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    Haaretz follows up on NRG-Maariv's report about Orit Strook and the
    Hebrew Wikipedia. Haaretz has the advantage of translating some of
    its reports into English. Unfortunately, it now has a
    subscribers-only policy, but if you are interested and don't mind
    subscribing (for free, for up to 10 articles/month), here's the
    link:
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/on-hebrew-wikipedia-pro-settler-figure-and-new-habayit-hayehudi-mk-orit-strock-is-a-human-rights-activist.premium-1.509505">http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/on-hebrew-wikipedia-pro-settler-figure-and-new-habayit-hayehudi-mk-orit-strock-is-a-human-rights-activist.premium-1.509505</a>
    Note - Haaretz strongly opposes the settler movement.<br>
    <br>
    Another interesting recent affair on the Hebrew Wikipedia is the
    debate over the inclusion of an article about Lihi Griner, a local
    celebrity who became famous after participating in the local version
    of the "Big Brother". She maintains her fame by taking part in all
    kinds of promotion events. The Hebrew Wikipedia usually adheres to
    deletionism, so a long debate developed over whether Griner deserves
    an article. Eventually the article remained, and the debate was
    reported in a popular website's entertainment section. These
    interesting debates and reports are all in Hebrew, so I can only
    give you a taste of them or link to partial translations when they
    exist. Sorry about that, but feel free to contact me if you want me
    to look up a certain detail or elaborate on a specific issue.<br>
    <br>
    Best,<br>
    Dror<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">בתאריך 14/03/13 12:12, ציטוט Heather
      Ford:<br>
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      type="cite">This is really, really interesting, Dror! Was this a
      vote (i.e. decision on the basis of the number rather than the
      quality of arguments?)
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          <div>On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:03 AM, nathaniel tkacz wrote:</div>
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            <div dir="ltr">thanks a lot for sharing this dror.
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              <div style="">nate</div>
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              <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:39 AM,
                Dror Kamir <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                  <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hello,<br>
                    <br>
                    Once again, a debate on the Hebrew Wikipedia makes
                    it to the headlines of the Israeli press. This time,
                    it is a debate over the article (in Hebrew) about
                    Orit Strook (also spelled Struk and Struck).<br>
                    <br>
                    Ms. Strook has been recently elected to the Knesset
                    (the Israeli parliament), and is now a prominent
                    representative of the right-wing Zionist-religious
                    party "The Jewish Home" (<i>Ha-Bayit Ha-Yehudi</i>).
                    She is a settler from the Jewish community in Hebron
                    (this community is considered the most hardline
                    among the settler movement's communities.<br>
                    <br>
                    Owing to her new status, Strook's article now has
                    the "Knesset Member template", which, among other
                    details, mentions the person's occupation before
                    s/he became an MP. In the case of Strook it is
                    defined as "human rights activist". This is because
                    she headed the "Human Rights Organization of Judea
                    and Samaria", an Israeli NGO whose main activity is
                    defending Israeli settlers and right-wing activists
                    against (alleged) police violence and issuance of
                    restraining orders by Israeli authorities. The title
                    "human right activist" is rarely associated with
                    activists of the settler movement, and more commonly
                    used when referring to Israeli left-wing activists
                    who defend Palestinians against Israeli authorities
                    and act against the settlement activity in the West
                    Bank. (Note - no political statement is intended
                    here, I'm just describing the situation for those of
                    you who are not acquainted with Israeli politics.)<br>
                    <br>
                    Some Israeli Wikipedians (at least one of them holds
                    left-wing political views, to the best of my
                    knowledge) challenged Orit Strook's definition as
                    "human rights activist" arguing that her NGO defends
                    only the human rights of settlers and ignores the
                    human rights of Palestinians. According to the
                    article's talkpage, a similar discussion has already
                    been held in 2007, when someone suggested to add the
                    category "human rights activists" to this article
                    (the category is currently not there, just the
                    mention in the template). These Wikipedians also
                    said that this NGO's mission is inconsistent with
                    the definition of "human rights" in the article
                    about the subject on the Hebrew Wikipedia. One
                    suggested alternative was writing that Strook was an
                    "activist for settlers' rights" or just mentioning
                    that she was "the head of the Human Rights
                    Organization of Judea and Samaria". A response to
                    this suggestion was "Another suggestion would be
                    that you understand that human rights are not an
                    innovation of the extreme left in Israel". Well, not
                    all responses are sarcastic like this one, but this
                    is the general idea in most of them.<br>
                    <br>
                    The debate is now reported on one of Israel's
                    leading news websites - NRG-Maariv (the reporter is
                    Arik Bender). According to this report, the issue
                    was decided by a vote of 28 against 23 to retain the
                    definition "human rights activist" in the article
                    about Ms. Strook. I can add that the Hebrew
                    Wikipedia very often resorts to polling in such
                    circumstances. Back to NRG's report, it also says
                    that certain Wikipedians sent questions to Ms.
                    Strook, asking her whether she supported universal
                    human rights, including Palestinians, and whether
                    she defined herself as "human rights activist".
                    According to the report, Strook sent back an
                    elaborated reply and denied she was defending only
                    the rights of Jews. She said she had also defended
                    Arabs who had been sentenced to death by the
                    Palestinian Authority for selling lands to Jews.<br>
                    <br>
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                      <li>The Report on NRG-Maariv (in Hebrew):
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/451/918.html?hp=1&cat=404&loc=9"
                          target="_blank">http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/451/918.html?hp=1&cat=404&loc=9</a></li>
                      <li>The article about Orit Strook on the Hebrew
                        Wikipedia
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7"
                          target="_blank">http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7</a><br>
                      </li>
                      <li>The voting debate and process on the Hebrew
                        Wikipedia (in Hebrew)
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%AA/:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7"
                          target="_blank">http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%AA/:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7</a></li>
                      <li>The debate on the article's talkpage (in
                        Hebrew)
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7#.D7.9B.D7.A4.D7.99.D7.9C.D7.95.D7.AA_.D7.91.D7.AA.D7.91.D7.A0.D7.99.D7.AA"
                          target="_blank">http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7#.D7.9B.D7.A4.D7.99.D7.9C.D7.95.D7.AA_.D7.91.D7.AA.D7.91.D7.A0.D7.99.D7.AA</a><br>
                      </li>
                    </ul>
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                    I hope you find this interesting,<br>
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                    Best,<br>
                    Dror K<br>
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