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The [[Israel–Hamas war]] was extensively covered on Wikipedia and other related projects in various languages. This included articles about the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel]] starting from October 7, 2023, as well as the subsequent [[2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip|Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip]] and the [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|Israeli invasion]] by the [[Israeli Defence Forces]] (IDF) in the following weeks.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Harrison |first=Stephen |date=2023-10-26 |title=Wikipedia Is Covering the War in Israel and Gaza Better Than X |url=https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/wikipedia-elon-musk-gaza-hamas-israel-x-twitter-dispute.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214194642/https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/wikipedia-elon-musk-gaza-hamas-israel-x-twitter-dispute.html |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-20 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref> Articles related to the war experienced [[Wikipedia:Edit warring|edit warring]] due to the diversity of narratives from both sides of the conflict.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 25, 2023 |title="ويكيبيديا" وحرب غزة... حلبة صراع جديدة بين "كتائب" المحررين |url=https://www.independentarabia.com/node/521061/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125131813/https://www.independentarabia.com/node/521061/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86 |archive-date=November 25, 2023 |access-date=December 30, 2023 |website=اندبندنت عربية}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Benjakob |first=Omer |date=November 17, 2023 |title=Netanyahu vs. Israeli Security Chiefs: Wikipedia Is New Front in Gaza War Blame Game |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-11-17/ty-article/.premium/blame-games-and-edit-wars-as-wikipedia-gets-pulled-into-the-israel-gaza-conflict/0000018b-dc57-d423-affb-fff77b460000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231117144248/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-11-17/ty-article/.premium/blame-games-and-edit-wars-as-wikipedia-gets-pulled-into-the-israel-gaza-conflict/0000018b-dc57-d423-affb-fff77b460000 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |access-date=2024-02-04 |work=[[Haaretz]] |language=en}}</ref>
In June 2024, an edit war involving the articles for the [[2024 Nuseirat rescue operation]] and the [[Nuseirat refugee camp massacre]] occurred, resulting in editing access to the articles being restricted.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shamim |first=Sarah |last2=Oxford |first2=Dwayne |date=14 June 2024 |title=Wikipedia war: Fierce row erupts over Israel’s deadly Nuseirat assault |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/14/wikipedia-war-fierce-row-erupts-over-israels-deadly-nuseirat-assault |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617230750/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/14/wikipedia-war-fierce-row-erupts-over-israels-deadly-nuseirat-assault |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2024 |title=Wikipedia article on Israeli army's Nuseirat massacre in Gaza sparks edit war, restrictions |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/wikipedia-article-nuseirat-massacre-sparks-edit-war |access-date=June 20, 2024 |website=[[The New Arab]] |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616033210/https://www.newarab.com/news/wikipedia-article-nuseirat-massacre-sparks-edit-war |url-status=live }}</ref>
In the same month, the Wikipedia community declared the [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL) a generally unreliable source about the conflict. Arguments centered around the ADL's definition of [[antisemitism]], which some editors saw as [[Weaponization of antisemitism|overly politicized]], as well as its treatment of [[anti-Zionism]].<ref name="Independent ADL">{{cite web |last=Marcus |first=Josh |date=19 June 2024 |title=Why Wikipedia just labeled a top Jewish rights organization 'unreliable' on the Israel-Palestine crisis |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/wikipedia-adl-report-jewish-israel-palestine-b2565058.html?callback=in&code=NWIWY2UWYJMTMDDMOS0ZOWIWLWIYNTYTMWUWODU4YTJIZDEW&state=c0c4cd87289b4d09b1b1bd8ac1429217 |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=19 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619231624/https://www.independent.co.uk/_build/init_register_wall.7a4ff50e71ffb5e9a1d9.js |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Elia-Shalev|first=Asaf|date=19 June 2024|title=Wikipedia moves to bar ADL, claiming reliability concerns on Israel and antisemitim[sic]|website=[[The Times of Israel]]|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/wikipedia-moves-to-bar-adl-claiming-reliability-concerns-on-israel-and-antisemitim/|access-date=19 June 2024|archive-date=19 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619045428/https://www.timesofisrael.com/wikipedia-moves-to-bar-adl-claiming-reliability-concerns-on-israel-and-antisemitim/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=David |date=2024-06-19 |title=Wikipedia now labels the top Jewish civil rights group as an unreliable source |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/media/wikipedia-adl/index.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=[[CNN Business]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619231736/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/media/wikipedia-adl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The ADL criticized the decision, saying that it was part of a "campaign to delegitimize the ADL."<ref name="Independent ADL" /><ref name=":6" />
== Editing campaigns ==
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In 2013, ''[[Haaretz]]'' reported the indefinite block of an editor who had concealed the fact that he was an employee of right-wing media group [[NGO Monitor]]. The editor was reported to have edited English Wikipedia articles on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict "in an allegedly biased manner".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/aligning-text-to-the-right-is-a-political-organization-editing-wikipedia-to-suit-its-interests.premium-1.530285|title=Aligning Text to the Right: Is a Political Organization Editing Wikipedia to Suit Its Interests?|magazine=Haaretz|access-date=May 6, 2016|archive-date=July 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713032949/http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/aligning-text-to-the-right-is-a-political-organization-editing-wikipedia-to-suit-its-interests.premium-1.530285|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-06-19/In the media]]</ref>
In 2018, [[Philip Cross (Wikipedian)|Philip Cross]], a pro-Israel editor, was accused of targeting members of the [[British far-left]] and critics of Israel in his activity. The case was amplified by Russian media.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benjakob |first=Omer |date=May 27, 2018 |title=The Witch Hunt Against a 'pro-Israel' Wikipedia Editor |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2018-05-27/ty-article/russian-and-leftists-witch-hunt-against-pro-israel-wikipedia-editor/0000017f-ef44-d8a1-a5ff-ffcebec00000 |access-date=May 28, 2024 |work=[[Haaretz]] |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320031509/https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2018-05-27/ty-article/russian-and-leftists-witch-hunt-against-pro-israel-wikipedia-editor/0000017f-ef44-d8a1-a5ff-ffcebec00000 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5" />
== Responses ==
''Haaretz'' journalist Omer Benjakob noted in 2021 that articles on the conflict are very different between the English, Hebrew and Arabic Wikipedias, and that the conflict is one of the three most regulated areas on English Wikipedia.<ref name="Haaretz 2021" /> In 2023, Stephen Harrison of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' wrote, "It shouldn't come as a surprise that Wikipedia is a better place to learn about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than [[Twitter|X]], [[TikTok]], and other social media platforms are."<ref name=":1" /> A 2024 ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'' opinion piece said that the English version of the [[Israel–Hamas war]] article was arguably more neutral than the Arab and Hebrew versions.<ref name="The Jerusalem Post 2 June 2024">{{cite news |last1=Byron |first1=Avior |title=Truth held hostage: Language differences in Wikipedia's 'Israel-Hamas War' page - opinion |url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-804636 |access-date=3 June 2024 |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=2 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603073931/https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-804636 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The [[World Jewish Congress]] (WJC) stated in a March 2024 report that "the state of the articles dealing with the conflict is alarming in its lack of neutrality." The WJC also stated that Wikipedia's [[comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany]] article "normalizes the unacceptable comparison" due to terms such as "occupation" and "military actions". The WJC also reported that "deletion attacks" occurred on Wikipedia, which resulted in the simultaneous deletion nominations of the articles for the [[Netiv HaAsara massacre|Netiv HaAsara]], [[Nir Yitzhak massacre|Nir Yitzhak]] and [[Holit massacre|Holit]] massacres, as well as [[Inbal Rabin-Lieberman]].<ref name="World Jewish Congress 2024">{{cite web |last1=Aharoni Lir |first1=Shlomit |date=14 March 2024 |title=The Bias Against Israel on Wikipedia |url=https://wjc-org-website.s3.amazonaws.com/horizon/assets/4eQd1wRR/the_bias_against_israel_in_english_wikipedia_240314_5-1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320002429/https://wjc-org-website.s3.amazonaws.com/horizon/assets/4eQd1wRR/the_bias_against_israel_in_english_wikipedia_240314_5-1.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2024 |access-date=19 March 2024 |publisher=[[World Jewish Congress]]}}</ref>
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