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Index 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
21, 22

Archive 5 - an essay about "Hate, propaganda and information"
Archive 6 (2004 to Sept. 2006)
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Archive 11 - Disputed vs Occupied. This Archive contains copious discussion as well as TWO RFCs! Thus it is imperative that you read this archive FIRST if you wish to add anything as it is highly likely your grievance has already been discussed and dealt with.
Archive 12 - Casualty figures discussion.
Archive 13 various major discussions from Jan 2008-June 2008.

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Section sizes

Section size for Israeli–Palestinian conflict (54 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	30,110	30,110
History	8,880	73,861
1920s	2,294	2,294
1936–1939 Arab revolt	4,813	4,813
1940–1947	4,004	4,004
1947 United Nations partition plan	4,150	4,150
1948 Arab–Israeli War	1,374	1,374
1956 Suez Crisis	1,053	1,053
1967 Six-Day War	2,651	2,651
1973 Yom Kippur War	7,887	7,887
1982 Lebanon War	14,556	14,556
First Intifada (1987–1993)	2,195	2,195
Second Intifada (2000–2005)	2,764	2,764
Fatah–Hamas split (2006–2007)	5,068	5,068
2023–present Gaza war	12,172	12,172
Attempts to reach a peaceful settlement	5,681	42,089
The peace process	3,573	6,370
Creation of the Palestinian Authority and security cooperation	2,797	2,797
Oslo Accords (1993, 1995)	5,833	5,833
Camp David Summit (2000)	8,264	8,264
Developments following Camp David	2,615	2,615
Taba Summit (2001)	949	949
Road map for peace (2002–2003)	4,641	4,641
Arab Peace Initiative (2002, 2007, 2017)	7,736	7,736
Current status	21	54,296
Apartheid	4,336	4,336
Occupied Palestinian territory	3,858	18,786
Israeli settlements	12,483	12,483
Israeli military police	2,445	2,445
Separation of the Gaza Strip	7,908	19,523
Blockade of the Gaza Strip	11,615	11,615
United Nations and recognition of Palestinian statehood	4,974	4,974
Incitement	6,656	6,656
Issues in dispute	7,318	82,819
Status of Jerusalem	6,595	11,092
Holy sites and the Temple Mount	4,497	4,497
Palestinian refugees	20,032	20,032
Israeli security concerns	22,257	22,257
Water resources	6,624	8,281
Future and financing	1,657	1,657
Agricultural rights	4,094	4,094
Israel's West Bank barrier	2,582	2,582
Palestinian violence outside of Israel	2,075	2,075
Palestinian-on-Palestinian violence	1,697	1,697
Overriding authority and international status	2,018	2,018
Economic disputes and boycotts	1,373	1,373
Fatalities	5,730	11,047
Criticism of casualty statistics	3,919	3,919
Landmines and unexploded ordnance	1,398	1,398
See also	995	995
Notes	48	48
References	505	6,424
Bibliography	5,919	5,919
External links	7,049	7,049
Total	308,738	308,738

Reverts

A couple recent reverts showed up a problem in the page in the sense that we have a "History" section that is a selective list of things rather than a high level summary such as that at History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, seems we need a better balance between these two articles rather than the duplication we have between them as at present. This page should primarily reflect the current state of the conflict. Selfstudier (talk) 16:21, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sections sizes widget at the top confirms that the history section is still a monster despite being split. Iskandar323 (talk) 16:37, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Think I would still be looking for a more high level summary of the History, despite the trimming. Leaving any kind of detail there just encourages.... Selfstudier (talk) 14:18, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I would like to change °The conflict has its origins in the rise of Zionism in the late 19th century in Europe, a movement which aimed to establish a Jewish state through the colonization of Palestine,[30][page needed][31] and the consequent first arrival of Jewish settlers to Ottoman Palestine in 1882." to something more like "The conflict has its origins in the rise of Zionism in the late 19th century in Europe, a movement which aimed to establish an official Jewish state. The succeeding decades saw a massive migration into the area.^[1]" > Josephbidons (talk) 23:25, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The previous sentence makes it sound as if jews had long since left the area, but in fact The Jewish people have always occupied the territory we call Palestine/Israel. The only reason the name palestine exists was because the Romans named it after the Phillistines to mock the Jewish inhabitants. I do not support the atrocities committed by either side, but I think it is important to make it clear the presence of jewish people before 1882. maybe a consecutive sentence mentioning the jewish presence continually residing in the land of the levant

Not done: this is neither an uncontroversial improvement, nor one that already has consensus. Please see WP:EDITXY for more information on what an uncontroversial improvement is. M.Bitton (talk) 00:49, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews

Spelling fix: causualties -> casualties

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The renewed violence, which continued sporadically until the beginning of World War II, ended with around 5,000 causualties on the Arab side and 700 combined on the British and Jewish side total.

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The renewed violence, which continued sporadically until the beginning of World War II, ended with around 5,000 casualties on the Arab side and 700 combined on the British and Jewish side total. Qutecumber (talk) 02:38, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done... - Adolphus79 (talk) 03:00, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling: sepreme -> supreme

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Palestinians will be better at establishing internal security than we were, because they will allow no appeals to the Sepreme Court and will prevent [human rights groups] from criticizing the conditions there.

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Palestinians will be better at establishing internal security than we were, because they will allow no appeals to the Supreme Court and will prevent [human rights groups] from criticizing the conditions there. Qutecumber (talk) 02:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:59, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Settlers

Why has mention of settlers been removed from the infobox? [1] Makeandtoss (talk) 13:59, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Probably the reason is that other belligerents are organisations that took part in a conflict whereas the settlers do not constitute an organisation. The attacks conducted by settlers are more similar to terror attacks carried out by individual Palestinians - note that they are also not mentioned in the infobox.

Mentioning "Extremist settler groups" (possibly linked to hilltop youth) in the infobox might make sense, if this is supported by reliable sources. Alaexis_¿question? 22:09, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That is incorrect since Palestinian fedayeen, who were individuals not part of any group, are in the infobox. Makeandtoss (talk) 09:50, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Casualties and losses figures

These figures look grossly outdated and inaccurate - you could reach the figure given for Palestinian deaths without including the losses since October 2023. Can these be updated please? 82.8.128.15 (talk) 14:26, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs counts 6,680 Palestinian and 314 Israeli deaths, and 156,963 Palestinian and 6,352 Israeli injuries for the period from January 2008 to October 2023.[28] 2001:4BB8:2C1:10C7:B4E0:99FF:FEED:EAE9 (talk) 06:56, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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7 October 2023

The 1,200 deaths (a figure often quoted as being the number of Israelis killed during the Hamas incursion) always fails to mention that many were actually killed by 'friendly fire' from the Israeli military as they tried to flee Hamas militants. 122.108.116.196 (talk) 03:58, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Change "The British Empire supplied a large amount weapons" to "The British Empire supplied a large amount of weapons" for grammar. Czmz8 (talk) 01:18, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Done Thanks for pointing that out! 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (need something?) 02:13, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why not Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

I noticed there’s an en-dash. Why not a hyphen? מושא עקיף (talk) 02:25, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See MOS:DASH, although it doesn't answer your 'why' question. I would also like to know the answer to this question. Sean.hoyland (talk) 05:29, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews

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