The Zionist Wikipedia

Is the Hebrew Wikipedia edited according to the project's stated ethos? My experience contributing suggests it is not. It has been dominated for over a decade by right-wing and far-right activists, including Kohelet operatives, who have transformed it into a cesspool of propaganda that denies Palestinian existence, ostracizes liberal voices and the LGBTQ+ community, and injects poisonous #Islamophobic content into every article touching on these topics. This is an introductory post. I will provide additional information in this thread.

Background information

This is a link to a 2010 initiative to train #Wikipedia editors from the Israeli "settler movement." This post of Fandom includes both the original course announcement and subsequent discussion about a workshop, which organized by the Yesha Council (an umbrella organization of municipal councils of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank) and "My Israel" organization.

The workshop was designed to train "Zionist Wikipedia editors" with the stated goals of:

- Influencing public opinion in Israel and globally

- Adding content on topics important to participants

- Countering terms like "occupation" and "settlements"

The 3-hour training session was held on August 17, 2010 in Jerusalem.

Two experienced Wikipedia editors (Amikhai and Zohar) decided to conduct the training themselves, emphasizing Wikipedia's neutrality policies rather than "Zionist editing." They created materials specifically highlighting:

- Wikipedia's neutrality requirements

- Discussion culture and behavioral guidelines

- Avoiding edit wars

- Wikipedia's non-national, non-ideological nature

The workshop generated significant media attention, with participants interviewed on radio and TV.

According to reports, some attendees stated intentions to edit articles about political figures and controversial topics, despite organizers' advice to start with less contentious subjects.

How did the community respond to this initiative?

Just based on this discussion on Fandom alone (so before these right wing operative started their "work",) the reactions were mixed - some welcomed new contributors who understood the rules, while others expressed concern about editors arriving with predetermined agendas. The organizers emphasized they successfully conveyed Wikipedia's neutrality requirements to most participants.

Hebrew https://danielventura.fandom.com/he/wiki/קורס_עריכה_ציונית_בויקיפדיה_העברית or https://archive.ph/qOZZi

@israel
@palestine
#Wikipedia #ZionistWikpedia #HebrewWikipedia

Is #HebrewWikipedia projecting? the only other place I've seen this map is the #Irgun logo?

https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%92%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94

The early #PLO saw Palestine as part of something bigger, but that was Arab nationalism not Palestinian nationalism as such?

I think non-Hebrew speakers should be aware of the extremely transphobic nature of the Hebrew Wikipedia.

It is a matter of policy there to mention every trans person's deadname, even when there's no information at all associated with that name. They also write things like "born as a male" / "born as a female" which is a very misguided way of saying "assigned female/male at birth".

#wikipedia #HebrewWikipedia #Transphobia

Some terrible trivia for y'all: When did the Hebrew #Wikipedia abolish the policy to misgender #trans people when describing the period before they came out?

#HebrewWikipedia #Transphobia