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AfD History of the Jews in East Africa

Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of the Jews in East Africa, thank you! IZAK (talk) 23:02, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Two Categories for Deletion

Please see the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 August 1#Category:History of the Jews in the Mashriq Thank you, IZAK (talk) 21:48, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Requested input: Legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestine

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestine § Issues with recent edits. Editors are discussing a substantial proposed revision of Legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, primarily concerning the relative coverage of the ICJ, the Supreme Court of Israel, the government of Israel, and academic commentary. The proposed revision was first reverted because of concerns about its reliance on primary sources and overemphasis on Israeli domestic law. It was then restored in revised form with additional secondary sources and a shorter discussion of Israeli law, and reverted again on the ground that it gave "undue weight to Israeli opinion". Proposed revision before the latest revert. — ac talk 07:55, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Colombia's recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel

As I'm sure we all know by now, Colombia has recently become the third country (after Israel itself, and the United States) to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. My question is, which articles do we feel need to be updated to reflect this new reality?

I believe the articles for towns and villages in the Golan that say "The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this" (here's one example) should be updated, because that phraseology gives the impression that every country in the world except for Israel still considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal, however that is not the case anymore due to America's and Colombia's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan. I therefore suggest that the phraseology be changed to "Most of the international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the governments of Israel, the United States, and Colombia dispute this." That sentence would, of course, include links to articles about most countries' views, as well as to news articles about the American and Colombian announcements.

Does anyone have other suggestions for how to update the above sentence? What other pages do we as a community feel should be updated to reflect this news? ProudNewEnglander (talk) 13:45, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

@ProudNewEnglander:, the Golan Heights itself and Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights are the first that come to mind. Alaexis_¿question? 09:35, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alaexis, thanks for the response! I actually brought this up on the Golan Heights talk page almost a month ago, and got some good suggestions for how to improve that statement. However, I then went on a week-long vacation, and haven't yet followed up about how to decide between those suggestions.

Since you're a longtime, experienced editor, how do you propose we decide which suggestion to go by? I had considered offering a sort of ranked-choice system whereby all the editors involved would rank each option from most preferred to least preferred. However, I'm not sure if that's an acceptable procedure. Since there are at least four options, I'm not sure what the best method is to find consensus. And also, how do you suggest we deal with any editors who might try to disrupt the discussion without providing any suggestions of their own to fix the issue?

Thanks! ProudNewEnglander (talk) 23:31, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

The WikiProject Israel page is not a place for a discussion about this. You are inviting only one side by creating a discussion about this here. Also Colombia hasn't mentioned settlements at all. And even if they did, its undue weight to ad Colombias pov into all the separate settlement articles. It should be in the main Golan Heights and Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights articles. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 22:17, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Moshe Flimann

Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 05:35, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war#Requested move 8 August 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war#Requested move 8 August 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Axolitl (talk | contribs) 23:54, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Yael Ichilov

This AI-written article is up for deletion. Please fix it. Bearian (talk) 02:18, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

Pending change review for Paul Delaney

Hi, I recently updated the page for Paul Delaney (basketball) to reflect his Israeli citizenship with a reliable source from Sport5, but the edit is currently pending. Could an experienced editor please review and accept the change? Thank you! ~2026-49226-72 (talk) 10:29, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

Nathaniel Katzburg

Happy new year. This BLP has been proposed for deleting as LLM-written. Please follow the procedures if you wish to rescue this. Bearian (talk) 08:26, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

Richard Koebner

Another AI-created article. Please follow the procedures if you want to rescue it. Bearian (talk) 08:33, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:The Asia-Oceania Destubathon

Hi, just to let you know that I'm running The Asia-Oceania Destubathon in November in support of Wikipedia:Asian Month. £2000 (about US$ 2,689.54) in prizes. It would be great to see a lot of your editors participating as it's a good opportunity to see a lot of content improved for Israel with prizes. Sign up if interested anyway, thanks. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:35, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

Medical schools

List of medical schools in Israel is completely unsourced. Can anyone here improve the page? WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:44, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

Disclosed COI edit request at Talk:SolarEdge — needs a second look

Following up on a disclosed COI request open at Talk:SolarEdge#Disclosed COI request: expand the opening paragraph since 23 August. One editor raised a question about product-heaviness in the lead, I addressed it, and the thread's been quiet for a few weeks since. Would welcome a second opinion whenever someone has time. Yuval-SolarEdge (talk) 10:53, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Daniel Baharier

Happy New Year. This biography of a living person article has serious issues, and could be deleted soon. Please add reliable inline citations immediately. Bearian (talk) 09:14, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

Not sure he's notable. Alaexis_¿question? 20:21, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Israeli Annual Hebrew Song Chart

Happy Sukkot. Please add sources immediately. Articles within your Project's domain are being targeted, so look busy! Bearian (talk) 17:35, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

 Done Alaexis_¿question? 20:21, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Excellent! Bearian (talk) 23:09, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

I have both updated the list (added 2019 to 2026 to the table) ans added 5 sources.

Please consider removing the "multiple issues" template.

Cheers,

The Regulator 1 (talk) 21:38, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

Two more stubs to source

Please see:

• Israel at the 2001 Summer Universiade
• Israel at the 2003 Summer Universiade

Bearian (talk) 23:08, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Yonatan Sompolinsky

This article has been proposed for deletion. Bearian (talk) 10:47, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Nomination of Smit Machchhar for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Smit Machchhar is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smit Machchhar until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may still edit the article, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the AfD notice from the article until the discussion is closed.

Princessa Unicorn (talk) 02:58, 3 October 2026 (UTC)