Talk:Palestine

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Edit request 10 June 2026

Change “Gaza was its largest city prior to Israel's forced evacuations in 2023.” to “Gaza was its largest city prior to Israel's displacement of the population in 2023”

Forced evacuation by a foreign power is displacement (article 49 of the Geneva convention)

Eating.sharpened.erasers (talk) 01:16, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: Your proposed change is potentially controversial and will require a consensus before it can be implemented. Day Creature (talk) 20:16, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 20 June 2026

Change the word “attack” to “accord” in the following sentence: The peace process gained opposition from both Palestinians and Israelis. Islamist militant organizations such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad opposed the attack and responded by conducting attacks on civilians across Israel. ~2026-35751-91 (talk) 10:09, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Changed. Zero^talk 13:55, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 28 June 2026

Description of suggested change: This is a request to correct a grammatical error within the text to increase the polish and quality of the overall article. Seems strange to me why "they" here, which is clearly used in a pluralistic way as per "terrorists," is used as a singular pronoun as per "freedom fighter." It is also not grammatically correct for a singular, countable, non-proper noun to not be preceded by a definite/indefinite article.

Diff:

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They are considered as "freedom fighter" by Palestinians and "terrorists" by Israelis.

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They are considered as "freedom fighters" by Palestinians and "terrorists" by Israelis.

~2026-37205-21 (talk) 07:07, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Agreement of grammatical number. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 16:24, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 6 July 2026

Description of suggested change: The term “treading ground” in this sentence does not read well, and is not idiomatic English as far as I am aware: “It was treading ground for the Nile and Mesopotamian armies and merchants from North Africa, China and India.”

As best I can tell, it is being used to mean something like “an area that was regularly visited”. Perhaps a “crossroads” or something like that?

Hopefully not too controversial!

Diff:

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It was treading ground for the Nile and Mesopotamian armies and merchants from North Africa, China and India.

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It was an area that was regularly visited by the Nile and Mesopotamian armies and merchants from North Africa, China and India.

SliderQuick (talk) 14:57, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done with slightly different wording. I'm also not clear what the reference to "the Nile and Mesopotamian armies" is supposed to mean: Egyptian armies? Babylonian or Assyrian? Day Creature (talk) 17:43, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

AI

I have flagged this for AI, specifically regarding the 2024 edits by Kharbaan Ghaltaan, of which there are too many to count here, but which contain many hallmarks of LLM-generated text from early to mid 2024 covered in WP:AISIGNS. (This is also the case of their other edits since 2024 or so.) Note that although this is a contentious topic, this does not have anything to do with the subject matter; it's the same AI slop phrasing that has proliferated across Wikipedia on every subject imaginable (and is also not allowed per WP:NOLLM).

Just a few excerpts (note: this is not the full list of things that need to be fixed, they are just examples, I could pick a dozen more):

• The iconic Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem underwent restoration and renovation in the Ottoman era, showcasing a blend of Islamic and Byzantine architectural elements. - superficial analyses (WP:SUPERFICIAL), 2024 AI vocabulary (WP:AIVOCAB), promotionality (WP:AIPUFFERY)
• Palestine features significant lakes and rivers that play a vital role in its geography and ecosystems.: undue emphasis on significance (WP:AILEGACY, WP:AIPUFFERY), is/are avoidance ("features" rather than "contains", "has", etc)
• Banna have contributed to the contemporary pop scene with their unique styles and powerful voices. Their songs address both personal and political themes, resonating with Palestinians and audiences worldwide.: WP:AILEGACY, WP:AIPUFFERY
• etc. Also note the dramatic difference in this user's writing style between their sandbox and these edits (note: again, this is not a comment on the subject matter, just the writing style). Also note that they have unambiguously used ChatGPT for at least some purposes, and had a page (User:Kharbaan Ghaltaan/Baghdad) speedied for ChatGPT usage.

So yeah this is going to be a nightmare to clean up since there is so much of it Gnomingstuff (talk) 00:11, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 July 2026

Please remove this tag in top of the topic. ~2026-38829-40 (talk) 00:24, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done Which tag? If it is the AI-generated tag, that hasn't been resolved yet. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:47, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

LLM tag ~2026-38829-40 (talk) 10:07, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 July 2026

Palestine is NOT a country internationally recognized. ~2026-39095-56 (talk) 05:40, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. See International recognition of Palestine. Day Creature (talk) 05:46, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 July 2026 (2)

The United States does not recognize Palestine as an independent, sovereign country. AlphaOmegaThor (talk) 23:41, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. The article does not claim otherwise. Day Creature (talk) 00:30, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Amd your point is? Who cares what the United States recognizes or not? Dimadick (talk) 04:16, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 11 August 2026 - possible redundancy

There may be some redundancy in the first paragraph of the article. Specifically in the sentence: "Gaza was its largest city prior to Israel's forced evacuations in 2023, ordered by Israel following Hamas's October 7 attacks.". Mentioning Israel twice seems redundant, as its role in the evacuations is made clear already. I think this can be rewritten as "Gaza was its largest city prior to Israel's forced evacuations in 2023 following Hamas's October 7 attacks." or "Gaza was its largest city prior to the forced evacuations in 2023, ordered by Israel following Hamas's October 7 attacks." (though I prefer the first option due to it being succinct.) If other editors agree that this is a mistake, then someone who is able to should change it. Thank you and have a nice day! AustrianEarlyOne (talk) 09:31, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done NomanPK44 (talk) 10:08, 11 August 2026 (UTC)