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== Zygmunt Bauman misrepresented in the text ==
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I think Israeli permit regime is better, its what Ive seen most often in the sources describing it as a whole. Thoughts on renaming? And thank you Nishidani for getting this started. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 17:03, 9 March 2019 (UTC)</small> {{u|Wikieditor19920}} here you go, not even listing the problem in the talk page header. is a horrendously bad edit. You completely misunderstood what the sentence in the article meant, and apparently did not even look at the source. Bauman didnt write anything about the permit regime. The source, and the article, says that Bauman's writings about "bureaucracy's debilitating impact on the human condition" are echoed in Amira Hass' writing about the occupation's bureaucracy that controls Palestinian freedoms of movement, work and so on. It is a blatant misrepresentation of the source. Please correct it. And please do not continue editing without regard for what the sources say. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 04:28, 27 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:Yep. This one comes close to my all time best-misreadings-on-Misplaced Pages list. Just for the record (further proof of incompetence)
:No objection, and no hurry.] (]) 18:27, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
:<blockquote>]'s warnings of the debilitating effect bureaucracy may have on the human condition '''has been cited''' to throw light on the Orwellian or ] trap of red tape that, '''it is argued''', places a stranglehold on Palestinian autonomy.{{sfn|Zureik|2015|p=121}}</blockquote>
::"Regime" carries connotations of authoritarianism, and the name of an article should not be to imply or express an opinion. "Israeli permit system" should be the name of this article. ] (]) 14:25, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
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:::Excuse me, but it is the 'system' employed by an occupying power over an occupied people, over which the latter, as subjects of military rule, have zero input. Israel is a democracy, not a regime. The governing authority of much of the West Bank does not rule by democratic principles, but according to perceived military interests, and, being unrevocable by those ruled, is a 'regime', which is, in usage, (a)an authoritarian ruling authority's 'ordered way of doing things,' which one could slightly quibble over in so far as the permit 'system' is arbitrary and notoriously not 'systematic'. One could say 'regimen' as an alternative, of course.] (]) 16:45, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
:Has been rewritten (ungrammatically) by
:::: {{u|Nishidani}} That is certainly your opinion, but Misplaced Pages policy on loaded terms is clear: they should be avoided. Whether the permit system constitutes an authoritarian-like "regime" may be the subject of interesting scholarly debate, but here we should strive for neutrality in presenting the issue. All of the sources calling it a "regime" are highly opinionated, but more neutral ones like AP refer to it more consistently as a "system." ] (]) 18:40, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
<blockquote> ]'s characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" and "]."{{sfn|Zureik|2015|p=121}}</blockquote>
::::That is naïve. Wiki policy is '''always''' subject to interpretation, and you hav e also given your opinion. What do you mean by 'loaded term'. All terms are loaded, even democracy (there are democracies that are not 'democracies' in our western sense of that term. The alternative title you suggest is ambiguous, since 'Israeli permit system' could equally refer to permits (to ride a motorbike, drive a car, whatevcer) issued within Israel by Israeli authorities. That is not a 'regime', whereas a permit regime issued by Israeli military authorities outside Israel for non-Israelis is adequately and neutrally covered, without ambiguity, by the term Nableezy proposed, which has excellent RS authority.] (]) 18:54, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
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:::::I'm not here to debate with you the merits of the system, which may very well be problematic. I'm telling you that "regime" is a loaded term that carries a negative connotation, and to use this term in the article's title is inherently pushing a point of view about it. There is clearly a subset of highly opinionated sources pieces that characterize the permit system as a "regime," but the most reliable sources, including AP and WaPo, call it a system, even while criticizing it. This is classic ]: if something is bad, it shouldn't be referred to as "bad" in Misplaced Pages's voice (don't state opinions as facts) but with a reliable source describing it as such. This title is clearly not in compliance with this fundamental WP rule. ] (]) 19:16, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
:Comically the edit summary reads:'Fixed bad paraphrases, statements of opinion as fact.' The bad paraphrase also consisted in using the source word 'pretext' instead of 'justification', which is a euphemistic gloss, and would have required 'asserted (justification)'. If you can't sight it, Wikieditor19920, ']'s characterized' is a ''double'' elementary English error. It confuses the possessive function of 's which cannot take a verb as an object (a competent reader will stop and ask himself 'what, related to Bauman, characterized which bureaucracy..etc.' ), unless of course you were thinking, equally ungrammatically of the contractive function of 's (Zygmunt Bauman ''is''/''has'') which in any case also either garbles the sentence 'Zygmunt Bauman is characterized the bureaucracy', or, in abbreviating 'has' to 's, violates normal prose conventions) Jeezus.
:::::::You sidestepped my point about ambiguity. Your suggestion opens up the way to mislead readers, who at a glance might well think that is the article to get the drum on what permits are required to get one's home legally built '''inside Israel'''. From your remarks it would appear that of the several meanings of the term 'regime' in English, you have only in mind one, i.e. 'regime' can only bear a negative connotation. In answering my point about ambiguity, I would also appreciate it if you explain to me why any modern state's 'system' of taxation is customarily referred to as a 'tax regime'. You are, in effect. (in)effectively challenging English usage, for your monosemiological take on this word would mean that calling a system of taxation a 'regime' is 'loaded', when it is normal.] (]) 20:17, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
:Nableezy is correct. You (a) did not read the source (b) did not understand the straightforward accurate paraphrase of the source (b) and solved your nescient perplexity by writing garbled English while, miraculously, distorting the source. Quite an achievement.] (]) 14:06, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::There's nothing ambiguous here - in regular usage for American English, ] almost always is used pejoratively. In certain very specific contexts, like "tax regime," it has a different meaning as a modification of regimen, but this does not reflect how the term is typically applied. And it also has nothing to do with location or borders - "Israeli Permit System" no less implies that it is limited to Israeli domestic policy than does "Israeli Permit Regime." You clearly understand that "regime" has a negative connotation here, as you indicated in your previous argument when you defended the description of the system as "authoritarian." This is not the place for you to push or defend a particular point of view; ] takes an extreme example and states that even ''genocide'' should not be described as evil in Wiki voice, it should be described as evil by a reliable source. The same logic applies here, and you'll note that the two sources I linked above were both sharply critical but still referred to it as a "system." ] (]) 21:02, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
::Right, let's all lose our shit over a typo. (And rant about it in a winding, ungrammatical post.) The first draft was nearly unintelligible, and it's not worth taking another stab at. And {{u|Nishidani}}, "pretext" is exactly the type of ] we should avoid—that's not "glossing over." You should learn to keep your opinions off Wiki. ] (]) 14:48, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
''There is clearly a subset of highly opinionated sources pieces that characterize the permit system as a "regime,"''. Uh what? The sources that actually deal with this almost all talk about a permit regime when talking about the overarching system of control. Here . Neve Gordon's ''Israel's Occupation'' repeatedly refers to it as . . . '' clearly not in compliance with this fundamental WP rule''? Oh okay, I guess that settles it, Wikieditor19920 is the arbiter of what is NPOV. This is the common name used in reliable sources for the topic. That is what Misplaced Pages policy says decides an article title. The incredibly imaginative ''"Regime" carries connotations of authoritarianism'' (regarding a method of control as part of a military occupation at that) does not change that, sorry to say. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 16:16, 17 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
::I'm removing the line, because it's meaningless, I've trimmed the number of citations in the lead and made several other language changes throughout the article. ] (]) 14:57, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
:::A typo???? You straight up made something up that the source doesnt say because you a. did not understand what was in the article, and b. did not read the source. I am restoring your removals. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 15:34, 27 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
Also this article was started using British English, changing it to American violates ]. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 15:38, 27 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:Ill keep Bauman out just cus I dont see it as necessary, but if you continue to misrepresent the sources I will have to ask that you be made to stop. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 15:40, 27 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::Go right ahead, because I haven't misrepresented anything. You added a poorly written, confusing line, I took a crack at improving it; no one was happy, and now it's gone. In your haste to fully revert me, do your best not to restore all of the ungrammatical punctuation (+ lack of). ] (]) 16:03, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
:::You have not misrepresented anything? You would do well to actually acknowledge your errors because they are pretty obvious. <blockquote>]'s characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" and "]</blockquote>That was cited to . Can you please pray tell where that source says Bauman characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" (with a quote at that!)? Jesus, just dont change the meaning of what the article says unless you actually look at the source. Its a pretty basic concept. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 16:12, 27 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::Give me a break; you're in no position to be lecturing anyone else about supposed "errors." Your just removed a bunch of necessary grammatical changes, such as things like ''commas'' and proper use of colons/semi-colons. Bauman cited ANOTHER scholar who made that characterization and said he agrees. My version perfectly captured the gist of the text; you should learn something about paraphrasing, because all you seem willing to do is lazily copy-paste from the source, change a few words, and call it a day. The result is that this page is filled with dense, nearly unreadable prose, and mundane lists and details about the types of permits Palestinians apply for. No one is this interested in the subject, and I'd suggest you start working on cutting down material/making it more concise than bellyaching over my relatively minor changes to the article. ] (]) 16:36, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
::::I take it that you are unable to explain where the source you cited says anything close to the material you inserted into the article. And I also take it you still have not read the source, because no, Bauman did not cite another scholar who made that characterization and said he agreed. Elia Zureik is the author of that book. What he wrote is that Amira Hass' writings echo Bauman's writings about bureaucracy. ''My version perfectly captured the gist of the text''? Just wow to that. Im starting to think there are some ] issues here. As far as ''no one is this interested in the subject'' well if you lack interest then you can move on. We however are here to write an encyclopedia article on this subject. And this is going to contain details. If that bothers you well, again, you can move on. That you do not understand something does not make it ''dense'' or ''nearly unreadable''. Your ''relatively minor changes'' were a blatant misrepresentation of the source. The next time you do so I will not just ask that you fix it, given your rather obstinate defiance in acknowledging such a basic, and not even a little trivial, error. Your suggestions are very much not on the list of things I intend to listen to, sorry. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 16:47, 27 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::Even your explanation of this line is nonsensical. It shows poor editorial judgment that you would a) think to include such a convoluted statement and b) do such a bad job at synthesizing it. Your original version used the words "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque" in Wiki voice without clear attribution. This is far more serious. On the entire article, again, it's certainly a fascinating topic, but one that is made less so by inclusion of trivial, procedural details and over-elaborate prose. That, and you apparently can't even be bothered to properly convert the text in the sources into your own words or listen to advice to use little things like commas. ] indeed. ] (]) 17:04, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::So, just so we are clear, there is nothing in the cited source that supports the material you put in the article? Yes, no? Because first you said it was a typo. Then you said it ''perfectly captured the gist of the text''. What in the text supported the material you put in the article? Can you answer that question? Or do you think bluster is an appropriate response at all times? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 17:20, 27 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::::Are you honestly still arguing about a single sentence that you now agree is unnecessary? Forgive me, but I really could care less. It was horribly written when you put it into the article, and since we haven't settled on how to improve it, it seems like we all agree to be rid of it. Amusing as it is to hear you talk about "bluster," this is settled as far as I'm concerned and I have absolutely no interest in dragging it out. ] (]) 23:16, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::::It was not horribly written prior to you horribly writing it. We dont all agree, Nishidani thinks it relevant and I dont have a problem including it. Regardless, none of that absolves you of the responsibility to not distort sources in an encyclopedia article. I thank you for your future cooperation in the hopes that you cease doing so. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 01:09, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::::::I was getting bored with this, but now I'm inclined to actually examine the text on this page and compare it to what you wrote.


From the text:
Also, thank you for ''but more neutral ones like AP refer to it more consistently as a "system." '' Because if you really think AP is more neutral then perhaps you should actually read the article. Where it says, in your source, ''As a sign of how central the system is to everyone’s lives, the Arabic Facebook page of the head of COGAT, Gen. Yoav Mordechai, has more than 410,000 followers, most likely almost all of them Palestinians, watching for any announcements concerning the permit regime.'' Or in other : ''But with the outbreak of Palestinian unrest in the late 1980s, Israel began imposing security closures and a permit regime.'' Or : ''Some warn that the situation in Jerusalem is becoming increasingly unsustainable, particularly for tens of thousands of Palestinians whose daily lives are disrupted by the barrier and by Israel's permit regime, which bars most Palestinians in the West Bank from entering the city.'' <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 16:35, 17 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
* '''Poor name'''. Should be ] or some such. Regime is POV pushing. Israeli is too wide in scope. Israel has many permit systems - you need a permit to put chairs and tables outside of a cafe. You need a permit to export various types of goods. There are dozens of different permit systems inside pre-1967 Israel (in the 80s, during the hyper inflation crisis, one needed a permit to hold dollars or a foreign bank account).] (]) 18:30, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
::] trumps proof by assertion. That said, I am not opposed to ]. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 19:14, 17 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::Perhaps 'Israeli West Bank permit regime,' since Gaza has a different authority issuing most permits.] (]) 19:25, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
:::: As for "proof by assertion" - you want this article stuffed with cafe chair permits, Fire brigade permits, export permits, and umm - really dozens of different permit systems in Israel (I can source 100-200 different permit systems - copious sourcing available for all them)? If the title is wide - you open up the scope.... As for "in" - I think it is COGAT or ] in both cases. If you limit the article to the West Bank - then West Bank works as well. OpT can work as well. ] might be simplest. Depends on scope. ] (]) 19:37, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
:::::I really dont understand how that is supposed to answer regime vs system. Which is what my comment is about. Im fine with limiting the scope in geography in the title. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 21:06, 17 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::The ] is itself an egregious euphemism, like ]| for what is just colonial ]. But I, like most editors here, don't fuss about it, as opposed to wryly shaking my head every time I see it used as a term to camouflage what is a military bureaucracy intent on making life as difficult as possible for the occupied people they rule over. It's like calling larceny something like altruistic lifestyle downsizing. You missed the point I made earlier. 'Regime' is not a word one would use of any society's internal rules for doing things, save for taxation, which is 'vexatious'. Ther permit regime described here is notoriously 'vexatious' as a huge body of material not written by the usual suspects underlines. It is appropriate for a regimen of rules imposed by an authoritarian military body on an occupied people, and its use here excludes Israel implicitly.] (]) 19:53, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
:::I am fine with ]. But the idea that regime shouldnt be used needs to be substantiated by more than an unsourced feeling. Reliable sources, when discussing the overarching system, call it the permit regime. Icewhiz, do you honestly believe that not to be the case? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 21:05, 17 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::: "Civil Administration" (or the American "Civil Affairs") is by definition military. As for system - a simple google-news search shows this to be more popular. Including sources such as - {{tq|"Al Haq’s director Shawan Jabarin discusses a new report exposing the complex system of restrictions Israeli authorities impose to control access to Palestinian territory and to stop family reunification."}}. You aren't going to accuse ] of being pro-occupation, are you? I'm not surprised sources use system (often with "arcane", "elaborate", etc.) - as ] is technically inaccurate - the permits are not a form of government or rule - but rather an aspect of such government (or regime). ] (]) 21:45, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
::::: If Mondoweiss above isn't explicit enough on permits - {{tq|"With over 400 checkpoints and roadblocks in the West Bank, a discriminatory system for the military issuance of mobility permits"}}. Or Amira Hess on Haaretz (writing on permits) - {{tq|" On the contrary. A follow-up on the bureaucracy behind the exit permit refusals shows an important aspect of Israeli society, whose best officers and legal officials have developed a system of denials that ignores basic human and family needs."}} - again hardly a pro-occupation source, to say the least. ] (]) 21:49, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
::::::Im sorry, is Mondoweiss now a reliable source? A simple google news search? Have you read any of the results. Ive given specific examples of reliable sources that call the overarching policy the permit regime. And some of them use it as a proper noun. Ive seen a description of a system in your quotes, nothing however that indicates the name used for the system is anything other than the permit regime. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 22:22, 17 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::: Oh - I've never implied Mondoweiss was a reliable source, however for determining common vernacular less than adequate sources may be assessed as well. ] (]) 22:34, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
:::::::: Google scholar - "west bank"+"permit system" - 678 results vs. 297 results for "permit regime". Yeah - sure - there are some POINTy sources that use the less accurate and POVish regime - however the common name is system. ] (]) 22:38, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::"POINTy sources that use the less accurate and POVish", like I really dont even understand what that means. ] is about disrupting Misplaced Pages to prove a point. Like if I were to create an article about every Palestinian victim of Israeli violence in response to the creation of a series of non-notable articles on Israeli victims, that could rightfully be called POINTy. A book published by however is called a reliable source. How is it less accurate? How is it POV? Have you read any of the results from google scholar? Are they talking about the overarching regime, or a system of permits within that regime, for example the exit permit system, or the work permit system? Or are they discussing the entire structure of the method of control, which the sources I have presented are discussing and call the permit regime. You have to actually read the sources. For example:<p>{{cite book|author1=Orna Ben-Naftali|author2=Michael Sfard|author3=Hedi Viterbo|title=The ABC of the OPT: A Legal Lexicon of the Israeli Control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Is5TDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52|date=10 May 2018|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-15652-4|page=52|quote=In order to prevent their entry into Israel, a legal fence had to be erected. The latter, made up of military declarations and orders coupled with a bureaucratic permit system, was tasked with doing what the physical fence is not smart enough to do: selection. To use the fence as a filter, the military had to cast a complicated legal net around it, impenetrable to Palestinians and open to everyone else. The legal fence is known as the "permit regime" ... The permit regime is thus clearly a legal regime of separation and discrimination based on nationality/ethnicity.}}<p>Unless you actually read the sources your ] dont actually mean anything. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 00:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:And can somebody actually demonstrate, not assert, how 'regime' is POV? The nonsense up above about how regime only is used for authoritarian governments is kind of out there. A legal regime is not exactly an topic. Can somebody explain this using something other than their feelings as the basis? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 00:43, 18 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:: Regime has a negative connotation per - and in this case "system" is more common by a factor over two clearly being the COMMONNAME.] (]) 13:34, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
:::Please read the source, which also does not illustrate this with regard to the West Bank. To the contrary, it is defining a phrase (regime change), not the word 'regime'. And secondly it is the former that has a negative connotation, nor the latter. It further defining 'regime change (as) the replacement of one administration or government by another, especially by means of military force' it perfectly describes what happened when the Jordanian regime was replaced by the Israel in 1967. Israel effected regime change by supplanting the Jordanian civil administration with an Israeli military regime, which persists to this day.] (]) 14:28, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
:::Yes, possibly when describing a government the use of regime can have negative connotations per your source. That is not what this is about. This is about a legal regime, which is a standard and neutral term. And again, system is not the common name. Did you read any of the sources in your google search result? Are they talking about a specific system within the regime? Or are they describing the overarching method of control, which the sources that use "permit regime" are and what this article is about? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 16:53, 18 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::: Again - system is clearly the COMMONNAME, used by the vast majority of sources. The results for "permit system" in scholar are as on-topic to this article as the far fewer "permit regime". ] (]) 11:53, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
:::::Again, that is not true. You havent even read any of the sources. You know full well your name is challenged, if you want to move it from regime open a requested move. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 14:57, 19 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::: No, I have read several of the sources. Most of the sources use "system" - this is clear in even a cursory BEFORE in google scholar. That you cherry-picked a small minority of sources with "regime", carries little weight in this regard.] (]) 15:00, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
::::::::I have not cherry picked a thing. Ive shown that sources dealing with the overarching method of control use regime. You used a google book search on ''regime "negative connotation"'', and without even reading the source brought it here to try to prove that regime has a negative connotation, neglecting the fact that it was talking about calling an actual government a "regime" and had nothing to do with this topic. Much like the rest of your google search results, you need to actually examine the sources. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 15:02, 19 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
{{od}}To assert that "regime" does not have a negative connotation, particularly in this context, is to ignore the widely accepted meaning of this word in usual political discourse. The sources that are applying the term are clearly doing so to express criticism. On "regime" having a negative connotation, provides a compelling interpretation. Note that this is a selected paper from a senior at ] in Canada that was edited by a professor. It does make reference to numerous reliable sources and explains usage of the term as such: {{tq|The word was adapted from the French, whose usage of the word is strongly connected to the 1789 French Revolution and the overthrow of l’ancien régime (Online Etymology Dictionary, 2013). Modern usage of this term has a distinct negative connotation, and it is used outside of anthropology to refer to governments or administrations in order to mark them as “non-democratic”.}}
We also have , which acknowledges the intrinsic criticism in the word's regular usage:
{{Quotebox|In theory, the term need not imply anything about the particular government to which it relates, and most social scientists use it in a normative and neutral manner. The term, though, can be used in a political context. <u>It is used colloquially by some, such as government officials, media journalists, and policy makers, when referring to governments that they believe are repressive, undemocratic, or illegitimate or simply do not square with the person’s own view of the world. Used in this context, the concept of regime communicates a sense of ideological or moral disapproval or political opposition.</u>}} The article name "Israeli Permit Regime" is also not used unanimously by reliable sources, which makes ] a stretch. Some of the ''most ''reliable sources like WaPo and AP refer to it as a system (while criticizing it), and some academic papers and reports pointedly call it a "regime." Between these two, "system" is the superior choice according to ]: {{tq|The best name to use for a topic may depend on the context in which it is mentioned; it may be appropriate to mention alternative names and the controversies over their use, particularly when the topic in question is the main topic being discussed.}} Under these guidelines, the article name should refer to it as a "system," an objectively neutral term that is loyal to the sources, with the first line within the article mentioning that it is sometimes referred to as a "regime." ] (]) 18:18, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
:If you want to move the title you need to open a requested move. You know the move is disputed, your move violated ]. If you do not self-revert I will seek administrative redress. You are also making things up. AP calls it a regime. And, by the way, academia is preferred to news sources per ]. And by the way, your compelling reason has nothing to do with this. It is not calling a government a regime. That is what your source says has negative connotations. This is a legal regime. That is a standard term. Your unfamiliarity with it does not make it disparaging. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 19:38, 19 March 2019 (UTC)</small>


{{Quotebox||Thus bureaucracy becomes a formidable weapon that constrains colonised subjects, along the lines described by Israeli journalist Amira Hass (2011). She captures the essence of Israel's bureaucratic strangulation in a language that echoes Zygmunt Bauman's (1989) warnings of bureaucracy's debilitating impact on the human condition:
== residency permits and deportations ==


'A machinery of repression depends not only on guns and torture in cellars. As the Soviet-bloc regimes proved, bureaucracy is central to the system. The same is true with us: Far from the barriers of transparency of a proper democratic society, Israel has created a complex and invisible bureaucracy that completely controls Palestinian freedom of movement, and hence freedom of employment, livelihood and studies, the freedom to fall in love and establish a family, to organize and other basic liberties. (Hass 2011)
Nish I think the story of Berlanty Azzam might be used in some way here. See {{cite journal|last1=Margalit|first1=Alon|last2=Hibbin|first2=Sarah|title=Unlawful Presence of Protected Persons in Occupied Territory? An Analysis of Israel’s Permit Regime and Expulsions from the West Bank under the Law of Occupation|volume=13|year=2011|pages=245–282|issn=1389-1359|doi=10.1007/978-90-6704-811-8_7}} (can provide a pdf if you wish) <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 00:52, 18 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:Yes, send that on if you still have my email. Thanks. ] (]) 08:49, 18 March 2019 (UTC)


The manipulative nature of Israeli bureaucracy in the state's dealings with the Palestinians is captured by Robert Home (2003, 306): "A modern, positivist ideology of law and the state supported the colonists/colonialists in dispossessing the colonized, and trapped the indigenous Palestinians in a manipulated bureaucracy worth of the pages of Kafka and Orwell."}}
== Requested move 19 March 2019 ==
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Now, here was your "synthesis" of this material:
The result of the move request was: '''No consensus''' to move.<small>(])</small> <span style="background-color: orange; color: green">]</span> <sup>(]) </sup> 00:01, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

{{tq|Zygmunt Bauman's warnings of the debilitating effect bureaucracy may have on the human condition has been cited to throw light on the Orwellian or Kafkaesque trap of red tape that, it is argued, places a stranglehold on Palestinian autonomy.}}

It was Home who references Kafka and Orwell, not Bauman, which your line misleadingly fails to note. You also make no reference to the actual author of the book, Zureik, only vaguely saying "it is argued," which a classic example of ] a view without attribution. It's not even clear who you're suggesting is arguing this point. The line about a "stranglehold on the Palestinian economy" is traceable to Hass, whom you also did not mention. And where exactly did this "red tape" phrasing come from? If this is your original writing, I suggest you save the purple prose/editorializing for your novel and not for Misplaced Pages. Admittedly, Zureik's cluttered references make her arguments difficult to follow, and my changes did not entirely fix the problem, but your initial edit turned a poorly organized argument (from the source) into an utter mess, in which you combine the statements of multiple authors without proper attribution and write it in a way that sounds like Wikivoice. Considering how far off the mark your attempt here was, you can't credibly lecture anyone on "misrepresenting sources." ] (]) 01:58, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
:First of all, I didnt write that sentence. Second, synthesis requires bringing multiple sources together, you definitionally cannot synthesize one source. Thirdly, we are not required to explicitly attribute every sentence. We need in text attribution for direct speech, not for relaying ideas. For that we can use in-line citations. As was done here. And you still dont get what the source says. It is saying that Hass' writings echo Bauman's writings of bureaucracy as having a debilitating impact on the human condition, a bureaucracy that is Kafkaesque or Orwellian. Again, what in the article was<blockquote> ]'s ''(sic)'' characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" and "]."</blockquote>That very much did not just ''did not entirely fix the problem''. It made a problem that did not exist. You attributed to Bauman something that Home said, when the source says that Bauman is echoed in somebody else entirely. You very obviously did not read the source you were purporting to follow. You can admit to making an error. Everybody makes mistakes. But continuing to pretend that there was no problem, that you did not blatantly distort the source when you so obviously did does not instill any confidence that such errors will not be repeated. If you had a problem with attributing Orwellian or Kafkaesque you could have attributed them to Home. But that would have required actually reading the source. Finally, Elia Zureik is a he. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 03:03, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::Pretty rich for you to demand I admit to error (I think I just did) and insinuate that you will report me when you gave me such poor material to work with. This is why its removal is for the best. ] (]) 03:44, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
:::None of that makes even a little sense. Literally none of it. And no, you did not admit to distorting the source. You actually repeatedly refused to. And that you dont understand the text does not mean "its removal is for the best". <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 04:13, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::I just explained the obvious problems with the original sentence, which is why it should be excluded. Your defense of it is weak. {{tq|...we are not required to explicitly attribute every sentence.}} We're talking about views and, more specifically, phrases and descriptions that were used by different authors, merged into a single sentence, without quotes or attribution. {{tq|It is saying that Hass' writings echo Bauman's writings of bureaucracy as having a debilitating impact on the human condition, a bureaucracy that is Kafkaesque or Orwellian.}} The final bit is the most important, because WP editors are not permitted to call something "Kafkaesque" or "Orwellian" without a direct, in-text attribution. Home shouldn't have been noted as the one who made that comparison, he wasn't, and the sentence did not make clear which views belonged to whom. Even if these problems were addressed, Zureik's argument is too meandering and unfocused to be suitable for inclusion. ] (]) 05:17, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::lol sure buddy. ''phrases and descriptions that were used by different authors, merged into a single sentence, without quotes or attribution.'' All of this comes from one paragraph by Zureik. ''The final bit is the most important, because WP editors are not permitted to call something "Kafkaesque" or "Orwellian" without a direct, in-text attribution.'' Says who? I really wish you had hounded me to an article you knew something about. What are you talking about with ''Home shouldn't been noted as the one who made that comparison, he wasn't, and the sentence did not make clear which views belonged to whom. Even if these problems were addressed, Zureik's argument is too meandering and unfocused to be suitable for inclusion.'' One more time, that you do not understand a source does not make it a source that is ''meandering'' or ''unfocused'' or not ''suitable for inclusion''. You can keep trying to impress people with big words, but the point of this section was to ask that you read the sources you purport to cite and not so drastically distort their meanings. That sound like a plan? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 07:45, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::: There's little reason to include Zureik's flowery description of Hass (a jounralist/op-ed writer) or Berda. It was off topic in the definitions section, and of little relevance to this article.] (]) 08:28, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::::<blockquote> Not a definition - a highly editorialized review of two other pieces. Not needed</blockquote>
::::::::Um, Icewhiz, you should know by now that books ''synthesize''. Zureik, an expert in the field, synthesized two relevant sources. That is what academics do. It's not called 'editorializing'.
::::::::That is a personal opinion, not an argument. There was no 'flowery' description included. To the contrary, Zureik's contextualization is wholly apposite for it summarizes secondary material, and relating it to the broader context of bureaucracy per Weber and Bauman, world-class thinkers. The permit regime is an instance of the category 'bureaucratic system', as virtually any source page on the topic notes.] (]) 08:57, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::Nableezy, if you think that "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque" are appropriate to use without attribution, I'm not going to waste any more space on this page explaining it to you. Nishidani, I don't know if you're aware, but every editorial judgment is essentially an opinion. And the author frankly does more quoting than summarizing, and strings it together in disorganized fashion. Even so, whoever added this line in originally butchered that comparison, and I don't see any value in "saving" it. ] (]) 13:34, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::::::lol ok, dont waste your time. Once more though, just so you internalize this, you dont get to decide these things. And again, this section was about you straight up lying about what a source said. You can deflect all you like, try to change the subject all you like, but that is undisputably what happened here. You mangled the original material and you did so without even looking at the source. And in so doing you made an encyclopedia article say something that was straight up false. If you stop doing that I would greatly appreciate it. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 15:06, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::::::: As there is no ] to add, we should stick to the ] version which does not contain this passage. ] (]) 15:35, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::::::::Thanks. On that principle the piece about Bauman should stay.
::::::::::::] is not a license to excise and then block the restoration of material. There has been almost zero discussion, and at least one objector couldn’t even construe the sentence he objected to.What is relevant is this:
::::::::::::<blockquote> In discussions of proposals to add, modify or remove material in articles, '''a lack of consensus commonly results in retaining the version of the article as it was prior to the proposal or bold edit.'''</blockquote>

::::::::::::The bold edit was wikieditor's. You yourself acknowledger stability is the core principle here. And this means you cannot in conscience object to its continued retention until discussion determines whatever other option. I.e
:::::::::::: from , on November 24 2018.
::::::::::::It has been stable for 5 months, (except for one moment when you took it out in your ).

::::::::::::So, I accept your point that stability is the core issue, and this passes the test.] (]) 16:27, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::::::The original is a mishmosh of what the source said and misleadingly fails to attribute different views to the respective author. This is not acceptable. The merits of "stability" don't change that. ] (]) 17:54, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::::::::::You got some balls to say anybody has done anything misleading with a source when you literally lied about it. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 20:47, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::Desist from harping. You've made your point, and it was closely deconstructed as illiterate nonsense, per the above. Icewhiz set stability as the standard, and that phrase (now tweaked to make it even clearer, if you had trouble with it, unlike other editors) is stable. Please note. Arguments are not persuasive if characterized by bludgeoning self-repetitiveness. ] (]) 19:48, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
::No, it wasn't. You appear to not be following the discussion. There is consensus against including this line. ] (]) 20:07, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
:::Where? or tell me how you define 'consensus'. And remember, you didn't excise the line. It was fine by you to rewrite it. The problem began when your rewrite totally screwed up the source. Icewhiz alone removed the passage, and now you agree. That makes two fussing, not a consensus, and not coherent.] (]) 20:34, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
:::What bs. There is consensus against including the line? Says who? First you lie about the source, now you are making up a mythical consensus? Color me surprised. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 20:41, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::Icewhiz seemed to imply he agrees with removal, ''you'' said you thought it was unnecessary, and I concur. Do I need to remind you of your earlier statement, or are you now changing your mind? That would be consensus against restoring it, but "no consensus" would result in the same point. I would not support reinserting this line unless it were revised to correct the issues I raised above. ] (]) 01:56, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::I said it was not necessary, I did not say it should be removed. Besides that, this section was about you not reading a source and making up what it says. Can we finally have an agreement that you will not do that anymore? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 03:56, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::This is a section about content. I'm glad we're in agreement that it's not necessary, and there's no reason to keep something that's not necessary. ] (]) 04:12, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::No, this is a section about your repeated misrepresentation of sources, in this case clearly not reading one and then lying about what it says. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 06:20, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::::Yeah, I don't think so. Stop treating this page like a ]. ] (]) 12:07, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::Seeing as I opened the section I think I know what it is about. Here, I modified the title to help you. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 14:03, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::::::Fortunately you are not the one driving the discussion. That would apply perfectly well to the original version of the sentence, but again, you've violated ] with a heading that assumes bad faith. I'd recommend you brush up not just on basic policy guidelines regarding content, but also user conduct. As far as the sentence itself goes, there is seemingly nothing more to discuss here. ] (]) 16:22, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::::do it again, see what happens. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 18:03, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::::::::Do what again, exactly? Change the heading? Honestly, I could care less. ] (]) 18:59, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::::::lie about a source. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 02:39, 30 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::::::::::I never "lied" about a source, but again, if you want to keep it up with the personal attacks, we can continue that line of discussion at ]. Let's do our best to keep this talk page focused on the article. ] (]) 17:58, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::Yes, you very obviously '''did''' lie about a source. In you wrote that source supports that '']'s characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" and "]'' when it very much does not. You pretended to have read that source and lied about its contents. Go ahead, report that to ANI. See whats a bigger deal, lying about a source or calling out the lying about the source. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 20:56, 30 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::::::::::::Have you heard of ]? Even if my edit missed the mark (as did the original version), that's not a "lie." And ] is much worse. ] (]) 23:51, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::I thought it was a ? If you want people to assume your good faith it might be worth showing some every once in a while. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 12:04, 1 May 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::::::::::::::I said the apostrophe "s" possessive was a typo. Please don't mischaracterize my comments. ] (]) 12:54, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

== update tag? ==

{{u|Sir Joseph}} you need to justify tags you place in the article. What needs to be updated? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 20:43, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:The article is really confusing to read. Sometimes I'm stuck in the 1980's then I'm in the 2000's. I know for a fact the system is much different now and the movement is not as it's laid out here, since most Palestinians living in the West Bank are free to move without any interaction with any Israeli solider in their day to day life, and it should be mention that only if they want to enter Israel is a permit required, same as me entering any other country. It needs to be made clear that this doesn't impact Palestinians who don't enter Israel, otherwise it just adds to the bias of the article. Also, the article right now is written very academically, it needs to have a more easier prose to it. ] <sup>]</sup> 21:01, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
::Can you provide any sources for what you know for a fact? And you are aware that permits cover more than just entering Israel, right? What specifically in the article is outdated and what sources have newer information? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 21:10, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::: Per my reading we are presenting the introduction of various permits, yet we never cover their repeal - e.g. military order 101 has been defunct for decades (from Oslo in the 90s at least). Many of the intifada-2 measures are defunct (in particular in regards to internal movement inside the West Bank (without crossing the barrier)). I suppose part of the problem here is the underlying sources, who tend to cover new introductions and the current (at the time) system, but not so much cancellations. Perhaps sources should be used with a dated prefix (e.g. "as of 2007, the system included..").] (]) 21:17, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
::::It's very disruptive to remove a tag within minutes while a discussion is underway. ] <sup>]</sup> 21:29, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
::::Icewhiz please provide sources and either add that to the article or I will gladly. If there are sources covering any repeals then they of course should be included. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 21:54, 28 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::: I'm afraid this may be an issue with the underlying sources themselves - who cover the ''system du jour'' but not changes. For Military Order 101 - - refers to it in the past tense. I daresay you won't find a reasonable source from the past two decades referring to it in present tense - this was cancelled or effectively cancelled as part of Oslo (1993-1996). Checkpoints (and passes) inside the West Bank were at a peak in 2004 (where we say 0.14% of West Bankers had permits) - this was the height of the crackdown of Intifada2. By 2010 (this can be sourced, though possibly to PRIMARYish sources) - the vast majority of internal checkpoints (not the ones on the separation barrier / seam zone) were dismantled - and generally no pass is needed for civilian travel east of the separation barrier. If you have a source asserting some system, ordinance, or permit was in place at year X - you can't assume it continued afterwards. ] (]) 06:23, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::Forgive me, but does our article say that 101 is in force? It just includes it in the history as how the regime began. As far as your last line, we cant assume that it isnt in force either. Thats a bit like saying unless I have a source saying X law is still in force as of today then I cant say X is a law. No, we need a source for a repeal of X to negate our saying X is a law. As far as primary/secondary, if a primary source directly shows that something has changed I dont see why we could not use that to at least source a change. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 06:29, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::: The text in ] describes 101 right next to stuff from 2004. 101 wasn't in force in 2004 - and it is misleading to refer to two completely separate eras (direct military rule vs. Oslo arrangements) in one paragraph. As for checkpoints (as well as various ordinances) - they aren't law. The military commander can set up checkpoints, and he can dismantle checkpoints - as an ad-hoc operational decision within his own remit. If you have a source saying checkpoints were such and such that was written at some date - all you can assume is that it was correct for that date. ] (]) 06:35, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::::Ah, did not see that part. Ill try to get some better sourcing on that order specifically and work that out. Checkpoint locations or number may not be law, but military orders in the West Bank are. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 06:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::All the above assertions are flying in the face of the facts. This, for example, is extraordinary:
::<blockquote>(A)most Palestinians living in the West Bank are free to move without any interaction with any Israeli solider in their day to day life, and it should be mention that only if they want to enter Israel is a permit required</blockquote>
::Please familiarize yourself with Israeli newspapers at least, if you wish to ignore the detailed scholarly documentation on this and its sister page.
::<blockquote>(B)I daresay you won't find a reasonable source from the past two decades referring to it in present tense - this was cancelled or effectively cancelled as part of Oslo (1993-1996).</blockquote>
::No. Sheer bluffery. , but is still in force. ]'s , and authorities like , / refer to it in the present tense.] (]) 12:02, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:::No need to get into your usual snippyness. One case doesn't discount anything I said. Most Palestinians live their day to day lives free from the IDF. Don't believe me? Go travel there yourself. Stop reading B'Tselem and Amnesty garbage and travel there. And is Amnesty the organization you really want to use as your source of truth? , , ] <sup>]</sup> 14:06, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::::I've been there. If you refuse to read books and scholarly articles, esp. from Israeli scholars, writers and reporters,and prefer personal memories of a few tourist jaunts, then you shouldn't be editing here, per ].] (]) 14:28, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::Here comes the typical Nishidani bullying, telling me where I can and where I can't edit. Guess what, just because an Israeli writer says something, doesn't make it true. Just like most democracies, Israel has diverse viewpoints, something you won't often find on Arab media. You want this propaganda article to be your pride and joy, that's wonderful, but if you want it to be fair and balanced, then you need it to be accurate. It's your call. Right now it reads like it can be an annex to the International Jew. ] <sup>]</sup> 15:15, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::::Lol "B'Tselem and Amnesty garbage" and then cites NGO Monitor. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 14:50, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::I'm glad you find antisemitism so amusing. ] <sup>]</sup> 15:12, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::Just noticed this, and you being currently topic-banned means you cant answer, but what in the actual fuck is that supposed to be in reference to? If I had noticed this before I would have reported it at the time. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 20:18, 24 May 2019 (UTC)</small>
Icewhiz, Nishidani's sources seem to support that 101 is still in force. Do you have anything better? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 14:51, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
: Yes - it seems to still be on the books (I also verified on a website with all the military commander ordinances for J&S) - same with most other ordinances passed pre-Oslo - however it has little to no effect on most Palestinians who live in areas A and B and who are not subject to direct rule by the military commander of the ] and to whom ] generally applies - it seems to currently mainly apply to protests without a permit in Area C. ] (]) 15:23, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::Israel has joint authority over B, and total authority over C, 83% of the West Bank, and if you don't have the requisite papers when controlled at 98 major checkpoints and 2,941 flying checkpoints - through which according to SJ Palestinians breeze through without stopping to note the guys in uniform unless to smile and shout ''Al haya lazim yistamir!''- were on West Bank roads (2017), the infractions are judged according to Israel military law, and order 101 and its amendments can kick in. It is also true that, despite its agreements, Israel retains the right to invade, arrest, and treat disturbances of any kind to its operations in Area A, and in such case, Palestinian law is waived. ] (]) 17:10, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::The first line of "Obtaining permits" reads: {{tq|Since 1991 Israel has never publicly clarified with clear consistent rules the criteria governing permits.}} The citation is to a book written in 2001, almost two decades ago. Is there available a more recent source for this statement? ] (]) 17:29, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::Yes, it is repeated in Berda (2017) and several other authorities and I will, and others are cordially invited to join, write a section on the system's legal and verbal opacity.] (]) 17:32, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:::OK. I think it'd be prudent to cite that source rather than the one from 2001. It also sounds like you are suggesting what amounts to a criticism section, which, frankly, I don't agree with. ] also advises against such sections. Such characterizations are better off being interspersed throughout the article for neutrality. ] (]) 17:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::::that isnt a criticism section. Nishidani, please do. Ill be adding a bit to it as well. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 18:04, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::The proposal was {{tq|I will, and others are cordially invited to join, write a section on the system's legal and verbal opacity.}} "Opacity" a negative characterization, leaves little room for balance. From ], {{tq|sections within an article dedicated to negative criticisms are normally also discouraged. Topical or thematic sections are frequently superior to sections devoted to criticism.}} Frankly, that could almost be applied to the entire article, and creating this section would just be another step in the direction of making this a fork for criticisms of the permit system. ] (]) 18:16, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::Yes the legal and verbal opacity is a topic of the permit regime. Im sorry you dislike covering that. Your dislike however is not important. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 18:19, 29 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::::I know this is difficult for you to swallow, Nableezy, but being on board with your agenda for the page is not a prerequisite to anything. "Opacity" is not a topic, it's an implicit criticism, and such sections are not recommended. This is already addressed, heavily, throughout the article. I oppose this idea. ] (]) 18:29, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::::Good thing this website does not require your consent. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 02:39, 30 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::::::Actually, collaboration matters on WP, which is why we have ]. Check it out sometime. ] (]) 17:53, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::::::Im pretty sure nothing in that says anybody needs your assent to add a section to an article. I might be wrong tho, who knows. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 12:05, 1 May 2019 (UTC)</small>
::This is not a social forum to chat around, about, above, behind anything. 'opacity' is a word, along with several synonyms, often used in permit system sources. When several sources comment on a perceived feature of a system, this is automatically the basis for collating the comments and writing them up. '''Everyone else''' on Misplaced Pages and in the real world knows this is how one writes up anything, 19920. There's an expression for this worrywart pettifogging: ''frénétiser l'insignifiance''. Reply all you like. I for one do not feel obliged to read rubbish like the above screed any further.] (]) 20:23, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
:::If you think this is "chatting," we apparently have different ideas about what's considered socializing. Clearly the sources are critical of the system, but our job is not to create separate sections dedicated to such criticism. Any flaws or injustices described by the sources can be illustrated with a neutral presentation of the facts, with sections labeled appropriately. A section on "opacity" (sections labeled with value judgments are always dubious), when that's already referenced throughout the article, is redundant, unnecessary, and contravenes ] which is pretty widely respected. ] (]) 23:55, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
:::: . . . .] (]) 09:22, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Nish, ignore this nonsense and add whatever the sources direct you to add. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 12:04, 1 May 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::I'm busy rereading the ], Nab. But will get round to that in duke horse. I am ignoring the nonsense, and will, whenever it recurs, reply with . . ., as above. :) I've seen people tossed out of seminar rooms for less disruption than this. ] (]) 13:23, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
:::::Talk about nonsense. The "sources" don't direct one to add anything, policy and good editorial judgment does. Misplaced Pages is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Criticism sections are POV and show bad judgment. ] (]) 13:02, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
::::::{{u|Nishidani}}, disagreement is not "disruption." The two of you together are engaging in a pattern of bullying and insulting anyone who dares to offer a different opinion, including myself, {{u|Icewhiz}}, and {{u|Sir Joseph}}, which is also known as ]. Apparently, you think that policy-based critiques of your suggestions are "nonsense." Perhaps a more likely explanation is that you can't respond substantively, so you'd rather ignore it. ] (]) 13:54, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

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] → {{no redirect|Israeli permit regime in the West Bank}} – This is the term used in scholarly works that deal with the entirety of the topic. Above, users have made a number of spurious arguments about regime. One of them is that it is non-neutral, based off sources that say calling a government a regime is disparaging. Yes, that is true, however we are not calling a government a regime, we are calling a legal regime a . The reason this should be moved is that is what the sources call it. Examples, and this is by no means a comprehensive list: ] → {{no redirect|Israeli permit regime in the West Bank}} – This move request had previously resulted in no consensus, but additional scholarly sources continue to prefer regime over system. Repeating some of the prior sources along with some additional ones:

* {{cite book | last=Berda | first=Yael | title=Living emergency : Israel's permit regime in the occupied West Bank | publisher=Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press | publication-place=Stanford, California | year=2018 | isbn=978-1-5036-0282-3 | oclc=994974366 | ref=harv}} * {{cite book | last=Berda | first=Yael | title=Living emergency : Israel's permit regime in the occupied West Bank | publisher=Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press | publication-place=Stanford, California | year=2018 | isbn=978-1-5036-0282-3 | oclc=994974366 | ref=harv}}
* {{cite book | last=Gordon | first=N. | title=Israel's Occupation | publisher=University of California Press | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-520-94236-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4RX7t4X8_RMC&pg=PA38 | ref=harv | access-date=2019-03-19 | page=38|quote=Even this cursory overview suggests that the permit regime infiltrated almost every aspect of Palestinian society, creating an intricate web through which the population was managed. Indeed revealing the way the permit regime spread across the entire social terrain and the way it shaped the minutest daily practices sheds light on the vast resources and energe put into administering the occupied inhabitants, both on the level of the individual Palestinian. The permit regime functioned simultaneously as the scaffolding for many other forms of control and thus as part of the infrastructre of control, as well as a controlling apparatus in its own right.}} * {{cite book | last=Gordon | first=Neve | title=Israel's Occupation | publisher=University of California Press | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-520-94236-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4RX7t4X8_RMC&pg=PA38 | ref=harv | access-date=2019-03-19 | page=38|quote=Even this cursory overview suggests that the permit regime infiltrated almost every aspect of Palestinian society, creating an intricate web through which the population was managed. Indeed revealing the way the permit regime spread across the entire social terrain and the way it shaped the minutest daily practices sheds light on the vast resources and energe put into administering the occupied inhabitants, both on the level of the individual Palestinian. The permit regime functioned simultaneously as the scaffolding for many other forms of control and thus as part of the infrastructre of control, as well as a controlling apparatus in its own right.}}
* {{cite journal | title = Unlawful Presence of Protected Persons in Occupied Territory? An Analysis of Israel's Permit Regime and Expulsions from the West Bank under the Law of Occupation| last1 = Margalit | first1 = Alon | last2 = Hibbin | first2 = Sarah | publisher = Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law | year = 2011 | volume = 13 | pages = 245–282 | doi = 10.1007/978-90-6704-811-8_7 | issn = 1389-1359 | ref = harv}} * {{cite journal | title = Unlawful Presence of Protected Persons in Occupied Territory? An Analysis of Israel's Permit Regime and Expulsions from the West Bank under the Law of Occupation| last1 = Margalit | first1 = Alon | last2 = Hibbin | first2 = Sarah | publisher = Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law | year = 2011 | volume = 13 | pages = 245–282 | doi = 10.1007/978-90-6704-811-8_7 | issn = 1389-1359 | ref = harv}}
* {{cite web|title=The economic effects of restricted access to land in the West Bank|publisher=]|year=2008|url=http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/654801468176641469/pdf/473230WP0GZ0Re101PUBLIC10Box334128B.pdf|page=5|quote=Furthermore, combined with checkpoints and a permit regime imposed on access of Palestinians from other areas to the Jordan Valley, Israel is enforcing a de facto Eastern Separation Zone without walls or fences along the Jordan Valley and the shores of the Dead Sea. This zone includes 43 Israeli settlements and 42 Palestinian localities.}} * {{cite web|title=The economic effects of restricted access to land in the West Bank|publisher=]|year=2008|url=http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/654801468176641469/pdf/473230WP0GZ0Re101PUBLIC10Box334128B.pdf|page=5|quote=Furthermore, combined with checkpoints and a permit regime imposed on access of Palestinians from other areas to the Jordan Valley, Israel is enforcing a de facto Eastern Separation Zone without walls or fences along the Jordan Valley and the shores of the Dead Sea. This zone includes 43 Israeli settlements and 42 Palestinian localities.}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Tawil-Souri|first1=Helga|title=Colored Identity|journal=Social Text|publisher=Duke University Press | volume=29| issue=2| year=2011| |issn=0164-2472|doi=10.1215/01642472-1259488|page=78|quote=Not long after the 1967 occupation, Israel ordered implementation of a collective permit to enter Israel, mandatory for all Palestinians, which metamorphosed into the current individual permit regime after the first intifada.}} * {{cite journal|last1=Tawil-Souri|first1=Helga|title=Colored Identity|journal=Social Text|publisher=Duke University Press | volume=29| issue=2| year=2011| issn=0164-2472|doi=10.1215/01642472-1259488|page=78|quote=Not long after the 1967 occupation, Israel ordered implementation of a collective permit to enter Israel, mandatory for all Palestinians, which metamorphosed into the current individual permit regime after the first intifada.}}
* {{cite journal | last=Parizot | first=Cédric | title=Viscous Spatialities: The Spaces of the Israeli Permit Regime of Access and Movement| journal=South Atlantic Quarterly | publisher=Duke University Press | volume=117 | issue=1 | date=2018-01-01 | issn=0038-2876 | doi=10.1215/00382876-4282028 | pages=21–42}}
*{{cite book|author1=Orna Ben-Naftali|author2=Michael Sfard|author3=Hedi Viterbo|title=The ABC of the OPT: A Legal Lexicon of the Israeli Control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Is5TDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52|date=10 May 2018|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-15652-4|page=52|quote=In order to prevent their entry into Israel, a legal fence had to be erected. The latter, made up of military declarations and orders coupled with a bureaucratic permit system, was tasked with doing what the physical fence is not smart enough to do: selection. To use the fence as a filter, the military had to cast a complicated legal net around it, impenetrable to Palestinians and open to everyone else. The legal fence is known as the "permit regime" ... The permit regime is thus clearly a legal regime of separation and discrimination based on nationality/ethnicity.}}


News sources use both, sometimes in the same article, examples:
Even the sources that other editors claim are "more neutral" above, such as the AP, and that use "permit system" in fact use "permit regime". source was provided as evidence that "permit system" should be preferred. However it actually repeatedly refers to a "permit regime" (quotes are ''As a sign of how central the system is to everyone’s lives, the Arabic Facebook page of the head of COGAT, Gen. Yoav Mordechai, has more than 410,000 followers, most likely almost all of them Palestinians, watching for any announcements concerning the permit regime.'' and ''Critics say that turned a defensive measure into a land grab. It also created a complex subset of the permit regime.'') Other news sources likewise use "permit regime" when discussing the overarching method of control.
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The exclusive scholar results , do show a somewhat greater usage of system, but that includes a large number of sources that merely remark on the regime. The sources that have this as its subject invariably use regime. Finally, regime better encompasses the scope, as the permit regime goes much beyond what most people would be familiar with in terms of required government permits into an overarching legal regime that governs much of daily life in the West Bank. ] 23:08, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
The author of the book above published by Stanford University Press titled ''Living Emergency: Israel's Permit Regime in the Occupied West Bank'' wrote, on the , the following:<blockquote>The term “permit regime” refers to a bureaucratic apparatus of the occupation modeled around that which developed in the West Bank between the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 through the early 2000s, when the separation barrier made West Bank residents increasingly dependent on permits from the Israeli army’s Civil Administration for movement within the West Bank, as well as for permission to enter Israel.</blockquote>


*'''Support''' The AP article, as well as referring to it as a regime, is a good explanation of why this should be seen as a mechanism of control rather than some petty bureaucracy.] (]) 09:51, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
The sources that are focused on this subject use "permit regime". A ] result does not, in any way, negate that fact. The argument that regime is non-neutral is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the term. This is not a case of calling a government a regime because one disagrees with that government. This is a set of laws and military orders that govern a set of people. More commonly known as a legal regime. ] 21:06, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. This would have been the default term had it not been for the pertinacious obstruction of two editors, since banned for their abusive behavior. ] (]) 11:33, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
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== Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 December 2021 ==
* '''Oppose'''. Regime is POVish, and more importantly not the ]. Per Google scholar - "west bank"+"permit system" - 678 results vs. 297 results for "West Bank"+"permit regime". Yeah - sure - as the long wall of text above demostrates the are some sources that use the POVish "regime". However more than twice as many academic sources use "system" - clearly the COMMONNAME.] (]) 21:18, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
:* Google results are totally irrelevant because there are a lot of results from unreliable sources, the argument should be about what most '''reliable sources''' say not Google search results--] (]) 21:29, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
::* '''Google scholar''' (not normal google). And we commonly use ngram, scholar, gbooks, or gnews to make these determinations. There are hundreds of published acadmic works on the permit systems - you can't list them all. I can throw here a wall of text twice as long as above with twice as many sources - it will prove nothing - as there are too many sources here to list.] (]) 21:39, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
:::*And if one actually looks at your scholar listing, theyll see articles like . Where there is actually one mention of a permit system, where it says ''Before the checkpoint and permit system was imposed, people travelling from Bethlehem to Ramallah would go through Jerusalem via Road 60, a well-maintained highway (see Figure 1)''. The sources that are focused on the topic, that provide in depth research of it, call it the permit regime. A stray mention in a source that is not focused on it does not negate that. Which is why ] is not and has never been a valid argument. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 21:45, 19 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::* Off topic - GHITS is from a deletion essay. For COMMONNAME we routinely use scholar/book/news hits (as well as in some cases plain google). Source depth is also irrelevant for common name (are we confised here with AfD?).] - policy - explicitely states search engines as one of the methods to determine the common name.] (]) 21:54, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
:::::*Again, many of your sources, which you clearly have not read, will have a stray mention of "permit system". Some of them may be on entirely different topics at that. The sources that are in-depth analyses of the topic invariably refer to it as a permit regime. Hell, the books that are about the topic entirely call it a permit regime. And if you do searches on titles , while . On scholar same story, , . If you do a search on news results youll see but . Remind me again how google search results proved the common name? The sources that focus on the topic call it permit regime. Full stop. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 22:08, 19 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::* Again irrelevant AfD arguements. This is a move discussion. You are also wrong - most in depth sources use system, for instance . Now, please stop ].] (]) 22:16, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
::::::::There isnt an AfD argument in my comment, sorry. Responding to a comment directed at me is not bludgeoning, sorry. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 22:19, 19 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
*'''Comment''' - We generally avoid language with a negative connotation but this is not the situation here and I would support the word "regime" being used. But maybe "rules" would be an alternative here? "''Israeli permit rules in the West Bank''"? ] (]) 22:25, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
::I dont think that works to be honest. There are rules and systems that are a part of the overarching regime. This article covers that overarching method of control, or as Berda calls it the "bureaucratic apparatus". <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 22:50, 19 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::What will remain is that where sources state 'regime' and a few score will be used to document it, that language will be retained in the text. As to negative connotations, that has been discussed. If people can't get a handle on the fact that 'regime' in English per 'permit regime'/'tax regime'// etc.etc., does not refer to a political reality intrinsically, well, that's modern downdowned education's fault. People read wiki to broaden their education, not to limit it. ] (]) 23:00, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
'''Oppose''' I will largely copy my response on the article's talk page. To assert that "regime" does not have a negative connotation, particularly in this context, is to ignore the widely accepted meaning of this word in usual political discourse. The sources that are applying the term are clearly doing so to express criticism. On "regime" having a negative connotation, provides a compelling interpretation. Note that this is a selected paper from a senior at ] in Canada that was edited by a professor. It does make reference to numerous reliable sources and explains usage of the term as such: {{tq|The word was adapted from the French, whose usage of the word is strongly connected to the 1789 French Revolution and the overthrow of l’ancien régime (Online Etymology Dictionary, 2013). Modern usage of this term has a distinct negative connotation, and it is used outside of anthropology to refer to governments or administrations in order to mark them as “non-democratic”.}}
We also have , which acknowledges the intrinsic criticism in the word's regular usage:
{{Quotebox|In theory, the term need not imply anything about the particular government to which it relates, and most social scientists use it in a normative and neutral manner. The term, though, can be used in a political context. <u>It is used colloquially by some, such as government officials, media journalists, and policy makers, when referring to governments that they believe are repressive, undemocratic, or illegitimate or simply do not square with the person’s own view of the world. Used in this context, the concept of regime communicates a sense of ideological or moral disapproval or political opposition.</u>}} The article name "Israeli Permit Regime" is also not used unanimously by reliable sources, which makes ] a stretch. Some of the ''most ''reliable sources like WaPo and AP refer to it as a system (while criticizing it), and some academic papers and reports pointedly call it a "regime" in their titles but actually use "system" and "regime" interchangeably if you actually delve into the reports themselves. Between these two, "system" is the superior choice according to ]: {{tq|The best name to use for a topic may depend on the context in which it is mentioned; it may be appropriate to mention alternative names and the controversies over their use, particularly when the topic in question is the main topic being discussed.}} Under these guidelines, the article name should refer to it as a "system," an objectively neutral term that is loyal to the sources, with the first line within the article mentioning that it is sometimes referred to as a "regime." ] (]) 00:01, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
::Your own AP source calls it the permit regime. Your source about regime being "disparaging" is about regime being applied to a government. That is not what this is. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 00:03, 20 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::It's not "my" source—and it uses ''both'' regime and system, in some cases interchangeably (but more frequently the latter). The other sources you cited pointedly use "regime" in the title, likely because it's provocative, but then proceed to use system and regime in its actual contents. And regime generally covers any system of control, and it is almost always a pejorative in this manner, including here. The sources using both terms clearly shows that "regime" is not the ], and in this case the better option is to default to the more objective phrasing and note that it has also been referred to as a "regime" in the first line of the article. ] (]) 00:09, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
::::(a)Technnically when you write:
::::<blockquote>The other sources you cited pointedly use "regime" in the title, likely because it's provocative, but '''then proceed to use system and regime in its actual contents'''</blockquote>
::::One thing is evident. This is deceptive prevarication: you haven't examined, or are not familiar with them, but feign to have done so.
::::To take just the first source cited by Nableezy, which has established itself as the standard technical source on the permit 'system', namely Yael Berda's ''Living emergency : Israel's permit regime in the occupied West Bank,'' ] 2018, the facts are exactly the opposite to your assertion above.
::::Berda uses 'permit system 4 times (pp.40,101,118,170)
::::and employs 'permit regime' 66 times (excluding the title page, and publishing details).
::::Pretending to have checked without doing so, and making contrafactual claims is frowned on in Misplaced Pages, and can lead to a report.] (]) 11:08, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
:::::(b)Your quotation re regime defines the 'political' sense of the word, as used by Marxist or structuralists in anthropology. You ignore my point that one can speak of a diet regime, a study regime, a fiscal regime, without engaging in politics. As noted, to define a word that has several uses only in its political sense, in order to challenge the validity of its use in non-political contexts, is extremely clumsy. It's embarrassing to have to remind editors that challenging one's use of 'dictate' as in 'the native informant dictated his story to the community' as POV-pushing because dictate can mean 'bully' 'issue orders' would be the height of folly. Any native speaker knows, or should know, this. ] (]) 11:22, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
'''Support''' permit regime. It is the standard scholarly term, as noted above, and opposition to its use is based on unfamiliarity with the sources (see above for an egregious example) and elementary confusion over the several distinct uses of the term. A 'permit regime', like 'diet regime', , 'study regime', , 'fiscal regime', , , , , , , etc.etc.etc. It is sheer linguistic prevarication to assert that in all of these instances we are dealing with the political sense of regime. There is no argument here. We are dealing with known linguistic facts.] (]) 11:43, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
: I will note that the erudite original author of this article named it ] after, surely as is his practice, a through and complete examination of every relevant source as well as taking into consideration relevant NPOV policy. Thus, it is somewhat surprising that said author is now claiming other editors who support "system" are engaging in a prevarication, are "clumsy", or haven't studied the sources.] (]) 11:49, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
:::Actually in the original version at Occupation of the West Bank I simply titled it 'Permits'. That section was written in a few hours. Now that it is hived off, and subject to expansion, certainly 'a through and complete examination of every relevant source' means just that, and tweaking or expanding the text according to what those sources say. So far, they favour 'permit regime', not only as Nableezy's sources say, and this will be more evident as time allows for thicker coverage. What I would like objectors to answer is my point about English usage, which contradicts with evidence everything asserted by those who question this usage. 'Permnit regime' differs in no way, linguisticially, from all other uses of 'noun+regime': they are politically neutral. If one can't answer that, then there is no case for objecting to it.] (]) 13:38, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
:::: The negative connotation is well documented, it has nothing to do with technical meaning of the word. Being a loan-word from French (and first widely applied for ] in revolutionary France), it has acquired, as other loan-words, a negative connotation.... This is where (partially) ] comes from. Don't be coy Nishidani - you are a master wordsmith, certainly you are well apprised of the tone of "regime" and other words in English. ] (]) 15:09, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
:::::False evidence again. refers to the political meaning of regime. You've been told that regime has several meanings in English, all amply illustrated of which the political sense is one, a class which that book does not deal with but that in 'permit regime', regime refers to 'a system or ordered way of doing things', not to an authoritarian mode of government. Please desist from manipulating English usage. It is precisely because I have a certain obsessive care for being linguistically tidy in hewing to the semantics and syntax that I support 'permit regime'. To spin it as belonging to a different semantic class than 'fitness regime', 'study regime', 'training regime', 'fiscal regime', 'meditation regime' 'medication regime', 'travel regime', 'care regime', 'nursing regime', 'running regime', 'maintenance regime', 'operating regime' , , , , , , , , , , , etc. etc.etc., is, in linguistic analysis, flawed. As all of these examples show, noun+regime (as opposed to adjective+regime, as in authoritarian regime/democratic regime/totalitarian regime/fascist regime/Nazi regime/ etc.) in English is a distinct class of its own, and one that is politically neutral, in referring to the rules governing the application or execution of whatever the noun in the case refers to. ] (]) 16:54, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
:::::: Do you understand that meaning depends on context and that "Israeli permit regime" insinuates something entirely different from "fitness regime?" And by the way, my point above was completely accurate - the sources cited indeed use both "regime" and "system," and that's more than enough to dispel the notion that ] would justify the use of "regime" in the article title. ] (]) 23:02, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
:::::: Apropos understanding something, you haven't done your homework. If you followed my links (i.e. '''evidence''') you would see in the numerous sources that 'noun+regime' is itself preceeded by a denominator of the country concerned as in 'EU'/'United States'/'Canada' etc. Anyone reading in numerous books or the won't, if they are familiar with English usage, jump to the conclusion we are dealing with an authoritarian trading dictatorship, or Austrian and American political regimes. Attempts to consistently rephrase everything concerning Israel to make out it is invariably a special/exceptional case, though everything that happens there has happened or happens elsewhere are POV-pushing. The commoname hypothesis is again flagwaving, for you would have to show that it is the common 'universal' name across countries. It may be the common name in Israeli government publications, for example (that would have to be weeded out), but like ] for the West Bank, national usage does not trump the standard usage in scholarly works, as indeed in the latter regard a specific arbcom-derived decision determined. ] (]) 08:12, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
'''Oppose''' per ] based on google search results "Israeli permit system" vs "Israeli permit regime" vs even searching google books its v2s ] (]) 14:43, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
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== shin bet coercion ==
Footnote N° 51 following the text "as the father of a victim of the conflict, he was again deemed a security risk" should be "Hass 2021" instead of "AHass 2021". It's a typo that prevents the template:citation (I guess) from working. ] (]) 11:44, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
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== Requested move 22 October 2023 ==
Nish, I think we need a section on Shin Bet's involvement in the disbursement of permits and the blackmail to collaborate. Sources I have on this are Berda Living Emergency (pp. 60-65) and Gordan's Israel's Occupation (pp 39, 42, 161). Ill go through the journals I have saved off, but any other sources on this just dump here and if you dont get to it I will. Also think we need something on how they were used to both keep Palestinians as unskilled laborers and stopped them from developing an economy of their own. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 03:04, 20 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
::There are a couple of dozen potential headings to sort out the vast quantity of material on this. I suggest on makes a section for each facet of the permit regime, and then provide a subsection with an exemplary instance of the practice, as my last edits did. It is a pity that sources don't allow one to note any other comparison other than apartheid. I mean, for example, the permit conditions for the ], if they are not as many are, illegals, who do the hardscrabble labour of fruit picking in the ] are perhaps even worse. The local police are used by the state to blackmail them there as well, into living under intolerable working conditions, to keep wages low. ] (]) 11:50, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
:::{{re|Nishidani}} This is not a ] to comment on the IPC and the Israeli govt. If the sources don't support an alleged analogy, I don't know why you're bringing it up here. ] (]) 23:05, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
::::who are you trying to impress here? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 15:15, 21 March 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::: No one. If you want to sit and commiserate with other editors about how terrible Israel is, do it off Wiki. ] (]) 01:09, 27 March 2019 (UTC)


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The result of the move request was: '''not moved''' <small>(non-admin closure)</small>. ] (]) 00:21, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
{{ping|Wikieditor19920}} you have violated the 1RR. And beyond that, you are making things up. And doing so for reasons that entirely escape me. Kindly self-revert. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 22:53, 4 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
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{{ping|Wikieditor19920}} I see that you are actively editing. Do you plan on rectifying your 1RR violation? Or even attempting to explain the completely nonsensical edit summary for your tendentious edit? <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 01:49, 5 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::I'll assume that the 1RR applies, though the page should have an editing notice. ] (]) 01:57, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
:::Please notice the head of this page. Thank you for selfreverting.] (]) 02:07, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
:::: I was referring to the 1RR notice that should appear when an editor clicks "edit." I think that would eliminate any further possibility for confusion. ] (]) 02:53, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
And to the point, it is very obviously also known as the permit regime. A ton of sources have already been provided demonstrating that. That nonsense about "sometimes referred to as" is in fact nonsense. It is often directly called the permit regime. And a no consensus to overturn the move-warring is emphatically not a consensus saying that permit regime is not the common name, and even if it were that makes not one whit of difference in saying it is also known as. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 02:20, 5 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
: I removed this, as we already concluded in the RM that this is non-neutral language. Furthermore, it is factually incorrect to call this the "Israeli permit regime", as Israeli permit systems/regimes/schemes are in place outside of the West Bank as well. ] (]) 07:21, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
::That is an unequivocal falsehood. Please do not make such deceitful arguments. It is also not factually incorrect, as the cited sources explicitly call it the regime. And when you dishonestly modify what is attributed to a living person you are both being dishonest about the source and a living person, also known as violating BLP. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 21:54, 7 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::And regarding the laughable claim it is "non-neutral" language, ] requires that "permit regime" be included. Per ] articles must include ''all of the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic.'' I have demonstrated that reliable sources call the topic of this article the "permit regime". That means it is required to be included. Please do not continue to make ]. As a reminder, this article is covered by discretionary sanctions. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 22:00, 7 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::: {{ping|Nableezy}} - please strike the personal attacks above. Your assertion regarding a paraphrased description is incorrect - I did not modify a direct quote.] (]) 04:06, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
::::I dont think I wrote that you modified a direct quote. You did however replace what a source says and what is attributed to him with something he did not say. Noting that is not a personal attack. Please do not continue to substitute your POV in place of what reliable sources report. Where the source says the permit regime our article does to. Where it says system then ours will to. But pretending that your completely bogus argument on POV makes it so what reliable sources say cannot be used here is tendentious and disruptive. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 04:41, 8 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::: As system and the lesser used regime or regimen are alternative terms for the same thing - when paraphrasing (as opposed to a direct quote) - they may be replaced as synonymous. ] (]) 09:41, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::If they are synonymous then one is no more POV than the other. You really should try to develop a consistent argument instead of bouncing around to ones that conflict, it would demonstrate intellectual integrity. Either way, when the cited source says regime so too will we. Given that they are ''synonymous'' apparently. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 15:34, 8 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:::::::: No, we shall follow the consensus established in the recent RM for language in this article. They are synonymous - with a different POV spin.] (]) 15:45, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::I do not understand how lying is becoming an acceptable tactic in Misplaced Pages discussions. The move request, following your move warring, ended in ''No consensus''. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 16:00, 8 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
::::::There is no evidence of lesser use. To the contrary:-
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::::::There is very strong evidence that in the academic literature 'permit regime' which is the correct technical phrase written by people who actually understand that in English usage, is the preferred term. 'Regime' in such contexts does not mean a political entity. This is also a question of linguistic competence, as I have documented thoroughly, with zero responses indicating any flaw in the linguistic evidence.] (]) 10:39, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

:::There is no argument here. The Israeli permit regime and Israeli permit system are both widely attested. As Nableezy argued, ] requires both to be nominated. ] (]) 09:03, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

== WP:BLOGS and other tendentious editing ==


] → {{no redirect|Israeli permit regime in the Palestinian territories}} – No expert in the area, but it looks like this permit regime also applies to Gaza: , , , , , , , . ] (]) 17:35, 22 October 2023 (UTC)<small>—&nbsp;'''''Relisting.'''''&nbsp;<small>''''']''''' (])</small> 20:26, 30 October 2023 (UTC)</small>
Icewhiz, please read ]. Please read where it says ''Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established expert on the subject matter, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications.'' Please read what ] is. ] specifies that tendentious editing is ''a manner of editing that is partisan, biased or skewed taken as a whole''. You are violating that in spades. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 15:59, 8 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
:<s>'''Comment''' I have altered the lead in anticipation of this move; if the consensus is to keep it as is, then it would probably be best to revert to the previous version. --] (]) 20:20, 23 October 2023 (UTC)</s> Note: this has already been reverted. If the consensus is to merge and expand scope, content at ] should redirect here as well as ]. --] (]) 09:49, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
: Quoting a particular viewpoint - twice to boot (Berda already appearing in the previous sentence which I left in place - though it is questionable as well) - in the lede is UNDUE. The lede is supposed to be a summary of the body - not a place to interject random quotes. An expert writing in a blog may be considered reliable - and also may not. Given that we have no lack of published material here (including by Berda) - using an unpublished blog is not necessary.] (]) 16:03, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per nom.--] (]) 23:57, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
::That is not a particular viewpoint quoted twice. That was not a random quote, it is a definition of the topic. UNDUE means that it promotes a viewpoint that other reliable sources dispute. What reliable source disputes any part of Berda's definition. Why exactly are you pretending that sources do not call this topic the permit regime? Why do you insist on continued tendentious edits and dishonest arguments? Whatever, I have some evidence to compile. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 16:06, 8 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
*'''Oppose''' - its a different topic, and I oppose the change in scope. The West Bank permit regime is its own topic and treated as a discrete topic in reliable sources, the permit regime in Gaza never approached the complexity of this and beyond that is mostly defunct. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 20:45, 23 October 2023 (UTC)</small>
::: ] please. As ] points out, while one may use self-published work by experts - the next sentence (which you omitted) - is {{tq|"Exercise caution when using such sources: if the information in question is suitable for inclusion, someone else will probably have published it in independent reliable sources."}}. There's no particular reason to quote Berda at all (a fairly young scholar - h-index of 5 ). Quoting her in the lede, and from a blog? Really not needed. ] (]) 16:09, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
*:'''Comment''' I have now created a separate article for Gaza (]). If the consensus is to change the scope of this article, content there should be merged here. Thank you. ] (]) 21:00, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
::::Oh, his age is now disqualifying. Ill add that to the hall of fame of dishonest arguments. <small style="border: 1px solid;padding:1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']''' - 16:26, 8 April 2019 (UTC)</small>
*'''Oppose'''. Gaza is a completely different reality. Israel's permit system in the WB is meticulously invasive of everyday lives- The only recent change I know of was to allow up to 15,000 Gazans to enter Israel as labourers on a daily basis. Otherwise getting any kind of permit to move out of Gaza was like drawing blood from a stone. The permit system, as with the 9 Fulbright scholarship winners, is more notable for not allowing permits than otherwise.] (]) 22:22, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''' per Nableezy. The change of name would essentially change the scope of the article, and it may well be better to cover the two topics separately due to the very different natures of the permit regimes as well as the differences in dates when they were in effect. — ]&nbsp;<sub>]</sub> 03:30, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
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Zygmunt Bauman misrepresented in the text

Wikieditor19920 here you go, not even listing the problem in the talk page header. This is a horrendously bad edit. You completely misunderstood what the sentence in the article meant, and apparently did not even look at the source. Bauman didnt write anything about the permit regime. The source, and the article, says that Bauman's writings about "bureaucracy's debilitating impact on the human condition" are echoed in Amira Hass' writing about the occupation's bureaucracy that controls Palestinian freedoms of movement, work and so on. It is a blatant misrepresentation of the source. Please correct it. And please do not continue editing without regard for what the sources say. nableezy - 04:28, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Yep. This one comes close to my all time best-misreadings-on-Misplaced Pages list. Just for the record (further proof of incompetence)

Zygmunt Bauman's warnings of the debilitating effect bureaucracy may have on the human condition has been cited to throw light on the Orwellian or Kafkaesque trap of red tape that, it is argued, places a stranglehold on Palestinian autonomy.

  1. Zureik 2015, p. 121. sfn error: no target: CITEREFZureik2015 (help)
Has been rewritten (ungrammatically) by

diff Zygmunt Bauman's characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque."

  1. Zureik 2015, p. 121. sfn error: no target: CITEREFZureik2015 (help)
Comically the edit summary reads:'Fixed bad paraphrases, statements of opinion as fact.' The bad paraphrase also consisted in using the source word 'pretext' instead of 'justification', which is a euphemistic gloss, and would have required 'asserted (justification)'. If you can't sight it, Wikieditor19920, 'Zygmunt Bauman's characterized' is a double elementary English error. It confuses the possessive function of 's which cannot take a verb as an object (a competent reader will stop and ask himself 'what, related to Bauman, characterized which bureaucracy..etc.' ), unless of course you were thinking, equally ungrammatically of the contractive function of 's (Zygmunt Bauman is/has) which in any case also either garbles the sentence 'Zygmunt Bauman is characterized the bureaucracy', or, in abbreviating 'has' to 's, violates normal prose conventions) Jeezus.
Nableezy is correct. You (a) did not read the source (b) did not understand the straightforward accurate paraphrase of the source (b) and solved your nescient perplexity by writing garbled English while, miraculously, distorting the source. Quite an achievement.Nishidani (talk) 14:06, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
Right, let's all lose our shit over a typo. (And rant about it in a winding, ungrammatical post.) The first draft was nearly unintelligible, and it's not worth taking another stab at. And Nishidani, "pretext" is exactly the type of editorializing we should avoid—that's not "glossing over." You should learn to keep your opinions off Wiki. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 14:48, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
I'm removing the line, because it's meaningless, I've trimmed the number of citations in the lead and made several other language changes throughout the article. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 14:57, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
A typo???? You straight up made something up that the source doesnt say because you a. did not understand what was in the article, and b. did not read the source. I am restoring your removals. nableezy - 15:34, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Also this article was started using British English, changing it to American violates MOS:ENGVAR. nableezy - 15:38, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Ill keep Bauman out just cus I dont see it as necessary, but if you continue to misrepresent the sources I will have to ask that you be made to stop. nableezy - 15:40, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
Go right ahead, because I haven't misrepresented anything. You added a poorly written, confusing line, I took a crack at improving it; no one was happy, and now it's gone. In your haste to fully revert me, do your best not to restore all of the ungrammatical punctuation (+ lack of). Wikieditor19920 (talk) 16:03, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
You have not misrepresented anything? You would do well to actually acknowledge your errors because they are pretty obvious. You wrote

Zygmunt Bauman's characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque

That was cited to this page. Can you please pray tell where that source says Bauman characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" (with a quote at that!)? Jesus, just dont change the meaning of what the article says unless you actually look at the source. Its a pretty basic concept. nableezy - 16:12, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
Give me a break; you're in no position to be lecturing anyone else about supposed "errors." Your most recent revert just removed a bunch of necessary grammatical changes, such as things like commas and proper use of colons/semi-colons. Bauman cited ANOTHER scholar who made that characterization and said he agrees. My version perfectly captured the gist of the text; you should learn something about paraphrasing, because all you seem willing to do is lazily copy-paste from the source, change a few words, and call it a day. The result is that this page is filled with dense, nearly unreadable prose, and mundane lists and details about the types of permits Palestinians apply for. No one is this interested in the subject, and I'd suggest you start working on cutting down material/making it more concise than bellyaching over my relatively minor changes to the article. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 16:36, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
I take it that you are unable to explain where the source you cited says anything close to the material you inserted into the article. And I also take it you still have not read the source, because no, Bauman did not cite another scholar who made that characterization and said he agreed. Elia Zureik is the author of that book. What he wrote is that Amira Hass' writings echo Bauman's writings about bureaucracy. My version perfectly captured the gist of the text? Just wow to that. Im starting to think there are some WP:CIR issues here. As far as no one is this interested in the subject well if you lack interest then you can move on. We however are here to write an encyclopedia article on this subject. And this is going to contain details. If that bothers you well, again, you can move on. That you do not understand something does not make it dense or nearly unreadable. Your relatively minor changes were a blatant misrepresentation of the source. The next time you do so I will not just ask that you fix it, given your rather obstinate defiance in acknowledging such a basic, and not even a little trivial, error. Your suggestions are very much not on the list of things I intend to listen to, sorry. nableezy - 16:47, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
Even your explanation of this line is nonsensical. It shows poor editorial judgment that you would a) think to include such a convoluted statement and b) do such a bad job at synthesizing it. Your original version used the words "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque" in Wiki voice without clear attribution. This is far more serious. On the entire article, again, it's certainly a fascinating topic, but one that is made less so by inclusion of trivial, procedural details and over-elaborate prose. That, and you apparently can't even be bothered to properly convert the text in the sources into your own words or listen to advice to use little things like commas. WP:CIR indeed. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 17:04, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
So, just so we are clear, there is nothing in the cited source that supports the material you put in the article? Yes, no? Because first you said it was a typo. Then you said it perfectly captured the gist of the text. What in the text supported the material you put in the article? Can you answer that question? Or do you think bluster is an appropriate response at all times? nableezy - 17:20, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
Are you honestly still arguing about a single sentence that you now agree is unnecessary? Forgive me, but I really could care less. It was horribly written when you put it into the article, and since we haven't settled on how to improve it, it seems like we all agree to be rid of it. Amusing as it is to hear you talk about "bluster," this is settled as far as I'm concerned and I have absolutely no interest in dragging it out. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 23:16, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
It was not horribly written prior to you horribly writing it. We dont all agree, Nishidani thinks it relevant and I dont have a problem including it. Regardless, none of that absolves you of the responsibility to not distort sources in an encyclopedia article. I thank you for your future cooperation in the hopes that you cease doing so. nableezy - 01:09, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
I was getting bored with this, but now I'm inclined to actually examine the text on this page and compare it to what you wrote.

From the text:

Thus bureaucracy becomes a formidable weapon that constrains colonised subjects, along the lines described by Israeli journalist Amira Hass (2011). She captures the essence of Israel's bureaucratic strangulation in a language that echoes Zygmunt Bauman's (1989) warnings of bureaucracy's debilitating impact on the human condition:

'A machinery of repression depends not only on guns and torture in cellars. As the Soviet-bloc regimes proved, bureaucracy is central to the system. The same is true with us: Far from the barriers of transparency of a proper democratic society, Israel has created a complex and invisible bureaucracy that completely controls Palestinian freedom of movement, and hence freedom of employment, livelihood and studies, the freedom to fall in love and establish a family, to organize and other basic liberties. (Hass 2011)

The manipulative nature of Israeli bureaucracy in the state's dealings with the Palestinians is captured by Robert Home (2003, 306): "A modern, positivist ideology of law and the state supported the colonists/colonialists in dispossessing the colonized, and trapped the indigenous Palestinians in a manipulated bureaucracy worth of the pages of Kafka and Orwell."

Now, here was your "synthesis" of this material:

Zygmunt Bauman's warnings of the debilitating effect bureaucracy may have on the human condition has been cited to throw light on the Orwellian or Kafkaesque trap of red tape that, it is argued, places a stranglehold on Palestinian autonomy.

It was Home who references Kafka and Orwell, not Bauman, which your line misleadingly fails to note. You also make no reference to the actual author of the book, Zureik, only vaguely saying "it is argued," which a classic example of weaseling in a view without attribution. It's not even clear who you're suggesting is arguing this point. The line about a "stranglehold on the Palestinian economy" is traceable to Hass, whom you also did not mention. And where exactly did this "red tape" phrasing come from? If this is your original writing, I suggest you save the purple prose/editorializing for your novel and not for Misplaced Pages. Admittedly, Zureik's cluttered references make her arguments difficult to follow, and my changes did not entirely fix the problem, but your initial edit turned a poorly organized argument (from the source) into an utter mess, in which you combine the statements of multiple authors without proper attribution and write it in a way that sounds like Wikivoice. Considering how far off the mark your attempt here was, you can't credibly lecture anyone on "misrepresenting sources." Wikieditor19920 (talk) 01:58, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

First of all, I didnt write that sentence. Second, synthesis requires bringing multiple sources together, you definitionally cannot synthesize one source. Thirdly, we are not required to explicitly attribute every sentence. We need in text attribution for direct speech, not for relaying ideas. For that we can use in-line citations. As was done here. And you still dont get what the source says. It is saying that Hass' writings echo Bauman's writings of bureaucracy as having a debilitating impact on the human condition, a bureaucracy that is Kafkaesque or Orwellian. Again, what you wrote in the article was

Zygmunt Bauman's (sic) characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque."

That very much did not just did not entirely fix the problem. It made a problem that did not exist. You attributed to Bauman something that Home said, when the source says that Bauman is echoed in somebody else entirely. You very obviously did not read the source you were purporting to follow. You can admit to making an error. Everybody makes mistakes. But continuing to pretend that there was no problem, that you did not blatantly distort the source when you so obviously did does not instill any confidence that such errors will not be repeated. If you had a problem with attributing Orwellian or Kafkaesque you could have attributed them to Home. But that would have required actually reading the source. Finally, Elia Zureik is a he. nableezy - 03:03, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Pretty rich for you to demand I admit to error (I think I just did) and insinuate that you will report me when you gave me such poor material to work with. This is why its removal is for the best. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 03:44, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
None of that makes even a little sense. Literally none of it. And no, you did not admit to distorting the source. You actually repeatedly refused to. And that you dont understand the text does not mean "its removal is for the best". nableezy - 04:13, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
I just explained the obvious problems with the original sentence, which is why it should be excluded. Your defense of it is weak. ...we are not required to explicitly attribute every sentence. We're talking about views and, more specifically, phrases and descriptions that were used by different authors, merged into a single sentence, without quotes or attribution. It is saying that Hass' writings echo Bauman's writings of bureaucracy as having a debilitating impact on the human condition, a bureaucracy that is Kafkaesque or Orwellian. The final bit is the most important, because WP editors are not permitted to call something "Kafkaesque" or "Orwellian" without a direct, in-text attribution. Home shouldn't have been noted as the one who made that comparison, he wasn't, and the sentence did not make clear which views belonged to whom. Even if these problems were addressed, Zureik's argument is too meandering and unfocused to be suitable for inclusion. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 05:17, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
lol sure buddy. phrases and descriptions that were used by different authors, merged into a single sentence, without quotes or attribution. All of this comes from one paragraph by Zureik. The final bit is the most important, because WP editors are not permitted to call something "Kafkaesque" or "Orwellian" without a direct, in-text attribution. Says who? I really wish you had hounded me to an article you knew something about. What are you talking about with Home shouldn't been noted as the one who made that comparison, he wasn't, and the sentence did not make clear which views belonged to whom. Even if these problems were addressed, Zureik's argument is too meandering and unfocused to be suitable for inclusion. One more time, that you do not understand a source does not make it a source that is meandering or unfocused or not suitable for inclusion. You can keep trying to impress people with big words, but the point of this section was to ask that you read the sources you purport to cite and not so drastically distort their meanings. That sound like a plan? nableezy - 07:45, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
There's little reason to include Zureik's flowery description of Hass (a jounralist/op-ed writer) or Berda. It was off topic in the definitions section, and of little relevance to this article.Icewhiz (talk) 08:28, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Not a definition - a highly editorialized review of two other pieces. Not needed

Um, Icewhiz, you should know by now that books synthesize. Zureik, an expert in the field, synthesized two relevant sources. That is what academics do. It's not called 'editorializing'.
That is a personal opinion, not an argument. There was no 'flowery' description included. To the contrary, Zureik's contextualization is wholly apposite for it summarizes secondary material, and relating it to the broader context of bureaucracy per Weber and Bauman, world-class thinkers. The permit regime is an instance of the category 'bureaucratic system', as virtually any source page on the topic notes.Nishidani (talk) 08:57, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Nableezy, if you think that "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque" are appropriate to use without attribution, I'm not going to waste any more space on this page explaining it to you. Nishidani, I don't know if you're aware, but every editorial judgment is essentially an opinion. And the author frankly does more quoting than summarizing, and strings it together in disorganized fashion. Even so, whoever added this line in originally butchered that comparison, and I don't see any value in "saving" it. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 13:34, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
lol ok, dont waste your time. Once more though, just so you internalize this, you dont get to decide these things. And again, this section was about you straight up lying about what a source said. You can deflect all you like, try to change the subject all you like, but that is undisputably what happened here. You mangled the original material and you did so without even looking at the source. And in so doing you made an encyclopedia article say something that was straight up false. If you stop doing that I would greatly appreciate it. nableezy - 15:06, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
As there is no WP:NOCONSENSUS to add, we should stick to the WP:STABLE version which does not contain this passage. Icewhiz (talk) 15:35, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. On that principle the piece about Bauman should stay.
WP:CONSENSUS is not a license to excise and then block the restoration of material. There has been almost zero discussion, and at least one objector couldn’t even construe the sentence he objected to.What is relevant is this:

In discussions of proposals to add, modify or remove material in articles, a lack of consensus commonly results in retaining the version of the article as it was prior to the proposal or bold edit.

The bold edit was wikieditor's. You yourself acknowledger stability is the core principle here. And this means you cannot in conscience object to its continued retention until discussion determines whatever other option. I.e
The stable version, the page indeed as it was first created, contains that section excerpted here from the Israeli occupation where that precise remark and reference were on the page from the day it was uploaded, on November 24 2018.
It has been stable for 5 months, (except for one moment when you took it out in your disembowelment edit, which was consensually overruled).
So, I accept your point that stability is the core issue, and this passes the test.Nishidani (talk) 16:27, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
The original is a mishmosh of what the source said and misleadingly fails to attribute different views to the respective author. This is not acceptable. The merits of "stability" don't change that. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 17:54, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
You got some balls to say anybody has done anything misleading with a source when you literally lied about it. nableezy - 20:47, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Desist from harping. You've made your point, and it was closely deconstructed as illiterate nonsense, per the above. Icewhiz set stability as the standard, and that phrase (now tweaked to make it even clearer, if you had trouble with it, unlike other editors) is stable. Please note. Arguments are not persuasive if characterized by bludgeoning self-repetitiveness. Nishidani (talk) 19:48, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
No, it wasn't. You appear to not be following the discussion. There is consensus against including this line. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 20:07, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Where? or tell me how you define 'consensus'. And remember, you didn't excise the line. It was fine by you to rewrite it. The problem began when your rewrite totally screwed up the source. Icewhiz alone removed the passage, and now you agree. That makes two fussing, not a consensus, and not coherent.Nishidani (talk) 20:34, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
What bs. There is consensus against including the line? Says who? First you lie about the source, now you are making up a mythical consensus? Color me surprised. nableezy - 20:41, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Icewhiz seemed to imply he agrees with removal, you said you thought it was unnecessary, and I concur. Do I need to remind you of your earlier statement, or are you now changing your mind? That would be consensus against restoring it, but "no consensus" would result in the same point. I would not support reinserting this line unless it were revised to correct the issues I raised above. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 01:56, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
I said it was not necessary, I did not say it should be removed. Besides that, this section was about you not reading a source and making up what it says. Can we finally have an agreement that you will not do that anymore? nableezy - 03:56, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
This is a section about content. I'm glad we're in agreement that it's not necessary, and there's no reason to keep something that's not necessary. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 04:12, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
No, this is a section about your repeated misrepresentation of sources, in this case clearly not reading one and then lying about what it says. nableezy - 06:20, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Yeah, I don't think so. Stop treating this page like a WP:BATTLEGROUND. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 12:07, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Seeing as I opened the section I think I know what it is about. Here, I modified the title to help you. nableezy - 14:03, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Fortunately you are not the one driving the discussion. That would apply perfectly well to the original version of the sentence, but again, you've violated WP:TPG with a heading that assumes bad faith. I'd recommend you brush up not just on basic policy guidelines regarding content, but also user conduct. As far as the sentence itself goes, there is seemingly nothing more to discuss here. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 16:22, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
do it again, see what happens. nableezy - 18:03, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Do what again, exactly? Change the heading? Honestly, I could care less. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 18:59, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
lie about a source. nableezy - 02:39, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
I never "lied" about a source, but again, if you want to keep it up with the personal attacks, we can continue that line of discussion at WP:ANI. Let's do our best to keep this talk page focused on the article. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 17:58, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Yes, you very obviously did lie about a source. In this edit you wrote that this source supports that Zygmunt Bauman's characterized the bureaucracy as "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque when it very much does not. You pretended to have read that source and lied about its contents. Go ahead, report that to ANI. See whats a bigger deal, lying about a source or calling out the lying about the source. nableezy - 20:56, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Have you heard of WP:AGF? Even if my edit missed the mark (as did the original version), that's not a "lie." And battlegrounding is much worse. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 23:51, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
I thought it was a typo? If you want people to assume your good faith it might be worth showing some every once in a while. nableezy - 12:04, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
I said the apostrophe "s" possessive was a typo. Please don't mischaracterize my comments. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 12:54, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

update tag?

Sir Joseph you need to justify tags you place in the article. What needs to be updated? nableezy - 20:43, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

The article is really confusing to read. Sometimes I'm stuck in the 1980's then I'm in the 2000's. I know for a fact the system is much different now and the movement is not as it's laid out here, since most Palestinians living in the West Bank are free to move without any interaction with any Israeli solider in their day to day life, and it should be mention that only if they want to enter Israel is a permit required, same as me entering any other country. It needs to be made clear that this doesn't impact Palestinians who don't enter Israel, otherwise it just adds to the bias of the article. Also, the article right now is written very academically, it needs to have a more easier prose to it. Sir Joseph 21:01, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Can you provide any sources for what you know for a fact? And you are aware that permits cover more than just entering Israel, right? What specifically in the article is outdated and what sources have newer information? nableezy - 21:10, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Per my reading we are presenting the introduction of various permits, yet we never cover their repeal - e.g. military order 101 has been defunct for decades (from Oslo in the 90s at least). Many of the intifada-2 measures are defunct (in particular in regards to internal movement inside the West Bank (without crossing the barrier)). I suppose part of the problem here is the underlying sources, who tend to cover new introductions and the current (at the time) system, but not so much cancellations. Perhaps sources should be used with a dated prefix (e.g. "as of 2007, the system included..").Icewhiz (talk) 21:17, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
It's very disruptive to remove a tag within minutes while a discussion is underway. Sir Joseph 21:29, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Icewhiz please provide sources and either add that to the article or I will gladly. If there are sources covering any repeals then they of course should be included. nableezy - 21:54, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
I'm afraid this may be an issue with the underlying sources themselves - who cover the system du jour but not changes. For Military Order 101 - this source - refers to it in the past tense. I daresay you won't find a reasonable source from the past two decades referring to it in present tense - this was cancelled or effectively cancelled as part of Oslo (1993-1996). Checkpoints (and passes) inside the West Bank were at a peak in 2004 (where we say 0.14% of West Bankers had permits) - this was the height of the crackdown of Intifada2. By 2010 (this can be sourced, though possibly to PRIMARYish sources) - the vast majority of internal checkpoints (not the ones on the separation barrier / seam zone) were dismantled - and generally no pass is needed for civilian travel east of the separation barrier. If you have a source asserting some system, ordinance, or permit was in place at year X - you can't assume it continued afterwards. Icewhiz (talk) 06:23, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Forgive me, but does our article say that 101 is in force? It just includes it in the history as how the regime began. As far as your last line, we cant assume that it isnt in force either. Thats a bit like saying unless I have a source saying X law is still in force as of today then I cant say X is a law. No, we need a source for a repeal of X to negate our saying X is a law. As far as primary/secondary, if a primary source directly shows that something has changed I dont see why we could not use that to at least source a change. nableezy - 06:29, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
The text in Israeli permit system in the West Bank#Dimensions describes 101 right next to stuff from 2004. 101 wasn't in force in 2004 - and it is misleading to refer to two completely separate eras (direct military rule vs. Oslo arrangements) in one paragraph. As for checkpoints (as well as various ordinances) - they aren't law. The military commander can set up checkpoints, and he can dismantle checkpoints - as an ad-hoc operational decision within his own remit. If you have a source saying checkpoints were such and such that was written at some date - all you can assume is that it was correct for that date. Icewhiz (talk) 06:35, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Ah, did not see that part. Ill try to get some better sourcing on that order specifically and work that out. Checkpoint locations or number may not be law, but military orders in the West Bank are. nableezy - 06:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
All the above assertions are flying in the face of the facts. This, for example, is extraordinary:

(A)most Palestinians living in the West Bank are free to move without any interaction with any Israeli solider in their day to day life, and it should be mention that only if they want to enter Israel is a permit required

Please familiarize yourself with Israeli newspapers at least, if you wish to ignore the detailed scholarly documentation on this and its sister page.

(B)I daresay you won't find a reasonable source from the past two decades referring to it in present tense - this was cancelled or effectively cancelled as part of Oslo (1993-1996).

No. Sheer bluffery. Military Order 101 was amended 4 times under later military orders, but is still in force. Issa Amro's court case in 2016 was based on it (as amended) under further military orders, and authorities like B'tselem,2011, Amnesty International 2015/2017 refer to it in the present tense.Nishidani (talk) 12:02, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
No need to get into your usual snippyness. One case doesn't discount anything I said. Most Palestinians live their day to day lives free from the IDF. Don't believe me? Go travel there yourself. Stop reading B'Tselem and Amnesty garbage and travel there. And is Amnesty the organization you really want to use as your source of truth? , , Sir Joseph 14:06, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
I've been there. If you refuse to read books and scholarly articles, esp. from Israeli scholars, writers and reporters,and prefer personal memories of a few tourist jaunts, then you shouldn't be editing here, per WP:OR.Nishidani (talk) 14:28, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Here comes the typical Nishidani bullying, telling me where I can and where I can't edit. Guess what, just because an Israeli writer says something, doesn't make it true. Just like most democracies, Israel has diverse viewpoints, something you won't often find on Arab media. You want this propaganda article to be your pride and joy, that's wonderful, but if you want it to be fair and balanced, then you need it to be accurate. It's your call. Right now it reads like it can be an annex to the International Jew. Sir Joseph 15:15, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Lol "B'Tselem and Amnesty garbage" and then cites NGO Monitor. nableezy - 14:50, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
I'm glad you find antisemitism so amusing. Sir Joseph 15:12, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Just noticed this, and you being currently topic-banned means you cant answer, but what in the actual fuck is that supposed to be in reference to? If I had noticed this before I would have reported it at the time. nableezy - 20:18, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Icewhiz, Nishidani's sources seem to support that 101 is still in force. Do you have anything better? nableezy - 14:51, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Yes - it seems to still be on the books (I also verified on a website with all the military commander ordinances for J&S) - same with most other ordinances passed pre-Oslo - however it has little to no effect on most Palestinians who live in areas A and B and who are not subject to direct rule by the military commander of the Judea and Samaria Area and to whom Palestinian law generally applies - it seems to currently mainly apply to protests without a permit in Area C. Icewhiz (talk) 15:23, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Israel has joint authority over B, and total authority over C, 83% of the West Bank, and if you don't have the requisite papers when controlled at 98 major checkpoints and 2,941 flying checkpoints - through which according to SJ Palestinians breeze through without stopping to note the guys in uniform unless to smile and shout Al haya lazim yistamir!- were on West Bank roads (2017), the infractions are judged according to Israel military law, and order 101 and its amendments can kick in. It is also true that, despite its agreements, Israel retains the right to invade, arrest, and treat disturbances of any kind to its operations in Area A, and in such case, Palestinian law is waived. Nishidani (talk) 17:10, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
The first line of "Obtaining permits" reads: Since 1991 Israel has never publicly clarified with clear consistent rules the criteria governing permits. The citation is to a book written in 2001, almost two decades ago. Is there available a more recent source for this statement? Wikieditor19920 (talk) 17:29, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Yes, it is repeated in Berda (2017) and several other authorities and I will, and others are cordially invited to join, write a section on the system's legal and verbal opacity.Nishidani (talk) 17:32, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
OK. I think it'd be prudent to cite that source rather than the one from 2001. It also sounds like you are suggesting what amounts to a criticism section, which, frankly, I don't agree with. WP:NOCRIT also advises against such sections. Such characterizations are better off being interspersed throughout the article for neutrality. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 17:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
that isnt a criticism section. Nishidani, please do. Ill be adding a bit to it as well. nableezy - 18:04, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
The proposal was I will, and others are cordially invited to join, write a section on the system's legal and verbal opacity. "Opacity" a negative characterization, leaves little room for balance. From WP:NOCRIT, sections within an article dedicated to negative criticisms are normally also discouraged. Topical or thematic sections are frequently superior to sections devoted to criticism. Frankly, that could almost be applied to the entire article, and creating this section would just be another step in the direction of making this a fork for criticisms of the permit system. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 18:16, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Yes the legal and verbal opacity is a topic of the permit regime. Im sorry you dislike covering that. Your dislike however is not important. nableezy - 18:19, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
I know this is difficult for you to swallow, Nableezy, but being on board with your agenda for the page is not a prerequisite to anything. "Opacity" is not a topic, it's an implicit criticism, and such sections are not recommended. This is already addressed, heavily, throughout the article. I oppose this idea. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 18:29, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Good thing this website does not require your consent. nableezy - 02:39, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Actually, collaboration matters on WP, which is why we have WP:CONSENSUS. Check it out sometime. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 17:53, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Im pretty sure nothing in that says anybody needs your assent to add a section to an article. I might be wrong tho, who knows. nableezy - 12:05, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
This is not a social forum to chat around, about, above, behind anything. 'opacity' is a word, along with several synonyms, often used in permit system sources. When several sources comment on a perceived feature of a system, this is automatically the basis for collating the comments and writing them up. Everyone else on Misplaced Pages and in the real world knows this is how one writes up anything, 19920. There's an expression for this worrywart pettifogging: frénétiser l'insignifiance. Reply all you like. I for one do not feel obliged to read rubbish like the above screed any further.Nishidani (talk) 20:23, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
If you think this is "chatting," we apparently have different ideas about what's considered socializing. Clearly the sources are critical of the system, but our job is not to create separate sections dedicated to such criticism. Any flaws or injustices described by the sources can be illustrated with a neutral presentation of the facts, with sections labeled appropriately. A section on "opacity" (sections labeled with value judgments are always dubious), when that's already referenced throughout the article, is redundant, unnecessary, and contravenes WP:NOCRIT which is pretty widely respected. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 23:55, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
. . . .Nishidani (talk) 09:22, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Nish, ignore this nonsense and add whatever the sources direct you to add. nableezy - 12:04, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm busy rereading the Water Margin, Nab. But will get round to that in duke horse. I am ignoring the nonsense, and will, whenever it recurs, reply with . . ., as above. :) I've seen people tossed out of seminar rooms for less disruption than this. Nishidani (talk) 13:23, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Talk about nonsense. The "sources" don't direct one to add anything, policy and good editorial judgment does. Misplaced Pages is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Criticism sections are POV and show bad judgment. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 13:02, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Nishidani, disagreement is not "disruption." The two of you together are engaging in a pattern of bullying and insulting anyone who dares to offer a different opinion, including myself, Icewhiz, and Sir Joseph, which is also known as tendentious editing. Apparently, you think that policy-based critiques of your suggestions are "nonsense." Perhaps a more likely explanation is that you can't respond substantively, so you'd rather ignore it. Wikieditor19920 (talk) 13:54, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 23 July 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 19:29, 1 August 2021 (UTC)


Israeli permit system in the West BankIsraeli permit regime in the West Bank – This move request had previously resulted in no consensus, but additional scholarly sources continue to prefer regime over system. Repeating some of the prior sources along with some additional ones:

  • Berda, Yael (2018). Living emergency : Israel's permit regime in the occupied West Bank. Stanford, California: Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-0282-3. OCLC 994974366. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Gordon, Neve (2008). Israel's Occupation. University of California Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-520-94236-3. Retrieved 2019-03-19. Even this cursory overview suggests that the permit regime infiltrated almost every aspect of Palestinian society, creating an intricate web through which the population was managed. Indeed revealing the way the permit regime spread across the entire social terrain and the way it shaped the minutest daily practices sheds light on the vast resources and energe put into administering the occupied inhabitants, both on the level of the individual Palestinian. The permit regime functioned simultaneously as the scaffolding for many other forms of control and thus as part of the infrastructre of control, as well as a controlling apparatus in its own right. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Margalit, Alon; Hibbin, Sarah (2011). "Unlawful Presence of Protected Persons in Occupied Territory? An Analysis of Israel's Permit Regime and Expulsions from the West Bank under the Law of Occupation". 13. Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law: 245–282. doi:10.1007/978-90-6704-811-8_7. ISSN 1389-1359. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • "The economic effects of restricted access to land in the West Bank" (PDF). World Bank. 2008. p. 5. Furthermore, combined with checkpoints and a permit regime imposed on access of Palestinians from other areas to the Jordan Valley, Israel is enforcing a de facto Eastern Separation Zone without walls or fences along the Jordan Valley and the shores of the Dead Sea. This zone includes 43 Israeli settlements and 42 Palestinian localities.
  • Tawil-Souri, Helga (2011). "Colored Identity". Social Text. 29 (2). Duke University Press: 78. doi:10.1215/01642472-1259488. ISSN 0164-2472. Not long after the 1967 occupation, Israel ordered implementation of a collective permit to enter Israel, mandatory for all Palestinians, which metamorphosed into the current individual permit regime after the first intifada.
  • Parizot, Cédric (2018-01-01). "Viscous Spatialities: The Spaces of the Israeli Permit Regime of Access and Movement". South Atlantic Quarterly. 117 (1). Duke University Press: 21–42. doi:10.1215/00382876-4282028. ISSN 0038-2876.
  • Orna Ben-Naftali; Michael Sfard; Hedi Viterbo (10 May 2018). The ABC of the OPT: A Legal Lexicon of the Israeli Control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Cambridge University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-107-15652-4. In order to prevent their entry into Israel, a legal fence had to be erected. The latter, made up of military declarations and orders coupled with a bureaucratic permit system, was tasked with doing what the physical fence is not smart enough to do: selection. To use the fence as a filter, the military had to cast a complicated legal net around it, impenetrable to Palestinians and open to everyone else. The legal fence is known as the "permit regime" ... The permit regime is thus clearly a legal regime of separation and discrimination based on nationality/ethnicity.

News sources use both, sometimes in the same article, examples:

The exclusive scholar results system excluding regime: ~600, regime excluding system: 389 do show a somewhat greater usage of system, but that includes a large number of sources that merely remark on the regime. The sources that have this as its subject invariably use regime. Finally, regime better encompasses the scope, as the permit regime goes much beyond what most people would be familiar with in terms of required government permits into an overarching legal regime that governs much of daily life in the West Bank. Nableezy 23:08, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 December 2021

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Footnote N° 51 following the text "as the father of a victim of the conflict, he was again deemed a security risk" should be "Hass 2021" instead of "AHass 2021". It's a typo that prevents the template:citation (I guess) from working. Gitz6666 (talk) 11:44, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

 Done Selfstudier (talk) 11:54, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 22 October 2023

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The result of the move request was: not moved (non-admin closure). Jenks24 (talk) 00:21, 7 November 2023 (UTC)


Israeli permit regime in the West BankIsraeli permit regime in the Palestinian territories – No expert in the area, but it looks like this permit regime also applies to Gaza: , , , , , , , . GnocchiFan (talk) 17:35, 22 October 2023 (UTC)— Relisting. Polyamorph (talk) 20:26, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Comment I have altered the lead in anticipation of this move; if the consensus is to keep it as is, then it would probably be best to revert to the previous version. --GnocchiFan (talk) 20:20, 23 October 2023 (UTC) Note: this has already been reverted. If the consensus is to merge and expand scope, content at Draft:Israeli permit regime in the Gaza Strip should redirect here as well as Israeli permit regime in the Gaza Strip. --GnocchiFan (talk) 09:49, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 23:57, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose - its a different topic, and I oppose the change in scope. The West Bank permit regime is its own topic and treated as a discrete topic in reliable sources, the permit regime in Gaza never approached the complexity of this and beyond that is mostly defunct. nableezy - 20:45, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
    Comment I have now created a separate article for Gaza (Israeli permit regime in the Gaza Strip). If the consensus is to change the scope of this article, content there should be merged here. Thank you. GnocchiFan (talk) 21:00, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Gaza is a completely different reality. Israel's permit system in the WB is meticulously invasive of everyday lives- The only recent change I know of was to allow up to 15,000 Gazans to enter Israel as labourers on a daily basis. Otherwise getting any kind of permit to move out of Gaza was like drawing blood from a stone. The permit system, as with the 9 Fulbright scholarship winners, is more notable for not allowing permits than otherwise.Nishidani (talk) 22:22, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Oppose per Nableezy. The change of name would essentially change the scope of the article, and it may well be better to cover the two topics separately due to the very different natures of the permit regimes as well as the differences in dates when they were in effect. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 03:30, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
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