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:::::::And though it shouldn't even be entertained; it merely explains the distinction between the terms, and doesn't say that it is not also referred to as a charter, which it plainly is by high quality RS, or that it shouldn't be. | :::::::And though it shouldn't even be entertained; it merely explains the distinction between the terms, and doesn't say that it is not also referred to as a charter, which it plainly is by high quality RS, or that it shouldn't be. | ||
:::::::Again, there are countless high quality RS that confirm (along with your precious Haaretz) the current lede description, namely that it is "also referred to as a new Hamas charter." | :::::::Again, there are countless high quality RS that confirm (along with your precious Haaretz) the current lede description, namely that it is "also referred to as a new Hamas charter." | ||
:::::::In fact it is so often referred to as a new charter that it is ], hence why the page is named that. If you and @] want to argue otherwise and contest its usage as such, then it's not only about adding "some" to the first sentence, it's about an RM, as @] noted. | :::::::In fact it is so often referred to as a new charter that it is ], hence why the page is named that. If you and @] want to argue otherwise and contest its usage as such, then it's not only about adding "some" to the first sentence, it's about an RM, as @] noted. | ||
:::::::If you want to go ahead with that, good luck. I oppose it for reasons mentioned. ] (]) 23:21, 12 October 2024 (UTC) | :::::::If you want to go ahead with that, good luck. I oppose it for reasons mentioned. ] (]) 23:21, 12 October 2024 (UTC) | ||
::::::::It seems like you haven't fully grasped some of our policies: | ::::::::It seems like you haven't fully grasped some of our policies: | ||
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:::::::::Even if this had been published in a reputable academic press by a reputable scholar, it still wouldn't matter as it merely provides an analysis of the distinctive uses of the terms, and does not say that "charter" should not be used. | :::::::::Even if this had been published in a reputable academic press by a reputable scholar, it still wouldn't matter as it merely provides an analysis of the distinctive uses of the terms, and does not say that "charter" should not be used. | ||
:::::::::So this is clearly not a significant viewpoint, and WP:NPOV would only be violated if it were artificially introduced and presented as such on the page. | :::::::::So this is clearly not a significant viewpoint, and WP:NPOV would only be violated if it were artificially introduced and presented as such on the page. | ||
:::::::::The entire discussion is moot, as the first sentence of the lede calls it by its official name, and then says: "also referred to as a new charter." It doesn't say that it is ''only'' referred to as such. By adding "some" like you wish to do even though it violates ] and ], you want to inaccurately portray its use as such as a minority or fringe position, when in reality it is the standard consensus usage for it in RS, both in media outlets and among subject-matter experts. In short, it is ], which is why the page is titled "2017 Hamas Charter". ] (]) 01:17, 13 October 2024 (UTC) | :::::::::The entire discussion is moot, as the first sentence of the lede calls it by its official name, and then says: "also referred to as a new charter." It doesn't say that it is ''only'' referred to as such. By adding "some" like you wish to do even though it violates ] and ], you want to inaccurately portray its use as such as a minority or fringe position, when in reality it is the standard consensus usage for it in RS, both in media outlets and among subject-matter experts. In short, it is ], which is why the page is titled "2017 Hamas Charter". ] (]) 01:17, 13 October 2024 (UTC) |
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Ongoing discussion regarding this article at Talk:Hamas Charter#New article for 2017 charter
There is an open discussion regarding this article ongoing at Talk:Hamas Charter#New article for 2017 charter. Feel free to join. Philipnelson99 (talk) 17:30, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
On "Repudiating the 1988 charter"
Meshal very clearly and explicitly states in response to a direct question about whether or not the new document is intended to replace the old one that this document is meant to serve as the new guiding principle for the party, and calls out the old document as a "product of its time," then notes that "we live in a different world today." Pretending that this statement is in any way ambiguous regarding the intent of the new document and its relationship to the old one is disingenuous, ahistorical, and revising my sourced edit to return the prior disingenuous language while leaving the source I've provided that contradicts this language regarding "not repudiating" the old document is inexplicable. Stating that it was a product of its time but irrelevant today IS a repudiation of it for today. If this is insufficient for you, Marzouk has been "repudiating" it since 2007, in his article in the LA Times titled "Hamas' Stand." --Deadlyhandsomeman (talk) 12:43, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- I reverted your edit because you are not allowed to edit articles until you are extended confirmed (see your talk page). You are allowed only to make edit requests on the talk page.
- However, @Jayen466:, I am a bit confused by your edit, the source does not seem to support "Hamas fell short of repudiating the original"? Selfstudier (talk) 13:05, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Selfstudier, Deadlyhandsomeman: The source is cited in the body. It's Brenner, pp. 205 and 206. Other scholars comment on the lack of explicit revocation as well. Would you like me to look them up? Andreas JN466 13:31, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- OK, the misleading ref has been removed, that was what was bothering me. Selfstudier (talk) 13:38, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- It's not a "misleading ref," it's literally the words of the person who was most responsible for the re-write. Brenner, the person he's citing, even wrote an op-ed in Haaretz saying the following:
- "After several years of internal deliberations, hundreds of thousands of Hamas members have agreed on substantial revisions to their organisation’s 30-year-old founding document. The new text excludes anti-Semitic language and embraces a Palestinian state on pre-1967 lines. For Hamas, this amounts to nothing less than a departure from its original goals and a compromise with its thus far rejectionist ideology ... these changes are now a fait accompli, inked into its key ideological document." It's on his own website.
- Paola Caridi also makes these points in her 2023 revision of Hamas: From Resistance to Regime. Deadlyhandsomeman (talk) 13:42, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- It misled me, because it didn't support the sentence, but Jayen has cleared that up. As I said below, if there are independent reliable sources saying repudiated or similar we can look at those. Selfstudier (talk) 13:45, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- OK, the misleading ref has been removed, that was what was bothering me. Selfstudier (talk) 13:38, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Selfstudier, Deadlyhandsomeman: The source is cited in the body. It's Brenner, pp. 205 and 206. Other scholars comment on the lack of explicit revocation as well. Would you like me to look them up? Andreas JN466 13:31, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
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- I suggest you make a WP:EDITREQuest, properly citing the source(s) supporting the request. Selfstudier (talk) 13:58, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for the LA Times article. Hadn't seen that before. Andreas JN466 13:37, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Deadlyhandsomeman: If there are independent reliable sources that say "repudiation" or similar, we can look at those. Selfstudier (talk) 13:41, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
1967 borders
I want to leave a link here to an RfC at Talk:Hamas where there was a discussion of whether or not Hamas accepted the 1967 borders and about a dozen scholarly sources that say Hamas had. A longer list of scholarly sources that say Hamas had accepted the 1967 borders is at Talk:Hamas/Archive_25#17scholarlysources.
There are also sources that explain why Hamas doesn't recognize Israel even though it accepts the 1967 borders, which obviously implies another country on the other side of those borders. I'll add that soon.VR (Please ping on reply) 16:57, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
Thematic organization
@Jayen466: excellent job in creating this article!
I wanted to propose organize the contents of the charter thematically as opposed to by paragraph. So the contents section would contain subheadings like "1967 borders", "Antisemitism", "Armed struggle" etc. I think that will be easier to navigate and more useful to the reader than headings like "Preamble", "Paragraphs 1-42" etc. What do you think? VR (Please ping on reply) 16:57, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, Vice regent! I agree about the organization ... I always meant to change it eventually but never got round to it. So have at it! Best, Andreas JN466 18:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
Palestinians returning to homes in Israel
The page mentions that in a hypothetical two state solution, it’s an obvious logical inconsistency to advocate for Palestinians to return to their homes in Israel without a source. ConlanO (talk) 20:24, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Fair and true presentation of this (new) charter
Hamas in their 2017 ‘charter’ didn’t just advocate or allow for such a Pal. state in ‘1967-borders’ (as our lead section correctly stated) but also still strove (and “struggled”) to “liberate” all (mandatory) “Palestine” from "the Zionist entity". This may seem or sound like a very difficult (for some perhaps even insolvable) puzzle; but that is for the reader to decide; it is not up to us, to make that puzzle seem simpler by leaving (the hardest and most controversial?) part out of our presentation of it. We then shouldn’t depict or suggest the Hamas’s new charter here as to be more simple, harmless and constructive (and practical and workable) than it really is. Such a more (fair and) true presentation of that charter does, however, not contradict or forbid the fact that we perhaps at the same time also feel pity for the civilian population of the Gaza Strip (and West Bank) who are suffering great distress, misery, hardship (since decades and perhaps even more severely since October 2023). --Corriebertus (talk) 14:43, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- "Fair and true"? We go by the sources, whether or not they are fair and true is for the reader to decide. I see no sources in the above comment, however. Selfstudier (talk) 15:03, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Misleading title: not a new charter
I believe the Hamas ("Principles..." etc. vs "Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement") and Benny Morris on that. The Covenant remains the covenant, and the Principles are A) something else - and a lesser something, and B) people might argue with this, but the Principles are dust in the eyes of the West & taqiyya: tell them what they need to hear to support you, until you win. Because the Koran remains the Koran, and the Muslim Brotherhood remains loyal to Koran & Brotherhood teachings.
Good night, sleep tight. Arminden (talk) 16:05, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- On limiting itself to Palestine: A.) In general, the work is split between the Iran proxies, where the Quds Force & Hizbollah do the overseas work (see Argentina, Bulgaria etc.), but B.) Hasmas also got the taste of it. Here the Haaretz article (not much of a Netanyahu mouthpiece), and if you're not willing to pay, then here at The Times of Israel, not an... etc. either, but more towards the Zionist centre. Quoting Danish police ("terror" attack), not famous for being a Zionist stooge. Not good enough? What about the BBC? Arminden (talk) 16:25, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Hamas is a creature of Israel, invented by them, nurtured by them and any consequences are just deserts. Israel/Netanyahu did it to keep Palestinians divided and now we see the results, along with Israeli true colors. If you want to change the title, as opposed to just ranting about it, there's a thing called an RM, you're welcome (don't forget the sources). Selfstudier (talk) 17:08, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
also referred to as the new or revised Hamas charter
This makes it sound like everyone accepts that this is a new charter. This is obviously not the case, I've provided a source that doesn't describe it as a charter and says that it's seen "by some" as a charter. Alaexis¿question? 08:42, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- I reverted the "some" part, needs more than just a single ref for that. Selfstudier (talk) 08:48, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Let's tally the sources currently in the article
- Slater: explicitly calls it a new charter
- Dunning: explicitly calls it a new charter
- Ayoob: explicitly calls it a new charter
- Schulz: explicitly calls it a new charter
- Hroub: this document "can be considered a new charter"
- Musgrave: "which was seen by some to be a new Charter"
- Seurat: calls it a document
- Milton-Edwards: calls it a new document
- Spoerl: calls it "2017 “Document”"
- Bartal: calls it “A Document of General Principles and Policies"
- Levitt & Rich: calls it a "new statement"
- Media articles
- Abu Saada: doesn't call it a new charter
- Dunning: explicitly calls it a new charter
- This is what we have in the Reception section, I'm not including politicians from both sides, non-scholars and the Israeli think tank. The sources in the "Assessments..." subsection are mostly media outlets and think-tanks so they have less weight.
- Given this distribution, I think it's clear that while some sources do call it a charter, this is not a universally accepted name. Musgrave and Hroub are correct in saying that it's sometimes considered a new charter, and this is what we should say here. Alaexis¿question? 21:22, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- We have clear high quality RS that explicitly refers to it as a new charter. The fact that other terms are also used for it like "document" or "statement" elsewhere does not undermine that fact. Unless you can find non-fringe RS of equal weight and prominence that explicitly say it is not a charter and those RS who refer to it as such are wrong to do so, we should not artificially add any ambiguity here, as again it is not reflected by cited high quality RS.
- Also, stop adding highly contentious lines into long-standing consensus pages that without seeking consensus first. You clearly did not establish consensus for it and yet you still keep adding it after other editors reverted it. This violates WIKI:EDITWARRING. Raskolnikov.Rev (talk) 11:32, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
- Your demand for "RS of equal weight and prominence" isn't appropriate, WP:WIKIVOICE has no such standard. Our policy is simply to not use wikivoice for opinions or interpretations.
- We don't need a source explicitly saying "this is not a charter" to see that it's an opinion or interpretation; the sources Alaexis mentioned already make that quite clear. — xDanielx /C\ 17:09, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- If an article designates a name as a bolded aka, then it is perfectly OK to use that aka (wikilinked) until such time as it is no longer a bolded aka, for which an RM is needed. Selfstudier (talk) 17:18, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- @XDanielx Fortunately it's not a mere opinion or interpretation, it's how high quality RS "also refers to it as", per the sentence and cited sources.
- We don't add ambiguity where there is no reason to do so, which would be the case if there are non-fringe high quality RS explicitly disputing its designation as such. Raskolnikov.Rev (talk) 17:34, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- Are you suggesting that the sources Alaexis mentioned are somehow fringe? How so?
- Here's another, Haaretz:
Hamas isn’t renouncing ; nor is the new document called a “charter.”
Do you think Haaretz is fringe also? - Here's one more: Hamas in Power (Qossay Hamed):
In Arabic, similar to English, there exists a semantic difference between Wathiqa (Document) and Methaq (Charter). In the context of Hamas, called the new literature a ‘Document’ has a significance. Ahmad Al-Betawi and Adnan Asfour explain that Hamas has never declared that the New Document is an alternative, amendment, or replacement of the Charter. Hamas’ Charter of 1988 is a long-term eternal covenant and promise that accounts for the movement’s moral and honorary commitment toward Palestine.
. - The latter is from a book which discusses this particular semantic distinction in depth, which carries a lot more weight than sources which simply use one or the other term in passing, with no indication that the author thought through the semantic distinction. — xDanielx /C\ 21:53, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- First of all, stop making edits to long-standing text that are being discussed in talk for which there is clearly no consensus. Both you and @Alaexis are edit warring, and you have a habit of doing that. If you continue with this behavior, I will bring it up in arbitration. And I will revert your latest malicious edit, you have to obtain consensus for it here first.
- The majority of the sources on the page noted by @Alaexis explicitly call it a charter, and none of them say that it should not be called a charter. In fact, some of them explicitly call it a charter themselves in other texts:
- Milton-Edwards:
As Hamas leaders now set about revising the charter, they’ve set aside the exhortation to jihad against Israel. And the new charter emphasizes leaders’ long-held willingness to move from maximalist positions. The revised charter, for example, offers the possibility of Hamas accepting political solutions to achieving Palestinian statehood in the territory of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. In short, this could be Hamas’ two-state solution moment.
- Also, of those who don't call it a charter, Spoerl, Bartal and Levitt & Rich aren't subject-area experts. And @Alaexis is wrong about the Abu Saada Al Jazeera piece not calling it a charter, it explicitly does under the name of their senior political analyst Marwan Bishara:
He said their philosophy and the philosophy behind writing a new charter is that “we are going to be a dynamic and open organisation”.
- Regarding the Haaretz piece, do you think people will not bother to click on the links you provide? The title of that Haaretz piece calls it a "new charter":
Why Hamas' New Charter Is Aimed at Palestinians, Not Israelis
, and there are also links to other Haaretz articles on the same page explicitly referring to it as a charter: - Hamas Presents New Charter Supporting Palestinian State Along 1967 Borders:
After some initial delays, Hamas presented its new charter on Monday
. - House Foreign Affairs Head Dismisses Hamas's New Charter as 'Rebranding Effort'
- Moreover, Hass concludes:
But the Hamas charter is no longer the organization’s official ideological platform.
Do you agree with this conclusion? Because I recall you arguing against that. - So I suppose you believe Haaretz is fringe when it disagrees with you, but a highly credible reliable source when you can nitpick it through a quick Google search.
- Regarding the other source, that's from a PhD dissertation, not granted at a reputable institution, that was published through "IGI Global", a vampire publisher that has no editorial standards and is a PhD publishing mill, listed as a Vanity Press (meaning pay to publish) on Beall's List of predatory publishers. The fact that you had to resort to this obscure fringe source that you found through a Google search, and decided to ignore the rampant grammatical errors strewn throughout, shows I think what is actually happening here.
- And though it shouldn't even be entertained; it merely explains the distinction between the terms, and doesn't say that it is not also referred to as a charter, which it plainly is by high quality RS, or that it shouldn't be.
- Again, there are countless high quality RS that confirm (along with your precious Haaretz) the current lede description, namely that it is "also referred to as a new Hamas charter."
- In fact it is so often referred to as a new charter that it is WP:COMMONNAME, hence why the page is named that. If you and @Alaexis want to argue otherwise and contest its usage as such, then it's not only about adding "some" to the first sentence, it's about an RM, as @Selfstudier noted.
- If you want to go ahead with that, good luck. I oppose it for reasons mentioned. Raskolnikov.Rev (talk) 23:21, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- It seems like you haven't fully grasped some of our policies:
- WP:HEADLINES - we give very little weight to them. Typically they're not even written by the author, but an editor with less context.
- WP:EXPERTSPS - a dissertation by a (now) PhD holder in the field is a reliable source, regardless of where it's published. It also seems farfetched to call a dissertation a "obscure fringe source" for being published in IGI Global, when traditional journals don't accept dissertations due to length etc. You also seem to be misreading Beall's List, which calls IGI Global vanity press but not predatory (not that it would be relevant anyway).
- WP:NPOV tells us to
represent all significant viewpoints
, which means that if two articles disagree (whether or not they're under the same publication), we normally represent both, unless one can be shown to be insignificant which is a high bar.
- The fact remains that the aforementioned dissertation is the only source we have where a subject matter expert discusses this exact semantic question in depth. Merely using a word in passing isn't exactly an argument that that label fits precisely and isn't subtly wrong. — xDanielx /C\ 00:26, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- It seems like you're incapable of grasping that headlines are matched by the content of the pages, specifically with respect to the Haaretz pieces I linked that use the term "new charter" in the articles.
- Also, I know it's embarrassing that you presented a PhD dissertation from a non-reputable university by a person who is not a reputable scholar in the field (his main publication is the one from the PhD Vanity Press pay-to-publish mill) as your main go-to source to argue (inaccurately) that it says that the term "charter" should not be used, which it never does, but unfortunately it has zero value per WP:Reliable Sources:
Reliable scholarship – Material such as an article, book, monograph, or research paper that has been vetted by the scholarly community is regarded as reliable, where the material has been published in reputable peer-reviewed sources or by well-regarded academic presses.
- Even if this had been published in a reputable academic press by a reputable scholar, it still wouldn't matter as it merely provides an analysis of the distinctive uses of the terms, and does not say that "charter" should not be used.
- So this is clearly not a significant viewpoint, and WP:NPOV would only be violated if it were artificially introduced and presented as such on the page.
- The entire discussion is moot, as the first sentence of the lede calls it by its official name, and then says: "also referred to as a new charter." It doesn't say that it is only referred to as such. By adding "some" like you wish to do even though it violates WP:NPOV and WP:DUE, you want to inaccurately portray its use as such as a minority or fringe position, when in reality it is the standard consensus usage for it in RS, both in media outlets and among subject-matter experts. In short, it is WP:COMMONNAME, which is why the page is titled "2017 Hamas Charter". Raskolnikov.Rev (talk) 01:17, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- It seems like you haven't fully grasped some of our policies:
- Let's tally the sources currently in the article
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