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== History ==
In September 2006,
In 2008, after issues on the [[Second Intifada]] article and other articles related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reached a fever pitch, Wikipedia's [[Arbitration Committee (Wikipedia)|Arbitration Committee]] decided on a set of rules of conduct for editors when editing articles related to the conflict. Editors are required to have made over 500 edits for at least 30 days to edit articles related to the conflict, can only make one revert per day across the entire field, and can be banned from editing related articles. The ruling was reaffirmed and expanded in 2009 and 2015.<ref name=":0" />
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[[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-ar-PalestineFlag.svg|thumb|258x258px|[[Arabic Wikipedia]] logo]]On December 23, 2023, the Arabic Wikipedia changed its logo to the colors of the [[Palestinian flag]] and suspended editing articles for one day to protest the ongoing attacks against the [[Palestinian people]] and the bias of many Western governments, especially the United States, towards one side of the conflict and the adoption of [[double standards]]. The step was taken to express solidarity and rejection of misinformation, according to what was published on the Arabic Wikipedia's main page, which added a logo expressing that.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 23, 2023 |title=ما سبب إغلاق موسوعة ويكيبيديا مؤقتاً يوم 23 كانون الأول 2023؟ |trans-title=The first 2023? Why was Wikipedia temporarily closed on December 23? [Google translate] |url=https://www.syria.tv/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%A5%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-23-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-2023%D8%9F |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224002741/https://www.syria.tv/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%A5%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-23-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-2023%D8%9F |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |access-date=December 30, 2023 |website=تلفزيون سوريا |trans-website=syria.tv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Arabic Wikipedia' shuts down for one day in solidarity with Gaza |url=https://en.royanews.tv/news/47768/2023-12-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224210921/https://en.royanews.tv/news/47768/2023-12-23 |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=en.royanews.tv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 23, 2023 |title=Wikipedia Arabic closes its site for 24 hours in solidarity with Gaza - Jordan News | Latest News from Jordan, MENA |url=https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-129/Technology/Wikipedia-Arabic-closes-its-site-for-24-hours-in-solidarity-with-Gaza-33185 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223183650/https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-129/Technology/Wikipedia-Arabic-closes-its-site-for-24-hours-in-solidarity-with-Gaza-33185 |archive-date=December 23, 2023 |access-date=December 30, 2023 |website=Jordan News | Latest News from Jordan, MENA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2023 |title=كيف جاءت ردود الفعل على "الفيتو" الأمريكي ضد وقف إطلاق النار بغزة؟ |trans-title=How were the reactions to the American veto against the ceasefire in Gaza? [Google translate] |url=https://arabic.cnn.com/middle-east/article/2023/12/09/us-veto-of-gaza-ceasefire-draft-resolution |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221192859/https://arabic.cnn.com/middle-east/article/2023/12/09/us-veto-of-gaza-ceasefire-draft-resolution |archive-date=December 21, 2023 |access-date=December 30, 2023 |website=CNN Arabic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |date=December 26, 2023 |title=Why US double standards on Israel and Russia play into a dangerous game |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/26/why-us-double-standards-on-israel-and-russia-play-into-a-dangerous-game |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226074745/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/26/why-us-double-standards-on-israel-and-russia-play-into-a-dangerous-game |archive-date=December 26, 2023 |access-date=December 30, 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> This solidarity was widely welcomed by a large number of Arab users and supporters of the [[Palestinian cause]], while it was criticized by some Israeli users.<ref>{{Cite web |title=إغلاق ويكيبيديا العربيَّة دعماً لغزَّة.. كيف يتشكل التضامن الرقمي من أجل فلسطين؟ | عربي بوست |trans-title=Closing the Arabic Wikipedia in support of Gaza... How is digital solidarity for Palestine formed? [Google translate] |url=https://arabicpost.net/opinions/2023/12/24/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225081214/https://arabicpost.net/opinions/2023/12/24/%d9%88%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d9%88%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9/ |archive-date=2023-12-25 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=arabicpost.net}}</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
== Reliability of sources ==
In the same month, the English [[Wikipedia community]] declared the [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL) a generally unreliable source about the conflict.<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> An English Wikipedia administrator who evaluated the community's consensus for this discussion cited the existence of substantial evidence of the ADL acting as a "pro-Israeli advocacy group" that has published unretracted misinformation "to the point that it taints their reputation for accuracy and fact checking regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict", as well as a "habit on the ADL's part of conflating criticism of the Israeli government’s actions with antisemitism".<ref name=Bandler>{{cite news |last1=Bandler |first1=Aaron |title=Wikipedia Editors Label ADL Only Reliable for Antisemitism When “Israel and Zionism Are Not Concerned” |url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/372532/wikipedia-editors-label-adl-only-reliable-for-antisemitism-when-israel-and-zionism-are-not-concerned/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[Jewish Journal]] |date=21 June 2024 |archive-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622020506/https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/372532/wikipedia-editors-label-adl-only-reliable-for-antisemitism-when-israel-and-zionism-are-not-concerned/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Later that month, the English Wikipedia community concluded the ADL's lack of reliability extended to "the intersection of antisemitism and the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict, such as labeling pro-Palestinian activists as antisemitic", but "the ADL can roughly be taken as reliable on the topic of antisemitism when Israel and Zionism are not concerned".<ref name=Bandler/>▼
The [[Wikipedia community]] has assessed the reliability of several Jewish sources. For instance, [[The Jewish Chronicle|''The Jewish Chronicle'']], a British newspaper, was declared a generally reliable source in 2021 despite concerns of bias. Editors debated the newspaper's coverage of [[left-wing]] and Muslim groups.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Elia-Shalev |first=Asaf |date=2024-06-18 |title=ADL faces Wikipedia ban over reliability concerns on Israel, antisemitism |url=https://www.jta.org/2024/06/18/united-states/adl-faces-wikipedia-ban-over-reliability-concerns-on-israel-antisemitism |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625033631/https://www.jta.org/2024/06/18/united-states/adl-faces-wikipedia-ban-over-reliability-concerns-on-israel-antisemitism |url-status=live }}</ref>
Also in 2021, a consensus was reached to prohibit the use of the [[Jewish Virtual Library]], an [[online encyclopedia]], as a source for most cases due to concern about its accuracy and bias towards Israel. In 2024, the pro-Israel advocacy group [[NGO Monitor]] was also prohibited as a source.<ref name=":8" />
=== Anti-Defamation League ===
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The ADL criticized the decision, saying that it was part of a "campaign to delegitimize the ADL."<ref name="Independent ADL" /><ref name=":6" /> [[James Loeffler]] of [[Johns Hopkins University]], a professor of modern Jewish history, commented that the Wikipedia editors were "heavily influenced by the ADL leadership's comments", which took "a much more aggressive stance than most academic researchers in blurring the distinction between anti-Zionism and antisemitism".<ref name=":6" />
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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" />
=== Euro-Med
According to [[Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor|Euro-Med Monitor]], there was a
== 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" />
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> A columnist in ''[[The Forward]]'' called the WJC's cited examples of bias against Israel "less than convincing".<ref name="The Forward 19 June 2024">{{cite news |last1=Eshman |first1=Rob |title=Wikipedia called the ADL ‘unreliable.
A June 2024 ''[[The Jerusalem Post|Jerusalem Post]]'' opinion piece said that the English version of the Israel–Hamas war article was arguably more neutral than the Arabic and Hebrew versions.<ref name="The Jerusalem Post 2 June 2024">{{cite news |last1=Byron |first1=Avior |date=2 June 2024 |title=Truth held hostage: Language differences in Wikipedia's 'Israel-Hamas War' page - opinion |url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-804636 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603073931/https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-804636 |archive-date=3 June 2024 |access-date=3 June 2024 |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war]]
* [[Media coverage of the Israel–Hamas war]]
* [[Media coverage of the
==References==
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