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Les Vitailles's avatar

Avoid wikipedia like the plague when it comes to articles regarding Israel.

It's highly biased towards Hamas and recently an effort by wikipedia editors to skew articles against Israel was uncovered.

Easy google search to get more details while avoiding wikipedia

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-860687

https://ideas.tikvah.org/mosaic/picks/hebrons-restless-palestinian-clans-and-israels-missed-opportunity

https://www.jns.org/palestinians-torch-car-of-sheikh-who-led-plan-for-hebron-emirate/

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Clifford Sobin's avatar

I totally agree Les.

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Ben Dor A.'s avatar

Hello Les

I usually avoid the use of Wickedpedia as a source of information but in this case I used that link which gives i formation about various possibilities in the past how to solve the squabble of clans in Muslim societies in the ME, especially in the Arab - Israel conflict after the head of Hebron clan suggested to Israeli authorities to break from the control of the PA.

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Ben Dor A.'s avatar

The main problem with some Israeli politicians, intellectuals and part of the public itself is that there is still a delusion hovering in the air that the Arabs would wake up and come to terms with the existence of the Jewish State.

A history of 1400 years of Jewish persecution by Islam is not evidence enough.

There are plenty of books on the subject starting with the Quran, Hadith and Sira.

Even over a hundred years of terror and war against the Jews living in the Holy Land does not deflect this delusion from many in Israel and America.

The disastrous Oslo Crimes, as it was evident from the start that this whole process, or as it's delusionally termed "the peace process," was one of the finest manipulations of the 20th C by the Soviet Bloc that almost brought Israel to its knees.

The information was readily known to the Israeli security and defence establishments and even to Rabin himself but he totally ignored all the warning signs and went ahead with this colossal disaster.

The clan ideas existed in the past but were waved aside by the geniuses Peres, Beilin and his lot who forced upon the Jewish people in Israel the greatest disaster since WWII, just like the Dictator, Sharon forced on us the expulsion from Gaza in 2005.

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Clifford Sobin's avatar

Thank you Ben for the comment and the link. I was not aware of the Wikipedia article until you posted the link. Amazing how fast they spring up. When I find the time I'm going to scrutinize it for error and bias as is necessary with Wikipedia for anything involving Israel.

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