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Project Israel To Do:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Assess : Rate the Unassessed Israel-related articles and Unknown-importance Israel-related articles.
Cleanup : Cleanup listing for this project is available. See also the list by category and the tool's wiki page.
Collaborate : Participate in WikiProject Israel Palestine Collaboration.
Copyedit : Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2005
Deletion sorting : Participate in discussions at WikiProject Deletion sorting/Israel.
Expand : Ayala Procaccia, Diamond industry in Israel, Edna Arbel, Levin Kipnis, Rami Kleinstein, Sephardic Haredim, Zman Tel Aviv, Nachum Heiman, Public Defence (Israel), Prisoner of Zion, Trial of Benjamin Netanyahu, Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran, Pre-Modern Aliyah
See also Articles needing translation from Hebrew Wikipedia.
Geographical coordinates : Add geographic coordinates to Israel articles missing geocoordinate data.
Infobox : Add infoboxes to Israel articles needing infoboxes.
Maintain : See Israel articles needing attention.
Map : See discussion at Module:Location map/data/Israel. Add maps to articles in Wikipedia requested maps in Israel.
NPOV : Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries
Photo : Add pictures to articles in Wikipedia requested photographs in Israel.
Stubs : See Israel stubs.
Update : Basic Law proposal: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
Other :
- Translate to Hebrew : David Bar-Hayim, Guy Bavli, and Guy Oseary.

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Qodo

Could someone from this WikiProject take a look at Qodo and assess it? -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:33, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Logistics Corps

Thus stub has been unreferenced for 15 years. Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 07:47, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present)#Requested move 27 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present)#Requested move 27 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 03:38, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hebrew common name for the West Bank

This discussion might be of interest to members of this WikiProject. FortunateSons (talk) 16:33, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Israel's War of Independence didn't happen according to Wikipedia

Is Wikiproject Israel okay with this?! The article formerly named Israel's War of Independence has been redirected to 1948 Palestine war. I voiced my thoughts about vanishing it on the newly-named talk page, but it would be helpful to get some input from the Wikiproject expressly for Israel. I don't care what the New Historians say or that Benny Morris. "Disappearing" the article devoted to Israel's War of Independence, i.e. that Israel WON that war, seems grossly misleading. If I'm wrong, tell me please? FeralOink (talk) 17:25, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prior to the change, it redirected to 1947–1949 Palestine war which in turn redirected to 1948 Palestine War. A *bot* (an automatic program that works off of some objective criteria) changed it so that rather than the article being redirected twice, it redirected to the Ultimate target. This bot would have done the same if Shorts had redirected to Knickers and Knickers redirected to Pantaloons, it would have changed it so Shorts directed to Pantaloons directly.Naraht (talk) 21:04, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's not my point. I understand about redirects. I want to know why we can't have an Israel's War of Independence article anymore? 1947 - 1949 Palestine War isn't acceptable either! It makes it sound like Israel still wasn't Independent even in 1949. Why was it just changed from Israel's War of Independence? That is the right name.--FeralOink (talk) 14:03, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"That is the right name."? Are you for real? You know this is the PIA topic area, right? Was there a time when 'Israel's War of Independence' was not a redirect? When was that i.e. where are your 'formerly named' and 'anymore' words coming from? Sean.hoyland (talk) 14:41, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, did something specific cause you to write this comment? If so, what was it? Sean.hoyland (talk) 15:02, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh, I wrote that comment first, then came over here and linked to it. The specific cause was the absence of an Israel's War of Independence article in Wikipedia. Upon a closer reading of advice from Naraht and a more detailed perusal of YOUR (Sean.hoyland's) inquiry about 'formerly named' and 'anymore' regarding article title, I responded to both your inquiry and the one over on 1948 Palestine War talk, see here please. I think my findings, described there, and which you helpfully guided me to, should put the matter to rest. I'm still not happy, but at least I understand what happened in Wikihistory.--FeralOink (talk) 00:40, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a Wikipedia article on Israel's War of Independence. It's the 1948 Palestine war article. These are just different names for the same war. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 00:45, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect I know where this is coming from. There are some extreme pro-Israeli twitterati who are upset that I change Israel's War of Idependence into the direct link, namely 1948 Palestine war. That "Israel's War of Idependence" is the name in Israel: so what? This is English wikipedia, not "Hebrew wikipedia" or "Israelipedia". (I was actually reported to WP:AE once, as I had used the sourced name Segregation Wall, instead of the wp "official" name West Bank barrier; As they say: what is good for the goose, is good for the gander). Huldra (talk) 21:04, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:2025 Gaza Strip anti-Hamas protests#Requested move 29 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2025 Gaza Strip anti-Hamas protests#Requested move 29 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Coining (talk) 21:22, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gaza gencocide

There is currently an RfC at Gaza Genocide. -- Cdjp1 (talk) 12:36, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RfC notification: Proposed revision to lead of Israel article

Hello, this is a notification of a new Request for Comment concerning the lead section of the Israel article. The RfC proposes changes to improve neutrality, attribution, and tone in summarizing disputed geopolitical issues. Your input is invited.

EditBagel (talk) 03:39, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Melatef Umeshaker

This article about an album, Melatef Umeshaker has been unsourced for over 15 years. Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 18:50, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While you're at it, please do the same for Maccabi Akhi Nazareth F.C. Bearian (talk) 18:51, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thinking of making Draft: list of protests in Israel

Yo, there's many articles on protests that have happened in Israel. But ummm... I maybe felt that there could be a "History of protests in israel" or a similarly titled article- There is Category:Protests in Israel and I was perhaps inspired by Protest and dissent in China. But I'm not sure there are pages like that for most countries. I just saw there is List of protests in the United States for example. User:D Kirlston - talk 21:38, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Need help with article

I need help from native Hebrew speakers in order to make Avraham Zagdon's article good enough for mainspace. I do not know how to write such pages, and have never written an article from scratch. I dumped a few sources and stuff there, but there are things in all of the sources I have yet to add as text to the draft. I would like help with:

Proof reading the stuff I added from Hebrew sources, and expanding on it (I have used AI to extract content from Hebrew sources)
Help expanding more information from Garb's book (in addition to the Hebrew sources I have mentioned earlier)
Help formatting everything

The Hebrew research I did was assisted by translators. If you are a native speaker, I would greatly appreciate if you could search for more information yourself as well Someonefighter (talk) 06:44, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RfC notification for Bella Hadid

There is an RfC on the article of Bella Hadid that may be of interest to this Wikiproject. The link is Talk:Bella Hadid#RFC: Death threats and the Gaza war. FortunateSons (talk) 16:04, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image discussion (2025) at Talk:Second Cold War

Link: Talk:Second Cold War#Consensus on "event" to warrant images or infobox. George Ho (talk) 21:41, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Ian Kinsler

Ian Kinsler has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:16, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Help searching for sourcing?

There's an article up for deletion - April Fool (1989 film). The film is in Hebrew and I presume that the bulk of sourcing will be in the same language. Due to the age, there's a chance not all of these will be easily found unless one knows where/how to search (and knows Hebrew). Can someone do a search for sourcing? Thank you! ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 12:50, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marvell Software Solutions Israel Proposed Deletion Discussion

There is a proposed deletion discussion for the article on Marvell Software Solutions Israel. The article will likely be deleted or merged into the article for its parent company, Marvell Technology, unlike the other (non-Israeli) subsidiary of Marvell Technology, Inphi Corporation, unless editors can establish that there is enough notability of the Israeli subsidiary to warrant its own article. Coining (talk) 14:05, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]