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Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides

JL;DR SUMMARY In response to long-standing disputes over content related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee, its highest oversight body, has banned eight editors—six pro-Palestinian and two pro-Israel—for disruptive behavior. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Anti Defamation LeagueIsraeli Palestinian ConflictZionismBiasWikipediaInternetNeutralityArbitration CommitteeEditorial Disputes

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Israel
"Battles over Israel are nothing new for an online encyclopedia that theoretically allows anyone to alter its articles."
Palestinian Territories
"edit sections of each Wikipedia page. But pro-Israel advocates have elevated their complaints in recent months into journalistic exposes and watchdog activism meant to expose what they say is a cynical exploitation of Wikipedias democratic decision-making processes by an organized group of pro-Palestinian editors bent on slandering Israel."
Gaza, Southern District, Israel
"theory allows anyone to alter its articles. Four previous arbitration cases, going back to 2008, have dealt with the issue often arising in tandem with flare-ups of violence in the Middle East. The editing disputes started intensifying again after war between Israel and Hamas broke out in late 2023. In the discussion section of particular articles, editors have fought over, for example, whether its appropriate to call Israeli military operations in Gaza a genocide or to apply labels such settler colonialism and apartheid regime to the country."

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