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Demographics
[edit]In the section, there are 2 photos. One has a description "Palestinian girl in Nablus", the other is "Jewish children in Tal Menashe." First of all, why does one description have a full stop and the other doesn't? And second, why is one Palestinian (nationality) and the other is Jewish (religion)? Considering it's impossible to determine the religion of the girl just by the photo, would it not be better to be Palestinian/Israeli or Palestinian/Palestinian if the children are just Palestinian Jews, not Israeli? 46.188.139.2 (talk) 18:26, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
Emirate of Hebron
[edit]There is much in the news today (multiple major sources in many national & inter-national media) about the "Emirate of Hebron" proposal of a group of sheikhs on the West Bank.
I added a simple sentence about the proposal to the article, with two sources.
In July 2025, five tribal sheikhs from the Hebron district of the West Bank proposed to establish an autonomous emirate, separate from the Palestinian Authority, to form an "Emirate of Hebron" in the largest district of the West Bank, Hebron. They would seek to govern a part of Hebron separated from PA control and create a special economic zone achieve greater economic growth and stability.[1][2]
It was reverted by another editor as too trivial to mention in this article. Cool second opinion. So let's follow standard wiki-BRD practice. Bold edit; Revert it if an editor cares to; then Discuss it on the Talk page. THis is that Discussion.
Proposal: The proposed Emirate of Hebron political entity ought to, at least, be mentioned in the West Bank article, as it is notable. If not the sentence above, some other sentence. But the topic should be mentioned here. With 10 or 20 tribal sheiks involved, it is as important as many incidents of political violence or other political events that are typically covered once they are verifiable and notable. Cheers. N2e (talk) 17:16, 7 July 2025 (UTC) N2e (talk) 17:16, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
- I don't mind it being mentioned, but we should also be willing to remove it if there isn't significant continuing coverage. Even though this got into the news, stuff like this isn't rare but it never gets off the ground. The chance of Israel accepting it is zero. If it is mentioned, the sentence I added at Hebron should be added here too. Zerotalk 04:12, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
- I was the one who removed it, and as of now, it still seem entirely trivial. The handful of individuals who have suggested this are not notable, and they are not in charge of Hebron. If Hebron's mayor had suggested this, it might be notable. Some random individuals using the title Sheik proposing it? No, that is not notable in any way. If a random guy in California proposed creating a "Kingdom of San Francisco", we would not include that in the Californa article either. Jeppiz (talk) 12:20, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
- That's a fair assessment and I don't disagree. Zerotalk 13:38, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
References
- ^ The unusual letter from the sheikhs of Hebron: Recognize the 'Emirate of Hebron' and we will recognize Israel, ynet Global, 6 July 2025.
- ^ Top West Bank sheiks propose recognizing the state of Israel, leaving Palestinian Authority, New York Post, 6 July 2025
Edit request 1 September 2025
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Description of suggested change:
Simple fix to the "In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" comment that was invalidated by this edit, later only partially fixed by this edit. End of second paragraph in intro.
Simply fix first sentence
[edit]The English structure of the first sentence of the article sounds unnatural and off. Without changing any content or even the contents, order, please consider simply fixing it to “The West Bank, located on the western bank of the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories that make up the State of Palestine (the other Palestinian territory being the Gaza Strip). 2804:214:8821:87B9:D108:FCD0:14F8:2CDD (talk) 21:41, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 08:24, 26 October 2025 (UTC)