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WP:NPOV at Gaza flotilla raid

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Cheers, TFOWR^{idle vapourings} 11:34, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

San Remo Manual

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June 2010

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neutrality sourcing

Hello, please read WP:RS. You cannot insert your own analyses into articles as you just did in Lehi (group) and O Jerusalem. Zero^talk 10:35, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Given your criticism, I would eliminate my sentence about "fighting valiantly." However, the main change was a reference to the historical investigation by Professor Uri Milstein that no massacre occured. The quotes I give are those of the authors of O Jerusalem. The authors themselves acknowledge that collecting data about this event is problematic. To quote the authors seems fair since this is an article on O Jerusalem!. Looslion (talk) 11:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)LoosLion[reply]

The opinion of Milstein is given in detail at Deir Yassin massacre. As far as I can tell, he does not mention the book O Jerusalem at all in his article. Criticisms have to come directly from the source to the target, you can't yourself construct them. Zero^talk 11:27, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The difficulty of determining the truth applies to Milstein as well as to Collins&Lapierre. Again, this is something that you brought and claimed it undermines the book. It is your criticism, but you can't put it here. Zero^talk 11:31, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1. You don't comment about using the authors opinions to suggest that though they did extensive research they give a disclaimer that their work is definitive. Therefore, I will reenter their opinion, and cite the source of their remarks.

2. The section that we are commenting under is called historical significance. The claim is made, "This precise perspective gives justice to some of the most compelling factors of the conflict." Now this statement uses the word "some." However, since Deir Yassin is mentioned in this article, it is fair to assume that the reader will think that this is one of the topics that is meant in this statement. Therefore, it is important for neutrality to state that the historical significance of this issue is understood differently than described in Jerusalem by documented eyewitness accounts that were cross checked with historical events by Professor Milstein. I agree that to go into the details is not relevant for this section. However, for neutrality it is critical to link to Blood Libel at Deir Yassin. Looslion (talk) 11:53, 12 May 2011 (UTC)LoosLion[reply]

I have taken ZeroOOOO points into consideration, and made a simple change to the synopsis section. Since the synopsis section is meant to be brief, I put the reference quotation in the footnote section.

Nomination of Dr. Michael Klein for deletion

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Lazarus

Because it strikes me as unnecessary and heavy-handed given the context. Anyone who is interested in her heritage is likely to conclude correctly that she was Jewish given the content of the paragraph. To add the adjective in that setting smacks of both overemphasis and a reductive understanding of the inspiration behind "The New Colossus." For those few readers who want to satisfy themselves conclusively as to whether she was Jewish, of course the link to her article is immediately at hand. Best, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 21:38, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

American Jewish poet I request that you reconsider: Lazarus' sister Annie was also concerned about a tendency to over emphasize the Hebraic strain of her [Emma Lazarus'] work. Annie had a bias; she chose to reject her Jewish background, and actively did what she could to destroy traces of her sister's Jewishness, including not publishing posthumously Emma's writings that revealed her Jewishness. But it is not accidental that The New Colossus was written by a Jew. Emma Lazarus was born into a 4th generation American family who intended on becoming an integral part of upper class American society. But since they were Jewish, this meant converting to Christianity. Many of Lazarus' older friends were on the 1867 Quaker City Ship excursion to Palestine; Lazarus was aware that Anglo-American Christian activity was making claim on Palestine. The New Colossus was written at a decidedly unwelcoming time for immigrants as evidenced by the passing of the Immigration Act of 1882 and The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

  Why did Lazarus feel so passionately welcoming to immigrants?

In 1881, Emma Lazarus saw her counterparts arriving on the shores of the US. As a Jew, she identified with them. Her family had taught her that she had to shed her Jewishness to truly be American. If so, was America a secure homeland for her? (I think that this experience was even deeper: Amongst the masses of Russian Jews were Russian Jewish intellectuals from wealthy homes whose fortunes were overturned by anti-Semites after Czar Alexander II was assassinated. They arrived to America wretched and in need of a homeland.) Suddenly with the arrival of the Russian Jews, Lazarus' writing takes a Jewish focus. She champions a Jewish homeland in Palestine (two decades before Herzl's Zionist formulation), she dedicates herself to helping the Russian Jewish immigrants get settled in the U.S., and she learns Hebrew. "Therefore, love you the stranger; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." Deuteronomy 10:19. The United States must not be Russia. In America all persons - regardless of religion, race, or wealth - can feel that they belong; for America glows world-wide welcome. America will be Emma Lazarus' homeland - no conversion necessary. It makes a difference for the reader of this section on the Statue of Liberty to know that Emma Lazarus was a Jew.Looslion (talk) 03:17, 15 July 2011 (UTC) Looslion[reply]

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Honi HaMe'agel

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