentence of the arrest warrant article to the end of it, and make it look like THIS (A link to a sandbox page that would show what the article would look like).--JasonMacker (talk) 05:43, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

  As far as adding it to the lead, the already existing sentence in the lead, "Israel's practices in its occupation of the Palestinian territories have drawn sustained international criticism—along with accusations that it has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people—from human rights organizations and United Nations officials." seems to be a good enough summary, but I guess I would modify it to "Israel's practices in its occupation of the Palestinian territories have drawn sustained international criticism—along with accusations that it has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people—from human rights organizations, the International Criminal Court, and United Nations officials." The ICC is technically not a UN body, so it should be mentioned separately. But other than that, I think such a sentence would be fine. I'm open to suggestions on this though. JasonMacker (talk) 05:48, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

*No. The genocide allegation appears to be, at the moment, primarily a tool of propaganda. Unless substantial new evidence emerges, analyzed by impartial, non-politicized sources and supported by more than two vague statements and casualty figures (which include a significant number of Hamas militants but the Hamas-run Health Ministry prefers not to differentiate militants from civilians), such claims lack the rigor required for inclusion in serious, encyclopedic coverage. ABHammad (talk) 06:53, 27 November 2024 (UTC)Blocked sock Selfstudier (talk) 11:08, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• "The genocide allegation appears to be, at the moment, primarily a tool of propaganda." This is simply not true. See: Expert opinions in the Gaza genocide debate. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

• No. This article is about the State of Israel. Not news. Should the articles about the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and many others feature the various proven genocides that actually took place, or even in the lead? Might as well say "also known as the Z.E.", in the lead or anywhere, with some extra brackets for good measure? This is a matter of an ongoing armed conflict, with fog of war and disinformation throughout. Not only would it be "commenting on an ongoing investigation" as they say, but entirely inappropriate and irresponsible. Skullers (talk) 11:38, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
• Yes Per WP:LEDE, required mention of significant criticism or controversies, clearly true and which several of the No !votes have acknowledged as being the case. A mention should be added via inclusion within the sentence "Israel's practices in its occupation of the Palestinian territories have drawn sustained international criticism—along with accusations that it has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people—from human rights organizations and United Nations officials." Selfstudier (talk) 12:10, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
• Not in the lede - a good chunk of the lede is already criticism, so adding additional accusations would seem like POV shoehorning. Not necessarily against inclusion in the body, but there isn't a specific proposal to comment on. — xDanielx /_C\ 23:37, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

User:XDanielx there is a question about whether it should be in the body. ("Yes, it should be linked from the body of the article (please specify which paragraph") So, if you agree: which paragraph? Huldra (talk) 22:03, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

@Huldra: Relevant material is currently in the body, unless it is reverted. The original dispute was about a sentence being added to the lead not material being added to the body, something which is not usually a source of dispute unless the amount of such material is undue. Option 2 already assumes material present in the body, no?. And option 1 just says no, so the third option is not really necessary. Selfstudier (talk) 10:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

@Selfstudier: When I started this RfC on the 22 nov, it wasn't in the body (that was first added the 27th) so the the third option is useful (necessary?) for keeping it there, Huldra (talk) 23:09, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

I just think the two things should not be mixed up, this RFC should not attempt to rubber stamp the addition that I made to the body, that should just be subject to the normal editing process. Imagine that I had not added it and people voted option 2? Then there would have had to have been another discussion about what should be in the body, so yes I have attempted to remedy a deficiency in the way the RFC was drafted and hopefully it meets with approval. Selfstudier (talk) 23:19, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

• Yes in the body and the lede: There are prominent RS (UN Special Committee, Israeli holocaust scholar Omer Bartov to cite two examples) supporting the charachterization that Israel has been committing a genocide in Gaza, so there is no reason why this shouldn't be mentioned in the body. Accordingly, lede summarizes the body, so it should include that, given that it is one of the most prominent controversies Israel is facing second to the crime of apartheid in the West Bank (I am in favor of including both in the lede), though admittedly genocide hasn't reached the threshold of being confirmed, that's why for now it can be described as an accusation. The perfect short phrasing in my opinion for the lede can be:

Makeandtoss (talk) 07:29, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Update to my "admittedly genocide hasn't reached the threshold of being confirmed," that is beginning to change as Amnesty International launched a report today charachterizing that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. While this does not yet mean the threshold has been reached, but it gives a whole new significance to the inclusion of the "accusation" to the lede. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:01, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

• Yes, both in the lead and body: Per sources and my understanding of Misplaced Pages:Policies and guidelines. Some of these policies and guidelines are:

1) Misplaced Pages:Neutral_point_of_view#Due_and_undue_weight. WP:Tertiary sources can be used to assess WP:DUE. My understanding is that once DUEness is established, Misplaced Pages articles can be kept up to date. This is actually a strength of Misplaced Pages. For example, no one would argue mentioning something about the economy in this article is WP:UNDUE. WP:Tertiary and overview WP:Secondary sources about Israel would include something about the economy. It could be too much or too little, but something about the economy would be DUE in this article. However, economic stats in this article would probably be much more up to date than many published overview WP:Secondary sources about Israel such as Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Israel.

Similarly, WP:Tertiary sources mention Israeli-Palestinian or Israeli-Arab conflict at length. As such, Gaza genocide would be DUE. If in several years, newly published WP:Tertiary sources do not mention this, it can be taken out of the lead. If in several years, both newly published WP:Tertiary and overview WP:Secondary sources about Israel do not mention this, it can also be taken out of the body. But for now, to keep the article up to date, this is DUE.

Sources are below, I cannot give lengthy quotes due to word count restrictions in Misplaced Pages:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict

More tertiary sources can be found using Google Books, Google Scholar, or the Misplaced Pages Library (for example: Oxford Reference Online database)

wording suggestion removed

The above wording makes the lead neutral as only the accusation is added in Wikivoice. Similarly, the text in the body should be NPOV.

2) Misplaced Pages:Verifiability. Lots of WP:RS. See Template:Expert opinions in the Gaza genocide debate. There are already WP:Secondary sources about this such as Gaza Faces History by Enzo Traverso. This source also ties Gaza genocide with Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In this urgent, insightful essay, a respected historian places the Israeli-Palestinian war in context, challenging Western attitudes about the region

3) MOS:LEADLENGTH. The above proposal would trim the lead word count by something like 26 words. It'd still be more than 400 words, but even many featured articles are longer than 400 words. Bogazicili (talk) 17:27, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

You linked to four tertiary sources, but I don't see the word "genocide" in any of them? (Britannica links to recent news about it, but that seems temporary.) Maybe this is a sign that our lede's focus should somehow be different, but in terms of accusations of genocide, if anything it seems like a sign that we should omit them.

I don't think there's any dispute that something like accusations that it has committed genocide would pass WP:V, but that isn't really an argument for highlighting material in a lede. That comes down mainly to WP:DUE and to MOS:LEDE, which tell us to briefly summarize the most important points covered in an article. — xDanielx /_C\ 01:34, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

I gave my reasoning for this.

This is a recent and ongoing event. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, published in 2008, would not have mentioned 2024 events. It's a reliable source, but they are not clairvoyant.

My DUE argument was due to heavy coverage of Israeli-Palestinian or Israeli-Arab conflict in Israel entries in tertiary sources.

If sources published in the next few years do not explicitly mention Gaza genocide, it can be taken out of the body or the lead.

But for now, we can keep the article up to date. I believe this is the precedent in Misplaced Pages. Otherwise Misplaced Pages would be several years or longer behind everything if we had to wait for overview WP:Secondary or WP:Tertiary sources for everything. Once those type of sources covering recent events are available however, those sources would determine how we proceed. Bogazicili (talk) 11:52, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

• Yes, it should be linked in the lead, at the end of the third paragraph where it discusses war crimes and crimes against humanity. This text has been through various iterations, but would benefit from greater precision by means of specificity. A great many countries have been accused of war crimes, making that a rather generic, not outstanding observation. While it is probably more notable that Israel has been accused of a particularly voluminous number of different war crimes in the post-WWII period, sitting above that are the very specific crimes against humanity in which it has been implicated –namely apartheid and genocide. Now apartheid has already been through the RFC process and denied a mention (based on rationales that grow poorer by the day) but to the question here, yes, it is extremely pertinent to mention the particularly nation-defining crime against humanity of genocide – the so-called crime of crimes. Iskandar323 (talk) 18:32, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
• Yes it is notable enough for an article, therefore should be linked. SKAG123 (talk) 23:47, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
• Yes, but not in the lead. There's some discussion of genocide in the 21st century section of the article and this link could be put there, but it's not clear why this should be added to the lead. I am strongly opposed to adding it to the lead and most of the arguments for inclusion into the lead can be discounted on WP:10YT/WP:NOTTHENEWS/WP:RECENTISM grounds. Nemov (talk) 22:07, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• Yes for the body, no for the lead It is certainly notable enough to mention in a relevant part of the article, but I think it is too recent to mention in the lead, since we cannot assess long-term historical importance yet. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:24, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  QuicoleJR, can you point to the relevant Misplaced Pages:Policies and guidelines for your argument? Bogazicili (talk) 15:32, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  The bar for something being included in the lead is pretty high, much higher than inclusion in the body. According to MOS:LEADNO, emphasis on material, such as the Gaza genocide, should reflect its relative importance to the topic as described by reliable sources. I think the current state of the lead is fine, although I would also be fine with adding a sentence or two about how Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank is illegal. I don't think the Gaza genocide by itself has enough weight to warrant inclusion in the lead. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:42, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  Gaza genocide is part of the Israeli-Palestinian or Israeli-Arab conflict, which is heavily covered in Israel entries in WP:Tertiary sources. See the sources above. Bogazicili (talk) 15:46, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict certainly warrants inclusion in the lead. However, is the Gaza genocide itself heavily covered in those entries? It is the level of coverage for the specific topic that matters, not the level of coverage of the wider subject it is part of. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:52, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  See the discussion above. Bogazicili (talk) 15:59, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  WP:LEDE requires mention of significant criticism or controversies, this fits the bill, it needs no more than a wikilink. Selfstudier (talk) 16:07, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  It says summarize the most important points. I am simply contending that this is not one of them. Israel is a sizable country with a lot of history, and I don't believe that this has enough DUE weight in reliable sources about Israel as a whole to warrant including prominently in the lead, although I think it is important enough to mention in the body. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:12, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  To be clear, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict definitely warrants inclusion in the lead, and we could probably add a sentence about the legality of Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, but I think including the Gaza genocide specifically in the lead would be recentist and UNDUE, especially since the Israel-Hamas war is only covered by "several wars" in the lead. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:15, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  See the wording suggestion above. This could be added into the lead while trimming the lead. For WP:DUE, we can look at coverage of Arab-Israeli conflict. If newer tertiary sources in the upcoming years do not explicitly mention Gaza genocide, Gaza genocide can be taken out. Do we have any tertiary sources published in the past few months?

  If the only sources were newspaper articles, recentist arguments would succeed. However, we have so many secondary sources on Gaza genocide now. Bogazicili (talk) 16:26, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, we have many secondary sources on the Gaza genocide. We also have many secondary sources on a variety of other things, like the 7 October attacks or the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes. Those aren't included in the lead either. My question is whether secondary or tertiary sources on the topic of Israel as a whole mention the genocide. If not, it shouldn't be in the lead yet. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:29, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  Assessing DUEness of Munich massacre is easy, since it happened in 1972. Look at tertiary sources. Bogazicili (talk) 16:30, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  Arguing that we should rush this into the lead because we can't assess long-term importance yet is pure recentism. I'm not saying we can't update the body to add this information, but we should wait on adding it to the lead until the long-term impact is more clear. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  That wasn't my argument, I won't respond any further to not WP:Bludgeon Bogazicili (talk) 16:38, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  It says summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies I can assure you this is a prominent controversy. Well, unless you can convince me it isn't. Selfstudier (talk) 16:19, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  It is a decently prominent controversy, but the State of Israel has had a lot of prominent controversies in its short history, and we can't stuff them all in the lead. I think mentioning that their occupation of Gaza and the West Bank is illegal would cover the most important controversy, being their illegal occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The Gaza genocide is arguably a subtopic of that. For an applicable example from another article, the featured article Japan does not mention the atrocities they committed against China in World War II in the lead, even though it was, and still is, a very prominent controversy. Similarly, the lead of Germany only gives the Holocaust two words in a sentence about the Nazi government. Similar considerations apply here. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:27, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  And this would be exactly one word in the lead, per my suggestion. Bogazicili (talk) 16:29, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

QuicoleJR, can you provide recent sources (second half of 2024 for example) that supports your interpretation of Wiki policies? Bogazicili (talk) 14:07, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

What do you mean by that? QuicoleJR (talk) 14:11, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Please provide a recent (second half of 2024 for example) tertiary or overview WP:Secondary source about Israel, and show that these issues are not mentioned. Bogazicili (talk) 14:15, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

The only one I have been able to find is Brittanica, which has been updated recently and makes no mention of the genocide. Very few overview sources have been published in that timeframe, and you are asking me to prove a negative. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

The ONUS is on you to prove that they are covered in such sources. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:18, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

And I did provide recent sources below.

Britannica's updates seem superficial. They have very detailed information about Netanyahu’s second stint in history section, but it seems to stop at a certain point. Bogazicili (talk) 14:23, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

• Only in the body while it’s a non-insignificant criticism, it’s not sufficiently significant to be included in the lead. Both based on the uncertain status and the recency of the accusation, the lead should instead continue referring to other, certain misconduct, per the relevant policies cited above, instead of referring to a disputed interpretation of some of the very recent actions. FortunateSons (talk) 23:14, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

  FortunateSons, can you please specify "the relevant policies"? Bogazicili (talk) 16:19, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

  MOS:LEADNO, WP:Recentism, WP:10YT, WP:DUE would probably be the most relevant ones FortunateSons (talk) 08:50, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

  FortunateSons, thank you for clarification. Note that WP:10YT and WP:Recentism are not policies, they are explanatory essays. You can get more information in WP:SUPPLEMENTAL.

  For interpretation of WP:DUE and MOS:LEADNO, we disagree, but this has been discussed above, so I'm not going to get into it again. Bogazicili (talk) 14:15, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

  Of course, but they are broadly accepted as a concretisation of policy; nevertheless, thank you for the reminder. FortunateSons (talk) 18:04, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

FortunateSons, can you provide recent sources (second half of 2024 for example) that supports your interpretation of Wiki policies? Bogazicili (talk) 14:07, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

What do you imagine this source to be? There are news reports that don't mention genocide, but that not what you mean? FortunateSons (talk) 14:25, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Something like Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Israel or an encyclopedia, but published on second half of 2024. Bogazicili (talk) 14:27, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

I would defer to the cited Britannica here; more importantly, the fact that we’re discussing less than a handful of sources and a timeframe of 6 Months (or a year) is a strong indication that this is in fact recency bias. FortunateSons (talk) 15:15, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

None have been published to my knowledge, and it is on you to prove that they do exist. QuicoleJR (talk) 17:14, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Plenty of sourcing, obviously relevant and controversial enough to outweigh proforma objections. Selfstudier (talk) 17:27, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

• Not in the lead per WP:RECENTISM. Would prefer to wait until a court conviction or acquittal has been made to decide. Wafflefrites (talk) 04:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

  The Palestinian genocide accusation is not recent only the Gaza genocide is and that is still a significant controversy, regardless. Selfstudier (talk) 17:08, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

  Since 1955, the population of Palestine has steadily increased. The life expectancy has increased, the infant mortality and child death rate has decreased. So I don’t understand how Israel has been genociding the Palestinians if all these numbers are improving for them. Wafflefrites (talk) 00:34, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

  Reminder of WP:OR and WP:NOTAFORUM. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 00:37, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

  Here is a source so it is not OR or NOTAFORUM. The source is a Jewish advocacy group. Wafflefrites (talk) 00:49, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

  That isn’t a reliable source for the topic. nableezy - 02:12, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

  Without even getting into if the advocacy group source you provided is a reliable source, for accusation of genocide, we would use WP:Secondary sources such as , so the source you provided does not invalidate those, per WP:NPOV. Bogazicili (talk) 14:27, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

• Yes should be linked in lead per Iskandar323's reasoning. Bluethricecreamman (talk) 23:16, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
• Comment, newer and upcoming sources

• Upcoming overview WP:Secondary source: Routledge Handbook on Palestine. It'll be available on 30 December 2024. I have limited Google books preview available. From the introduction chapter:

In this context we should not overlook the latest turning point in the history of Palestine – the attack by Hamas on 7th October 2023 on Israeli settlements adjacent to Gaza and the subsequent genocidal war that the state of Israel has carried out in the Gaza strip

Although it's about Palestine, it covers history of Palestine (region) as well (such as Byzantine and Pre-Islamic Palestine). A "turning point" for Palestine would probably be a turning point for Israel too.

• The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Geopolitics, Geopolitics in Israel entry. Although this is an entry about geopolitics, and not an entry about Israel as a country, the prominence of 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel is notable. Genocide accusations are also mentioned.

Given no recent (second half of 2024 for example) overview secondary or tertiary sources about Israel have been provided in this RfC, and given the lengthy coverage of Arab-Israel conflict in older tertiary sources about Israel, and given the above sources, I now think that three things are due both in the lead and in the body:

1. 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel
2. Most recent Israel–Hamas war
3. Gaza genocide

Bogazicili (talk) 14:01, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

The lack of recent overviews (I don't think many have been published) does not mean that we should include these things in the lead. I support adding the Israel-Hamas war, I think the other two would be both be giving UNDUE weight to recent events. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:15, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

The lack of recent overviews means we have to use what we have (above), while keeping in mind the heavy coverage of Arab-Israeli conflict in older sources. I just pinged you to ask for newer sources though, no need to discuss what we already discussed above. Bogazicili (talk) 14:26, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

• Yes, the available sourcing here and on the related article indicates that it's a major part of the coverage and history of Israel. The arguments against inclusion don't make any sense, either; whether individual editors agree with it, or whether it's disputed, are reasons to be cautious about the precise wording for how we cover it, but they're not what we use to determine if we cover it at all - that question comes down to how broad and high-quality the sourcing is and how significant they treat it as. And the extensive academic sourcing clearly justifies treating it as a high-profile aspect of the topic worth discussing prominently here. A lead is supposed to contain mention of significant criticism or controversies; we don't exclude high-profile stuff just because it's controversial. The sourcing disputing it above doesn't help; while it's not terribly high-quality, I'm sure higher-quality sourcing for that perspective exists... but it's written from the perspective of "this is an important and central argument over Israel", ie. a controversy worth covering even if they have a clear perspective on it. The sort of coverage that would be necessary to exclude it isn't just academics who disagree, but sourcing that establishes that it is broadly fringe, which doesn't seem to be the case. --Aquillion (talk) 15:14, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion (RfC)

This doesn’t seem that actionable an RfC, or that productive a question. The content of the article is what is discussed, and links serve as navigational aids for delving into the content. Considering a link alone in the aether rather misses its purpose. CMD (talk) 09:02, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Seems that there should be first some material in the body related to the wikilink and South Africa's genocide case against Israel. @Huldra: Suggest you pull the RFC tag on this for now until some material can be put together for the article body. Selfstudier (talk) 11:07, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Something like this perhaps

Israel is accused of carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian people by experts, governments, United Nations agencies, and non-governmental organisations during its invasion of the Gaza Strip in the ongoing Israel–Hamas war. Observers, including the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices and United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, have cited statements by senior Israeli officials that may indicate an "intent to destroy" (in whole or in part) Gaza's population, a necessary condition for the legal threshold of genocide to be met. A majority of mostly US-based Middle East scholars believe Israel's actions in Gaza were intended to make it uninhabitable for Palestinians, and 75% of them say Israel's actions in Gaza constitute either genocide or "major war crimes akin to genocide". On 29 December 2023, South Africa instituted proceedings against Israel at the International Court of Justice pursuant to the Genocide Convention,

This is just wrt the genocide issue, need something about the arrest warrants as well. Selfstudier (talk) 15:43, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

It doesn't seem very neutral to cover statements from sources like Albanese without also covering accusations of bias on their part. — xDanielx /_C\ 23:36, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

It doesn’t make sense to cover things that aren’t relevant to the topic, like accusations of bias instead of addressing the substance of the statement. nableezy - 00:57, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

If we don't want to get into such accusations of bias then we shouldn't be using sources like Albanese in the first place. — xDanielx /_C\ 17:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

That makes no sense to me. We dont include accusations of bias against the Times of Israel anytime we use them as a source, or the NYTimes, or Benny Morris, or whatever other reliable sources we cite. The ad hominem of "she's biased" is not relevant to the argument she makes or the qualifications she has to make them. At most, such accusations belong in the biography of Albanese, or Morris, or whatever other article that covers the sources themselves, not whenever they are cited. nableezy - 17:23, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

That's not at all comparable. NYT and Morris are occasionally criticized by both sides for various perceived biases. Accusations of bias against Albanese are far more significant, e.g. with officials from several different governments openly calling her antisemitic or unfit for her role. — xDanielx /_C\ 18:59, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

They are directly comparable, and governments arent reliable sources for anything other than the views of the politicians heading those governments. It is a basic ad hominem, and it has nothing to do with the actual content of her comments. nableezy - 19:04, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

It doesn't really make sense to call this an ad hominem, when source selection inherently involves evaluating sources rather than the content of their statements. Surely the WP:BESTSOURCES here would be uninvolved ones with some semblance of objectivity.

Covering Albanese's claim here is like covering Biden's claim that there isn't a genocide. Clearly neither is among the BESTSOURCES, and neither claim is noteworthy enough that it would need to be covered anyway. — xDanielx /_C\ 19:57, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Biden is a politician speaking as a politician. Albanese is an expert in international law, speaking as an expert in international law. nableezy - 20:04, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

I should add that she isn't just speaking as an expert in international law (which she undoubtedly is), but she is speaking as a UN official who is the current United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. To compare her speech with Biden (a non-expert politician who has absolutely no scholarship on the issue and doesn't have an international law background) is ridiculous. JasonMacker (talk) 18:39, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Special Rapporteurs are not UN officials, they are independent experts consulted by the UN, and they remain independent. See United Nations special rapporteur for an overview. nableezy - 20:54, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

And Jews and others praising her, no? She must be doing something right. Afaics, she has tended to be ahead of the curve on most matters. Selfstudier (talk) 19:06, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

References

1. "Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I issues warrant of arrest for Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif)". International Criminal Court. 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
2. ^ "Gaza: UN experts call on international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people". OHCHR. 16 November 2023. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023. Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making, UN experts said today. They illustrated evidence of increasing genocidal incitement, overt intent to "destroy the Palestinian people under occupation", loud calls for a 'second Nakba' in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, and the use of powerful weaponry with inherently indiscriminate impacts, resulting in a colossal death toll and destruction of life-sustaining infrastructure.
3. Burga, Solcyré (13 November 2023). "Is What's Happening in Gaza a Genocide? Experts Weigh In". Time. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.; Corder, Mike (2 January 2024). "South Africa's genocide case against Israel sets up a high-stakes legal battle at the UN's top court". ABC News. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.;Quigley, John (3 July 2024). "The Lancet and Genocide By "Slow Death" in Gaza". Arab Center Washington DC. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
4. Francesca Albanese (26 March 2024), Anatomy of a Genocide – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese (PDF), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Wikidata Q125152282, archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2024
5. Burga 2023; Soni, S. (December 2023). "Gaza and international law: The global obligation to protect life and health". South African Journal of Bioethics and Law. 16 (3): 80–81. doi:10.7196/SAJBL.2023.v16i3.1764.
6. "International Expert Statement on Israeli State Crime". statecrime.org. International State Crime Initiative. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
7. Lynch, Marc; Telhami, Shibley (20 June 2024). "Gloom about the 'day after' the Gaza war pervasive among Mideast scholars". Brookings. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
8. "South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza". Associated Press. December 29, 2023. Archived from the original on January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
9. Rabin, Roni Caryn; Yazbek, Hiba; Fuller, Thomas (2024-01-11). "Israel Faces Accusation of Genocide as South Africa Brings Case to U.N. Court". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
10. "Proceedings instituted by South Africa against the State of Israel on 29 December 2023" (PDF). International Court of Justice. December 29, 2023. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024. ALT Link
11. "South Africa institutes proceedings against Israel and requests the International Court of Justice to indicate provisional measures" (Press release). The Hague, Netherlands: International Court of Justice. United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine. December 29, 2023. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2023.

Tag

-tag removed !Moxy🍁 20:05, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

@Moxy: Reasons for the tag, please? Selfstudier (talk) 13:15, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Nothing but military info looks like nothing but conflict for 20+ years ...this article is not History of the Israel Defense Forces. Need info like ..90s saw first featuring direct election of the prime minister etc. Moxy🍁 13:22, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

You tag says undue not that the section needs updating, which material is undue? And why? Selfstudier (talk) 13:25, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

undue because its nothing but military history....no memtiom of any other history. Sounds like the most unstable country doing nothing but being at war. Moxy🍁 13:29, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

History on its own at 5116 words is half an article by itself. A lot is likely undue. CMD (talk) 13:47, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Agree so much details - over info that can be and is covred in sub articles that can be trimed like :The Jewish insurgency continued and peaked in July 1947, with a series of widespread guerrilla raids culminating in the Sergeants affair, in which the Irgun took two British sergeants hostage as attempted leverage against the planned execution of three Irgun operatives. After the executions were carried out, the Irgun killed the two British soldiers, hanged their bodies from trees, and left a booby trap at the scene which injured a British soldier. The incident caused widespread outrage in the UK" Moxy🍁 13:51, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

The section that has been tagged is Israel#21st century, a short section, the material The Jewish insurgency continued and peaked... is not even in it, that material is in Israel#British_Mandate_for_Palestine section, which has not been tagged.

So did you mean to tag something else? Selfstudier (talk) 14:08, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Moxy explained that subsection above, it is just one of a few with similar issues. CMD (talk) 16:57, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

They haven't explained it, the material they quote is not tagged. Selfstudier (talk) 16:59, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Sorry I thought I was pretty clear.... the whole section is just about military.... in fact we have two paragraphs for something that's happening in the past year. What we are looking for is substantial historical significant information about the country's social and historic evolution in that time. Best we simply don't regurgitate American news headlines. For example should mention Disengagement Plan... What kind of social human rights progress has there been? In 20 years there must be some sort of legal process that has changed.... democratic decline perhaps? What has happened on the diplomatic front.... like the mass increase in foreign aid? Moxy🍁 20:29, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

the whole section is just about military Which section? The only section that you tagged is the 21st Century section. If you meant to put the tag for the entire history section, then do that, I would also agree with that inline with multiple prior discussions asserting that it was way too long. Selfstudier (talk) 21:05, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Which section? Not interested in some sort of gameplay. Your initial post was about a tag in a section this is the topic of the ongoing conversation..... with mention by another and myself about the excess detail overall in the history section with an example that I gave. You either agree it's excessive or you don't.... best course of action would be to come up with some sort of prose for the section.... and a better summary. Moxy🍁 21:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

OK, you don't want to admit you got this all backwards, fine by me, bfn. Selfstudier (talk) 23:08, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

What you have to ask yourself is does your approach to this conversation help improve that article or not. There is clearly a problem all over the history section...but the info in this tagged section is the topic of conversation...do you have any input what can be done to help the section? Then perhaps we can move on to other sections. Moxy🍁 15:57, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

I asked you what the problems were and your response was to quote something else from an untagged section, so if you can answer the original question that would be good. Selfstudier (talk) 16:15, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Best you let someone that is competent deal with the tag. My bad just frustrated that the post has not moved forward in actual improvements. Will address the problem with prose after the content addition dispute is over. Moxy🍁 18:23, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Couldn't agree more. Selfstudier (talk) 18:30, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

What content addition dispute? Selfstudier (talk) 19:50, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Was not aware of 'this'. Let's deal with the content issue after all the current concers. Last post from me here.Moxy🍁 20:01, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

I don't see what that has to do with the issue you have been describing in this section.. OK, resolved for now. Selfstudier (talk) 20:05, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

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In 21st century history, please change

"mostly US-based Middle East scholars" is not an identifiable group, the phrase as written doesn't have a concrete definition. Which Middle East scholars' beliefs are being talked about here? The scholars who were polled are being talking about. Adding language that clarifies the source of these statistics and defines the group in question could make the statistics more useful. Thank you for your consideration. Mikewem (talk) 17:00, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

From the given citation, added "758" before "mostly" and "polled in 2024 by Brookings" before "believe" to clarify matters. Selfstudier (talk) 17:42, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

""Israel"" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect "Israel" has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 December 7 § "Israel" until a consensus is reached. Ca 15:00, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Lede

@Terrainman: Are these your first edits to articles on WP that relate to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? If so, please familiarize yourself with WP:ARBPIA and WP:ONUS which states that adding contested content requires achieving consensus on the talk page, not reverting. This responsibility is known as onus lying with the inserter of the material. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:47, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thank-you. The information I added was to improve the context of the paragraph, in a much needed way. From what I can see, nothing contested was added. 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙣地形人 (talk) 12:51, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

@Terrainman: Your additions to the lede/lead were reverted so the material is by definition is now contested, meaning you will have to gain consensus for them in the talk page, not revert. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

I understand but your edit reason was to keep the brevity of the lead when my edit was rather brief in my view. It has been further edited by another user to make the additions more concise. 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙣地形人 (talk) 13:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

@Terrainman: Your additions still increased the material about the 1948 war from six to eight sentences in the lede. This needs to be trimmed even below six sentences. Makeandtoss (talk) 13:34, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

I understand since that para is already very long, however unfortunately the topic is extremely complicated; hence why it was the longest para in the lead long before my edit. My addition provided essential context in my view, I also received thanks for it and it has been refined since by another editor. In my view if this para is to be made more concise we need to explore other options for that. 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙣地形人 (talk) 13:48, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

@Terrainman: Receiving thanks is not a measure of consensus, but discussion on the talk page. Your addition still duplicates mention of the UN partition plan in the second and third lede paragraphs, as well as non-summarizing elaborations on the Oslo Accords, which is also a duplicate mention in the third lede paragraph. Makeandtoss (talk) 14:03, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

The first sentence of the 3rd paragraph explains that the partition plan failed, which is crucial context!

Regarding Oslo accords, it is not a duplication. The second mention references them in a sentence about progress since then. 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙣地形人 (talk) 14:28, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Furthermore, if we are setting this low a threshold in what is essential to the lead, there are multiple parts of the third paragraph which elaborate to a significant extend, rather than merely state the existence of key historical events which are in-fact needed to provide context for the rest of the paragraph. 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙣地形人 (talk) 14:41, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Then all should be trimmed. Makeandtoss (talk) 17:00, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Additionally, when you say Lede, do you mean Lead? I just want to be sure I am not missing something here. 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙣地形人 (talk) 12:52, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Lede and Lead are legitimate alternative spellings; both refer to the intro material which, in Misplaced Pages, should summarize the major points of rest of the article. A major issue for many Misplaced Pages articles is putting too much stuff in the lede. Erp (talk) 05:05, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Minor edit Request

Remove "synonymous with Canaan" from the lede.

1. The borders of ancient Canaan don't line up with modern day Israel.

2. No real reason to mention ancient Canaan just like we don't mention that it's synonymous with British Mandatory Palestine or the Judea province of the Roman Empire.

3. The fact that Canaanites lives there is in the following sentence. Fyukfy5 (talk) 22:47, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done QuicoleJR (talk) 16:32, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Restore Canaan and rephrase to avoid implying synonymity. Makeandtoss (talk) 16:57, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

This didn't address the points they made. 'Variably known as' still conflicts with all three points here. 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙣地形人 (talk) 17:56, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

RFC: Human rights violations section

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Should this article include a top level section about violations of human rights by the state of Israel? DMH223344 (talk) 17:36, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Survey

Comment Not currently a subject of dispute? Maybe just create one and see what happens first? I wouldn't object personally but do we need an RFC for this right now? Selfstudier (talk) 17:55, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

It was reverted quickly: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Israel&diff=1266366530&oldid=1266365841 DMH223344 (talk) 18:04, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

That might have been just the into the sea thing? @Remsense:. I would have thought a hr top level section would have involved moving stuff from elsewhere in the article into it? Selfstudier (talk) 18:09, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

I made a mistake, please feel free to revert. Apologies. Remsense ‥ 论 19:55, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Could you revert so that I don't annoy any admins violating 1rr (even though I have your permission)? DMH223344 (talk) 20:08, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Done. Apologies, again. Remsense ‥ 论 20:11, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

ah I see, I had totally misunderstood your edit summary. Thanks for reverting. DMH223344 (talk) 20:21, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

• No How many countries have human rights violations? I would maybe accept a top level section for Israeli-occupied territories because that is pretty unique and a big part of what Israel physically is. Absolutely no for HR violations generally. Bitspectator ⛩️ 23:48, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

  Coverage of Israel in RS is very often centered around human rights. That's not the case for most other countries. We should follow RS and similarly give top level attention to coverage of human rights. DMH223344 (talk) 01:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

• Information should be integrated into the article where it would be relevant rather than standing out on its own... WP:COUNTRYSECTIONS = "Avoid sections focusing on criticisms or controversies. Try to achieve a more neutral text by folding debates into the narrative, rather than isolating them into sections. " This poor article really needs some work..... most of the articles is focused on military actions and one point in time.Moxy🍁 00:28, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Discussion

Sweep them into the sea

Original sentence: 'The purpose of the invasion was to prevent the establishment of the Jewish state and to "sweep them into the sea".'

Proposed change: 'The purpose of the invasion was to prevent the establishment of the Jewish state.'

The quote that allegedly supports the inclusion of the the statement 'and to "sweep them into the sea"' is:

A week before the armies marched, Azzam told Kirkbride: "It does not matter how many there are. We will sweep them into the sea.

This quote is of course not consistent with the claim that the purpose of the invasion was to sweep the Jews into the sea. The other citations for this sentence include:

Morris 2008, p. 396: "The immediate trigger of the 1948 War was the November 1947 UN partition resolution. The Zionist movement, except for its fringes, accepted the proposal."

David Tal (2004). War in Palestine, 1948: Israeli and Arab Strategy and Diplomacy. Routledge. p. 469. ISBN 978-1-135-77513-1. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2018. "some of the Arab armies invaded Palestine in order to prevent the establishment of a Jewish state, Transjordan..."

Morris 2008, p. 187: Ahmed Shukeiry, one of Haj Amin al-Husseini's aides (and, later, the founding chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization), simply described the aim as "the elimination of the Jewish state." ... al-Quwwatli told his people: "Our army has entered ... we shall win and we shall eradicate Zionism""

None of these support the claim about sweeping Jews into the sea.

Additionally:

Ben-Ami: The Arab states were driven to war in great measure by theperception that prevailed in their societies as to the Jewish state andthe threat it posed to the Arabs.

Rouhanna: One goal of some of these armies was to prevent the establishment of a Jewish state; the Jordanian army, however, also sought to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state by conquering and annexing (after achieving the tacit understanding of the Zionist leadership) parts of Palestine for the Hashemite Kingdom.

Shapira: As the sheer magnitude of the Palestinian Arabs’ defeat emerged, and as the horror stories of the Jews’ alleged brutality spread throughout the Arab world, the pressure exerted by public opinion on the Arab states to come to the aid of their Palestinian brethren intensified. Despite difficulties arranging a unified military command, as well as mutual suspicion regarding each other’s objectives in Palestine, on April 30 the Arab states decided to invade.

Shlaim: Seven Arab states sent their armies into Palestine with the firm intention of strangling the Jewish state at birth. DMH223344 (talk) 17:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Edit Request

Change the new "Human Rights violations" section, no other country the I checked (including those with serious human rights violation claims like North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Myanmar) have any kind of section named anywhere near as negatively. Those claims are usually found in the Government and Politics tab. The way it is now is a violation of WP:NPOV Fyukfy5 (talk) 20:58, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, this is extremely unusual. Bitspectator ⛩️ 23:42, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Looks like we need an RFC after all. Selfstudier (talk) 00:26, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know what you mean. The HR violations section was created accidentally, right? Bitspectator ⛩️ 00:35, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Nope. Selfstudier (talk) 00:36, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Are we both talking about the top level section I just deleted? Bitspectator ⛩️ 00:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

I created it. It was not created accidentally, please revert your edit. DMH223344 (talk) 01:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

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