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international support for the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people IN THE 19TH CENTURY
I have a few questions about this sentence in the lead In the late-19th century, persecution of Jews, particularly in Europe, led to the creation of the Zionist movement and international support for the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people on the site of the ancient kingdoms.
 * 1 International support by whom in the 19th Century?
 * 2 What ancient kingdoms? Trahelliven (talk) 05:18, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

I thought that Zionism was expressed as a desire to return to the Land of Israel rather than the site of any ancient kingdoms. Trahelliven (talk) 21:10, 28 June 2013 (UTC)


 * 1 The lead is supposed to be a summary of the article, but the main body of the article does not mention any support for Zionism from non Jews, let alone anything as wide as international suppoert. In that case the offending statement would need support from RS.
 * 2 The article History of Zionism at best shows some support for Zionism in the 19th century, but not enough to be called international support, as indicated by the name of the relevant section Early British and American support for Jewish return.
 * 3 A desire to return to the Land of Israel is a more accurate description of Zionism as described in the opening sentence of the article.
 * 4 How about a sentence like this:
 * In the late-19th century, persecution of Jews, particularly in Europe, led to the creation of the Zionist movement and some early British and American support for the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel . Trahelliven (talk) 01:57, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * That sentence looks ok. Dougweller (talk) 12:52, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Israel and Judah:

 * 1 This section cites no references.
 * 2 Which later dynasties claim descent from David and Solomon is interesting, but hardly relevant.
 * 3 A reader of books such as The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail will know the claim that David was the ancestor of Jesus who was in turn the ancestor of the Merovingian, in turn the ancestors of all the royal families of Europe, and therefore a large part of the population. If you include one alleged descent, you may as well include them all.
 * 4 The reference to alleged descent to the Ethiopian, Armenian and Georgian royal families should be deleted. Trahelliven (talk) 00:08, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

is it the history of the people or the land?
It doesn't mention Abraham leaving the city of Ur of the Chaldean people with a few family members to wander in the desert.

It doesn't mention that Abraham got into Egypt and that the king of Egypt asked him to go away after he got an infection from Abraham's wife.

It doesn't mention that king David was elected king after killing Goliath of the Philistines.

It doesn't mention how king David took Jerusalem through the sanitary sewer.

It doesn't mention how king Solomon built his temple. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.238.199.170 (talk) 17:22, 26 April 2013 (UTC)


 * This article is already a religionist pamphlet as it is. The Bible is no history book. Everything the Bible assigns to the time prior to circa 850 BCE is complete fiction. &#9798; CUSH &#9798;  11:10, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Edit request 16 September 2013
I don't know how else to say it, but this article includes a bit of a hoodwink. It only lists Judaism and Christianity as Abrahamic religions in the first paragraph, whereas the Abrahamic Religions wiki page clearly lists Islam as the 3rd Abrahamic religion (in chronological order). Not that I am totally sure it's true(nor can I verify this), but it is listed already, elsewhere. It is not fair to leave such a major player out of such a thrilling first paragraph.Jsolebello (talk) 19:20, 16 September 2013 (UTC)


 * It was probably because Israel wasn't the birthplace of Islam, but I agree the sentence was a bit misleading, and it was completely ungrammatical. I've rephrased it to read, "It is the birthplace of the Hebrew language spoken in Israel, and of Judaism and Christianity." We don't need a distorted sentence just to sneak in an extra wikilink. --Stfg (talk) 14:37, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Remove impertinent "main article" link
Under section "Birth of Zionism," the "main articles" currently listed are "History of Zionism" and "Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem." The latter ("Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem") does not pertain to the birth of Zionism, and should be removed from this line.

BlueGreenGene (talk) 10:57, 7 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: yes, it's clearly not a main article for the birth of Zionism, but it's relevant to the governance of the area during the time discussed in the section. I've made it a See also instead. --Stfg (talk) 14:47, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

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Size split

 * This page is way long; it is about 2 to 4 times as long as it should be. See SIZERULE and so forth.
 * While more should be done afterward... I propose we start by WP:SIZESPLITing the article into two. I am thinking the split point could or should be the occupation by the Ottomans (1517). That would be:


 * Pre-modern history of Israel --OR-- History of Israel (Ancient and Medieval)
 * Modern history of Israel --OR-- History of Israel (Modern)
 * tahc chat 21:38, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * With no objections I am carrying out the split. tahc chat 21:14, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * This is not proper to wait "just 5 days" before deciding yourself to split. This is an important topic and you need to give at least one week for discussion and draw attention to hear more opinions.
 * There is not set time frame for such issues. I hope we can get Greyshark09's (your?) participation per below. tahc chat 21:21, 14 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose - The article is about the modern state's history with glimplses to the past. Per se - there was no "mideval Israel" to split from here.GreyShark (dibra) 17:50, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

There should be a split. One article about the history of Israel, and one about the biblical Israel. As the article is right now, the sections on ancient history are almost entirely religionist, alternative, imaginary history with no sources except biblical texts the origins of which are dubious at best. This aticle is nowhere near being encyclopedic. &#9798; CUSH &#9798; 19:30, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Should someone who calls Jews' ancestors "imaginary" and claims that "Zionism is racism" be allowed to edit Jewish pages on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.36.11.131 (talk) 10:02, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear Greyshark09-- the article is too long. Way too long. Please address this fact in your comments if you want to be taken as a real participant in the discussion.
 * As it is, you claim is that the topic of the article only the modern state's history, with "with glimplses to the past." I don't want to put words in your mouth, but since the artcle size is the whole reason for the discussion in the first place, your comments suggest we just drop the "glimplses to the past" as both off-topic AND as necessary for lenght. Please concure or state some alternatives.-tahc chat 21:13, 14 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose - The article is no different from Germany, Russia, China, Iran, France, India and other countries whose stories start from prehistoric times (and they are almost as long as this one... or bigger, see History of Germany and History of France). It's arbitrary to split the article from the Ottoman rule. This article needs a continuity. Those periods are very important to explain the history of Israel and they are not even explained properly (except for the British Mandate and the State of Israel). For example, many things involving different Hasmonean kings occurred in that region and there isn't a summary about them in this article. Furthermore, despite there may be a discrepancy between biblical and non-biblical records, those historical events – including the Babylonian exile, the Cyrus edict, the Seleucid period, the Maccabean revolt, the Romans, the Arabs, the Crusades, and so on – are documented by several sources and there's a general consensus among historians that those events happened. Splitting them confuses the reader.--Wlglunight93 (talk) 18:35, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Oppose - "As browsers have improved, there is no need for haste in splitting an article when it starts getting large. Sometimes an article simply needs to be big to give the subject adequate coverage." For the record the article cannot be split into "biblical israel" and "modern Israel" because much of ancient Israel was post-bible and because a significant section is neither biblical nor modern. Unfortunately making a split is a political decision and I assume it is no coincidence that this issue arises during a conflict. So for a start I would suggest that now is not a good time for such a decision. I think that too much space is devoted to the 1948 war of independence and the British Mandate and I would suggest cutting material out of those sections which are covered in other articles. I am happy to cut them down to readable chunks. Part of the size issue is the result of the fact that this page is controversial and everything has to be sourced, sometimes using multiple sources because of its controversial nature. The actual number of words is probably smaller then on many less sizeable pages. The article is designed so that readers can easily jump to the period that interests them while gaining an (usually lacking) overview of the very rich history of Israel. Telaviv1 (talk) 16:55, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

I will remove the split and size tags in the next few days, since we clearly are not about to split the article and because none of those wanting to split it are editors of this page.Telaviv1 (talk) 18:46, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Edit request: The ethnic cleansing of Palestine by the Jews
As noted in The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine By Ilan Pappe, page 1926 states that in 1948, Jews began their ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, which continues to today. The article seems to ignore this fact, and instead includes some gibberish about old bible verses. Could an experienced editor look into it? Here is the link to more information about what the Jews have done in order to fulfill their storybook prophecies http://books.google.ca/books?id=se_XAAAAQBAJ&q=Between+1947+and+1949%2C+over+400+Palestinian+villages+were+deliberately++destroyed#v=snippet&q=ethnic%20cleansing&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.52.180.114 (talk) 23:43, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Incorrect use of the name Jews/Jewish
This change https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Israel&diff=688886341&oldid=688885762 was reverted on the grounds that Jews and Israelites are synonyms. This is not correct for the entire period covered by this article. The terms Jewish and Jew were not used until after the Babylonian exile, when they began to replace“Israelite”.

This has been accepted on other wikipedia pages, see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Babylonian_captivity&diff=next&oldid=677107011 and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Babylonian_captivity&diff=677047251&oldid=676673953

The following wording is more historically accurate, and should be restored. Although coming under the sway of various empires and home to a variety of ethnicities, the Land of Israel was predominantly Israelite, Judahite, and then Jewish until the 3rd century.Johnmcintyre1959 (talk) 20:21, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 30 May 2017
In the section History_of_Israel the Yad Vashem link is dead (reference 92, about Jewish troops in allied armies). Somebody please replace it with this one.--181.91.66.85 (talk) 02:26, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

✅. Thank you for the information and request. Hertz1888 (talk) 03:26, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Palestine
please change ((Palestine)) to ((Palestine (region)|Palestine)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:541:4305:c70:218:8bff:fe74:fe4e (talk • contribs)
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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 July 2017
There's a mistake in the second paragraph of lead. It says "...but was predominantly Jewish from roughly 1,000 years before the modern era until the 3rd century of the modern era." when it should say "...but was predominantly Jewish from roughly 1,000 years before the common era until the 3rd century of the common era."

The common era is for the years after AD 1, while the modern era refers to the period starting in the 16th century (after the common era). Please somebody correct that.--181.229.95.7 (talk) 16:42, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

✅. Hertz1888 (talk) 17:14, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 30 July 2017
To avoid excessive repetition of words, I suggest to change the following sentence in this section "Between 1535 and 1538 Suleiman the Magnificent built the current Walls of Jerusalem, Jerusalem had been without walls since Roman times." for "Between 1535 and 1538 Suleiman the Magnificent built the current Walls of Jerusalem, which had been without walls since Roman times."

In the section of Israel and Judah, I ask to add the following link: The Bible's Books of Kings states that soon after the split Pharoh "Shishaq" invaded the country, plundering Jerusalem.

Thank you very much--186.125.0.143 (talk) 20:13, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: Though I have completed your request, the first request you made was actually a part of a grammatical error rather than a repetition; the Walls of Jerusalem are completely separate from the City of Jerusalem, though both share the same location. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 21:31, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 September 2017
I have four additional (and necessary) sources for the third paragraph of this section. Next to where it says "In May of that year the U.S. also agreed to provide A-4 Skyhawk tactical aircraft to Israel." these three sources could be added for both the tanks and aircraft provided by the US: Also where it says "In 1966 security restrictions placed on Arab-Israelis were eased and efforts made to integrate them into Israeli life." at the end of the same paragraph, I found the following source: Thank you very much:)--190.31.12.71 (talk) 14:57, 24 September 2017 (UTC)


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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 4 November 2017
I ask somebody to restore the following archaeological information about two important steles that got lost in this edit:

The earliest references to the "House of David" have been found at two sites, the Tel Dan Stele and the Mesha Stele which describes an 840 BCE Judean invasion of Moab. Both David and Solomon are widely referenced in Jewish, Christian and Islamic texts.

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 * Yes check.svg Done It seems the text was inadvertently removed. Now restored, thank you &thinsp;&mdash; Ammarpad (talk) 04:29, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 November 2017
I don't think this edit is helpful or necessary. It should be reverted. "Domination" and "rule" are the same thing, wheter it was a Hasmonean "autonomous" kingdom of Hyrcanus II under Roman control, a Herodian client state or a Roman province. The two titles added by the user, however, are appropriate (although Jewish 'd'efeat has an extra capital letter)--Mariolis MG (talk) 19:23, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Possible NPOV issue with the edit, undone per NPOV. I'll answer any questions on my talk page. Cocohead781 (talk) 20:48, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 November 2017
Apparently an unrelated paragraph was accidentally removed in this edit. Somebody please restore it:

In 64 CE, the Temple High Priest Joshua ben Gamla introduced a religious requirement for Jewish boys to learn to read from the age of six. Over the next few hundred years this requirement became steadily more ingrained in Jewish tradition.

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 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now:, can you confirm or dispel the suggestion that the removal mentioned by the IP editor was in error or explain why cited information was removed? Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 03:57, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Apologies, I fixed it. Telaviv1 (talk) 12:05, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 15:00, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

What is the article about?
I tried to fix the two lead paragraphs of the article which I think are incorrect:


 * The site of modern Israel is the birthplace of the Hebrew language, the place where the Hebrew Bible was composed ...


 * The territory (also known as Land of Israel or Palestine) has come under the sway of various empires and been home to a variety of ethnicities, but was predominantly Jewish from roughly 1,000 years before the Common Era (BCE) until the 3rd century ...

Exactly where Hebrew originated is unknown, but it was spoken by the Israelites whose territory extended into modern day Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan. Notably, most of the Negev were never under Israelite dominion. My point is that the borders of these states are not corresponding at all to the (not well-defined) borders of these ancient tribes. It is also hard to claim that "the territory" was "predominantly Jewish" when we have not defined what the extents of "the territory is."

Even solving these problems, I don't get what the subject of the article is. Is it to describe the history of a region or something else? ImTheIP (talk) 00:46, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Take a look at this map and you will see the territory comprising ancient Israel and Judah are VERY similar to modern Israel. Also Israel is a Jewish state with a Jewish majority, the same people that lived in Judah.--יניב הורון (Yaniv) (talk) 19:59, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The history os Israel, as other nations, needs not follow fixed geographical borders - which have shifted over the years.Icewhiz (talk) 20:10, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I've looked at that map in particular, but I'm coming to the opposite conclusion. The territory of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel extended into the modern day states Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan. Fwiw, the map shows the tribes extent at one point in time, but they certainly weren't static as they were both conquering and being conquered by other people. ImTheIP (talk) 20:19, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Exactly, because borders change through time. For example, see how many different maps are included in History of Germany.--יניב הורון (Yaniv) (talk) 21:34, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I have no idea why you insist on inserting "The site of modern Israel..." It reads badly ("site?"), mixes modern geopolitics with ancient history and is actually false. The Negev covers more than half of Israel (13k km^2 out of 20k km^2) and was never "predominantly Jewish" as opposed to the Palestinian territories which indeed have been. ImTheIP (talk) 14:16, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The Negev may be large (if the Sinai were bundled in.... you'd have so many more kms in there) - but it is (and was) mostly empty - very empty if you cut the whole ttiangle below Beer Sheba. One could make such claims on Russia and Siberia /the Russian far east (a heck of alot more sqr kms). The southern half of the Negev was less Jewish (though never - would be stretching it - for aome brief times Jewish influence extended down the coast to the Hejaz) - but also essentially a very empty frontier.Icewhiz (talk) 14:32, 16 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I think we are in violent agreement here? It is certainly correct that "the site of modern Russia" historically never was "predominantly Russian" and perhaps isn't even today. The borders of the territory of the Kievan Rus', the Russians cultural ancestors, has nothing to do with the borders of the modern Russian Federation. ImTheIP (talk) 15:11, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I am arguing that despite their size, in both cases, these are insignificant due to emptiness (Siberean gulags and all).Icewhiz (talk) 17:52, 16 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Are you arguing that the phrasing should be "The site of modern Israel has ..." and not "The region has ..."? ImTheIP (talk) 19:09, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Old Yishuv
I imagine the heading was removed because "Old Yishuv" isn't a common name for the Ottoman period. :) The term was coined by the Zionists in the 19th century and used pejoratively to distinguish their "New Yishuv" from the existing, "Old" one. ImTheIP (talk) 08:40, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * the term is clearly relevant to the history of Israel. Whether or not this was a pejorative in the 19th century - it isn't one now - but rather the accepted way of delineating between the two, who are radically different from one another. Icewhiz (talk) 08:47, 21 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Note that the only time the term "Old Yishuv" is used in the heading itself. The term Yishuv isn't even defined before the section about Mandatory Palestine. It's just sloppy writing and telaviv1 was right in correcting it. ImTheIP (talk) 13:46, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The term "Old Yishuv" is used in Israeli historiography to distinguish it from the New Yishuv that started with the first Zionist Aliyah in the 1880s. I never heard in my life it was something "pejorative".--יניב הורון (Yaniv) (talk) 16:14, 21 November 2018 (UTC)


 * See f.e and : "They lived primarily in Jerusalem and Jaffa, and in smaller numbers in Hebron, Safed, and Tiberias. The Zionists sought to "Zionize" these communities, which they disparagingly called the "old Yishuv" (settlement). Those unwilling to embrace the Zionist project, like the ultra-Orthodox haredim, were marginalized." It was disparaging for approximately the same reasons that calling the Torah the Old Testament is disparaging to Jews - it implies there is a "New" and better version about. ImTheIP (talk) 17:05, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Interesting. I didn't know that. Nevertheless, the term "Old Yishuv" is widely accepted in historiography and there's no reason to erase it from our vocabulary, not to mention it's used by multiple reliable sources.--יניב הורון (Yaniv) (talk) 17:18, 21 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Sure, but keep in mind that the "Old Yishuv" term only referred to the Jewish communities living in Palestine - it didn't refer to the province itself. ImTheIP (talk) 17:34, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll note that whatever the 19th century connotation - these days people with "old Yishuv" ancestors mention them with pride - stating they've been here for 10+ generations - it's most definitely not a pejorative from the second half of the 20th century onward. Icewhiz (talk) 17:38, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * ImTheIP, I understand there are events in the Ottoman period that are not related to Jews from the Old Yishuv or elsewhere (check what I told to another user). However, it doesn't make sense to have an introduction to the Ottoman period of several paragraphs before the next section (which is 'Birth of Zionism'). Check the Roman period as an example. What comprehensive title do you propose?--יניב הורון (Yaniv) (talk) 19:02, 21 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't know. But the question ties into what the article is about. Is it about Jewish history in the region or the history of the region itself? Palestinian Jews constituted a destitute group in the Ottoman society in contrast to European Jews who were often very successful as merchants and bankers. These Jews were Zionists and settlers, hence the word Yishuv, which means settlement, to describe their community was appropriate. The Palestinian Jews on the other land likely had lived in the region since Judean times and their community could hardly be described as a "Yishuv". The term has an unmistakably Zionist flavor, an "old" community waiting to be amended by a "new" one. ImTheIP (talk) 17:24, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I repeat myself, content in that section doesn't talk about Jews only, it mentions other important events during the Ottoman period before the First Aliyah (which is covered in the following section about Zionism). Such events are unrelated to Jewish history, but are part of the region's history, including administrative divisions and changes during the Ottoman period, the 1660 Druze revolt, Zahir al-Umar's revolt and his brief independent emirate, al-Jazzar's encounter with Napoleonic troops, Arab rebellion against Egyptian Muhammad Ali (Jews didn't play any role, although they suffered massacres in Safed and Tiberias), the 1838 Druze revolt and the Tanzimat reorganization. What title do you propose instead of 'Old Yishuv'? It's a simple question.--יניב הורון (Yaniv) (talk) 19:21, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't have any. :) Write it in the way you think is best! ImTheIP (talk) 20:06, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
Here is the paragrah that I tried to insert, but I have not the right editing this article. Could administrator include it to update this article ?


 * On 19 July 2018 an Israeli Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People which specifies the nature of the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people was adopted by Knesset 62 in favor, 55 against and two abstentions and supported by Benyamin Netanyahu.

DidCORN (talk) 16:26, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Confusing article
The problem I have with this article, is it's poorly written, on purpose. The intention is to obviously mislead and give the impression that the piece of land that is currently called Israel, has always been called Israel. Which is obviously just 100% false.

It's a piece of land that has had many owners, governments, kingdoms, residents - and also many different names. Yet, you try and imply that over the last 3000 years it has always been Israel.

I realize articles like this are always going to get taken over by politics, and nationalists, but you can at least try and make it vaguely historical.

Ceej19799 (talk) 12:53, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Merge
Shouldn't this article be merged to History of ancient Israel and Judah? Editor2020 (talk) 22:07, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Editor2020, no it shouldn't. History of nations don't begin when they gain independence and you have no right to make such a drastic change based on your own opinion solely and creating redundant articles. It should be restored back to older stable version. Infantom (talk) 03:17, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I did not do the merge, but did change the name of the article to reduce confusion, as it did not reflect the fact that Category:History of Israel is only about the history of the modern State of Israel. Since there was no main article for Category:History of Israel, I created a new article, History of the State of Israel. As always, if you feel that my edits are not helpful you are free to revert them. Editor2020 (talk) 03:41, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Regardless to the merge proposal, your changes are too drastic and unnecessary (since the issues you brought up could be solved pretty easily). The new article misses too much valuable content, even if we limit it to the modern state history (such as Zionism, Yishuv, the relations with the British mandate and Ottoman empire). 'History of the Land of Israel', without the context of Israel, becomes redundant and not so much different from History of Palestine. Thanks for the understanding. Infantom (talk) 08:27, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Lacking support for the first sentence?

 * The Land of Israel (also known as the Holy Land or Palestine) is the birthplace of the Jewish people, the place where the Hebrew Bible was composed and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity.

This claim seems extremely suspect to me. Is there a source for these claims? Ikjbagl (talk) 22:52, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Parts of the Bible were actually composed in Babylon. For example:
 * Book of Joshua: "There is now general agreement that Joshua was composed as part of a larger work, the Deuteronomistic history, stretching from the Book of Deuteronomy to the Books of Kings. In 1943 the German biblical scholar Martin Noth suggested that this history was composed by a single author/editor, living in the time of the Babylonian Exile (6th century BCE).  A major modification to Noth's theory was made in 1973 by the American scholar Frank M. Cross, to the effect that two editions of the history could be distinguished, the first and more important from the court of king Josiah in the late 7th century BCE, and the second Noth's 6th century BCE Exilic history.  Later scholars have detected more authors or editors than either Noth or Cross allowed for. "
 * Book of Genesis: "Scholars in the first half of the 20th century came to the conclusion that the Yahwist is a product of the monarchic period, specifically at the court of Solomon, 10th century BC, and the Priestly work in the middle of the 5th century BC (with claims that the author is Ezra), but more recent thinking is that the Yahwist is from either just before or during the Babylonian exile of the 6th century BC, and the Priestly final edition was made late in the Exilic period or soon after. "

Otherwise, I don't see a problem with the sentence. Jews are people of Canaanite descent and their ancestors were probably already in the region by the late Bronze Age:
 * "Jews originated as an ethnic and religious group in the Middle East during the second millennium BCE, in the part of the Levant known as the Land of Israel. The Merneptah Stele appears to confirm the existence of a people of Israel somewhere in Canaan as far back as the 13th century BCE (Late Bronze Age). The Israelites, as an outgrowth of the Canaanite population, consolidated their hold with the emergence of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Some consider that these Canaanite sedentary Israelites melded with incoming nomadic groups known as 'Hebrews'. " Dimadick (talk) 09:41, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

"Extremely suspect"? that is an extreme and suspect statement. Its a good point that some parts of the Bible were composed outside of Israel, but the body as a whole was either written in Israel or deals with the people's relationship with Israel. The components that form it, were selected in Israel, even the New Testament is about events that take place in Israel: Jesus (and most of the apostles) never left Israel. Nearly all the prophets were in Israel, in many texts God is viewed as a regional deity who only holds sway only in Israel (Jonah, parts of Judges for example). Most of the events and places described are in Israel or are related to the relationship with Israel (the Exodus or the Psalms' lamentations about exile in Babylon). The language it is written in (the old testament) is only found in Israel in the relevant periods and authentic biblical scrolls written over 2,000 years ago have been found in Israel, but not in other locations. Telaviv1 (talk) 15:33, 23 May 2019 (UTC)


 * The Land of Israel is, in this article, abusively used as a synonym for Israel/Palestine, following contemporary political usage. As it stands it covers exactly the same ground as the History of Israel, and therefore should be merged with that article, retaining here only matter specific to the concept I.e. the only justification for this article would have been to restrict its scope to the religious concept, very complex in itself, referring to rabbinical definitions whose geographical borders are not those of contemporary or ancient times, vary a good deal and, since the boundary marking was fixed by religious definitions, themselves ambiguous. To give an example, Ashkelon formed both part and not a part of the Eretz yisrael depending on whether the topic concerned purity conduct (integral to the e.y.), or tithes (excluded).
 * "The components that form it, were selected in Israel,"
 * Jewish tradition has the final form of the Tanakh put together in the Grand Sanhedrin on the Temple Mount, but this is irrelevant as a reply since the text is asserting that the Tanakh was composed in Israel, for which there can be no scholarly authority, since everyone knows this to be false in its simplification.
 * "even the New Testament is about events that take place in Israel: Jesus (and most of the apostles) never left Israel."
 * I.e. you haven't read the New Testament (the flight to Egypt) or studied Christian origins: Christian legends place the deaths of the majority of the apostles outside Israel/Palestine. What was Jesus doing at Mark 7:24-30? Were Tyre and Sidon in Israel (our southern Levant, and in some rabbinical texts part of eretz Israel?)
 * "The Land of Israel (also known as the Holy Land or Palestine) is the birthplace of the Jewish people, the place where the Hebrew Bible was composed and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity"
 * I'll remove the composition falsehood at least immediately. Nishidani (talk) 19:50, 23 May 2019 (UTC)


 * "even the New Testament is about events that take place in Israel: Jesus (and most of the apostles) never left Israel" Correct for a majority of the Gospels' chapters. The Acts of the Apostles has a variety of settings, including Antioch, Damascus, Athens, Rome, Cyprus, Malta, Anatolia, etc. In the Book of Revelation, Patmos is the setting of the frame story, but the narrative is mostly set in Heaven. Dimadick (talk) 13:59, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 July 2019
The word "martyrdom" is misspelled as as "matyrdom" Marcusbriscoe (talk) 18:34, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done DannyS712 (talk) 19:54, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 July 2019
At the beginning of this section, it says "Egyptian Mamluk sultan, Baibars (1260–1277), conquered the last outposts of Crusader rule in 1291." However, this is a mistake since Baibars died in 1277, so he couldn't have conquered Acre in 1291, unless he was a Zombie warrior or something. Perhaps it should say "Mamluk sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil conquered the last outposts of Crusader rule in 1291." At the same time someone should link the second time Baibars appear in the article at the following sentence (which would become the first and only time he is mentioned if an editor makes the correction I'm asking), where it says "In Hebron, Baibars banned Jews..."--213.8.34.194 (talk) 13:06, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Thank you for your contributions. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 15:10, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 August 2019
Correct spelling of "Sadducces" in #Hasmonean_dynasty_(140–37_BCE) to "Sadducees" (final sentence in section: "however there was growing tension between Pharisees and Sadducces").  anthologetes  ( talk • contribs ) 17:24, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅--SharabSalam (talk) 17:32, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 August 2019
In the beginning of the second paragraph of this section, right before mentioning the Palmach (without making a separate paragraph), please write the following piece of important information regarding World War II in Mandatory Palestine:

In June 1940, Italy declared war on the British Commonwealth and sided with Germany. Within a month, Italian planes bombed Tel Aviv and Haifa, inflicting multiple casualties.
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - Frood (talk!) 05:44, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 August 2019
In the beginning of the second paragraph of this section, right before mentioning the Palmach (without making a separate paragraph), please write the following piece of important information regarding World War II in Mandatory Palestine:

In June 1940, Italy declared war on the British Commonwealth and sided with Germany. Within a month, Italian planes bombed Tel Aviv and Haifa, inflicting multiple casualties.
 * Yes check.svg Done. The reference checks out, and this doesn't appear to be a controversial addition.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 23:22, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Poor editing
Please don't add 'stuff' that is poorly sourced or unsourced, combining them to do 'original research' as with this blob

"However, economic mismanagement of the Roman economy in the third century led to a collapse of Roman trade and empire, as well as increased taxation and persecution, which caused most Jews to migrate to the more tolerant Persian Sassanid Empire, where a prosperous Jewish community with extensive seminaries existed in the area of Babylon."

The Money project is not RS and the conclusion that money collapse caused mass Jewish emigration to Babylon is appended without a source. All of these areas are thoroughly covered in academic sources of the highest quality, like the Cambridge History of Judaism etc.etc.etc. Nishidani (talk) 16:05, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, I was busy elsewhere. The source for this is THE FATE OF ROME CLIMATE, DISEASE, AND THE END OF AN EMPIRE by KYLE HARPER, Princeton University Press 2017. Chapter 6. The material is relevant because it describes events in Palestine and explains the success of the Arab invasion. I agree about the need to remove the money material and I thought that I had removed it. There is nothing in the sections we are referring to, that is referncing the Cmabridge History of the Jews. I will check it out. Telaviv1 (talk) 14:38, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Fine. One should always supply the precise page number, and preferably a link. Remember these are all hypotheses, not facts. There is, for example, no archaeological evidence linking the rat plague to either the collapse of the empire (as one was reminded a few days ago) or to a massive outflow of Jews to Babylon (that drift out was partially caused by the economic decline that began some centuries earlier). History here is, as almost always, inferential and tentative, and a neutral narrative should make that clear.Nishidani (talk) 18:04, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

That's the least of your problems. The whole article is full of the most hysterical tendentious nonsense. The agenda is clear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.97.119.51 (talk) 17:51, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 February 2020
Reading Wikipedia's history page, I realise that it is not the accurate or correct history of Israel. Firstly, Palestine and Syria and the Kingdom of Jerusalem were not named Israel until 1948. Ergo, the history of Israel page should not include other countries history prior to 1948.

The country of Israel was created by one mans alleged delcaration in 1948. The History of the ISRAELITES is not in ISRAEL prior to 1948, simply because the country Israel was only named in 1948. It is confusing and misleading, and libel to state that the country ISRAEL has a history prior to 1948. That area of land was named something else entirely prior to 1948. That means your entire page on the history of the country Israel has to be re written to be correct or accurate. It would be a very sad state of affairs for Wikipedia to become known as very false propaganda, as no one would believe you. People today do know that Israel was not a country prior to 1948, and that the jewish populations did not have a land of their own prior to 1948. The name ISRAEL is a new creation in history and it has only existed as a country since 1948, as the American President donald trump has confirmed publicly.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was never named Israel before 1948. To suggest a bronze history of ISRAEL is very misleading to readers and completely false history. It is not kind to the populations or to the jewish people to lie about their own history. it is also libelous fraud to suggest that the country we know today as ISRAEL was named israel in the bronze age. The bronze aged history of that same piece of land, is another Kingdoms history, and not ISRAELS. As I say the ISRAELITES are a completely different history to the land of ISRAEL.

Please amend your records. please advise also of your legal department for financial claims to be made as we would like to know it for reporting purposes. 2020. 82.9.121.193 (talk) 23:13, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

❌. Not actually an edit request. And also, this is how all history of country articles are written on Wikipedia. Also, Jewish should always be capitalized. El_C 23:26, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 February 2020
COMPLAINT. 29/02/2020. The title of the page is THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. Israel as a country has only existed since 1948 when one man declared a piece of land, owned by Palestinians, and named Palestine, as ISRAEL. I do not wish to debate the rights or wrongs of what occured in 1948. I visited wikipedia to find out about the History of the country which was created and named in 1948, named ISRAEL. Wikipedia has listed this page THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. Whilst the area of land was known formerly by other names, and other races, it was only named ISRAEL in 1948. ISRAEL as a country only has a history starting from 1948. Wikipedias page is listing prehistoric times as the country ISRAELS HISTORY. This is a complete fabrication of history. It is a fraud. ISRAELITES are a population of people different from anyone else. Their history should be listed under a page name of ISRAELITES, not ISRAEL the country. The history of the Country of ISRAEL has only started since 1948, and therefore does not have a prehistoric or bronze age, or medieval history.

The area of land today in 2020 known as ISRAEL, should therefore not have any prior history to 1948 listed under the title "THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL", as that area of land was named completely different names, under different ownership, prior to 1948. Therefore Wikipedia's page named "THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL", only should begin at the year 1948. The History of ISRAEL has no prior history in the region today known as ISRAEL in 2020, prior to 1948, prior to the date it was declared a country. Therefore ISRAEL has no BRONZE AGE HISTORY, and no medieval history. Please change the title of the page to something truthful, as the real content of your page named THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL, should be named the HISTORY OF THE ISRAELITES, ISRAELITES being a population of people and not an area of land.

Wikipedia, if it remains a credible source of information, should be accurate in its historical facts or closed down, with relevant sources and credible sources for its content, otherwise it will become known as useless propaganda pages.

Please refer to the area of land, known today in the year 2020, as ISRAEL with its proper history, starting in 1948. Stealing other countries histories, to suggest the country ISRAEL has a history older than 1948, is not only confusing, misleading, and complete tosh, it is unnecessary to steal another countries history. Many people today know that ISRAEL the country was created in 1948 by the declaration of only one man. Please correct Wikipedias page titled THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL, to include only information starting at the date of that countries creation. It is misleading to suggest that the country of ISRAEL has a history that is pre historic, or bronze age, as ISRAEL the country does not, simply because it was not named ISRAEL during the prehistoric times, or bronze age, or middle ages, nor the 18th century, nor the 19th century. Stealing other peoples history is libelous, it is fraud by misrepresentation and damaging to the culture of the world. It is cultural vandalism.

Please provide me with the full and correct address and contact details for wikipedia's legal department for financial claims to be made. Wikipedia has a responsibility and duty to provide correct and accurate history with correct and credible sources. Wikipedia should be an asset and a tool to be believed. Today in 2020 there are many thousands, hundreds of thousands of people who know that THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY ISRAEL did not start until 1948.

The Land where ISRAEL today sits in 2020, was previously named after other peoples ownership, the Palestinians included. WHilst I am not Palestinian, I do appreciate truthful descriptions of title pages, and was most distressed, to see that Wikipedia is not a trusted source of history, and it simply is not ok for WIKIPEDIA to suggest to young minds that ISRAEL the country has a Bronze age history.

It is very simple to correct the wikipedia page. Simply RETITLE IT. Change the title, and create a new and accurate page about ISRAEL from only 1948. I was actually looking for the full history of the one man who made the declaration of the state of ISRAEL in 1948, which is the subject where the THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL should begin, which was in 1948.

Please re title your page accurately as the HISTORY OF THE ISRAELITES to ensure it is clearly labelled and does not cause any further confusion. It would be very sad for WIKIPEDIA to now be known as a PROPAGANDA page of lies, which is what will happen unless WIKIPEDIA start to correct its history pages, and update with clear source links as to the material used to describe the history. Cultural vandalism is a crime, it is named LIBEL and Fraud, and financial claims could be made upon WIKIPEDIA for peddling false history.

I am certain this matter can be corrected easily and peacefully with the best of intentions. I am certain Wikipedia cares about the quality of its work, and the time and effort spent ensuring a good reputation. Hundreds and thousands of people use wikipedia and it would be very embarrassing for WIKIPEDIA to become an untrusted source of historical information.

Please send me the full contact details of Wikipedia's legal department to be able to contact them with concerns should WIKIPEDIA not correct the page titled THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. I will also charge for time and for any court costs if necessary.

Please do the sensible thing and correct the libelous and fraudulant historical nonsense page wikipedia have named THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL, as it is currently more than inaccurate. 82.9.121.193 (talk) 23:54, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Please also read No legal threats and Libel for guidance on your legal questions. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:43, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Stop x nuvola with clock.svg User(s) blocked. El_C 04:20, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

dubious scholarship
In the "Rome adopts Christianity" subsection there is "and it is in this period that the surviving Western Wall of the Temple Mount became sacred to Judaism". The source is an article of Hertzberg (try this). Hertzberg cites the Bordeaux Pilgrim, but that source (the same edition as Hertzberg cites) identifies the place where Jews visited only as a "perforated stone" near the statues of Hadrian. A footnote says that no other writer mentions this perforated stone but perhaps it meant the foundation stone on the mount itself. At best this is conjecture; the oldest unquestionable references to the WW as a place of worship come from the Middle Ages. The text needs revision. Zerotalk 02:20, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

I updated the text. It is not clear where Jews worshipped except that it was at the general location of the temple. Telaviv1 (talk) 09:29, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose to merge History of Israel and History of Palestine into History of Israel and Palestine. Discussion at: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Israel Palestine Collaboration.Bolter21 (talk to me) 20:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

This proposal is now closed. Thanks to Bolter21 for his desire for peace. Hopefully we will live to see it enacted. Telaviv1 (talk) 11:27, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 23 April 2020
At the end of this section and without making a separated paragraph, please add the following text about the recent Israeli government that was formed:

In April 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic and after three consecutive elections in less than a year, Netanyahu and Benny Gantz were able to establish a unity government with rotating prime ministership where Netanyahu would serve first and later be replaced by Gantz. (also add a link to Thirty-fifth government of Israel where it says "See also" right below the title of section, thank you very much)--Aroma Stylish (talk) 16:25, 23 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done Izno (talk) 23:47, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 10 May 2020
Regardless of the discussion above, could someone at least add a parenthesis with a link to (Third Aliyah) next to where it says "Between 1919 and 1923, another 40,000 Jews arrived in Palestine.[114]" in the second paragraph of this section so the reader knows which Aliyah the text is talking about? Thanks--Aroma Stylish (talk) 23:15, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Done.Nishidani (talk) 23:29, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Marking as done. Alpha3031 (t • c) 05:21, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 May 2020
Please replace the second paragraph in this section for the following text (I add a source for number of Jewish immigrants and improve the grammar and connection between this topic and pogroms in Ukraine):

Between 1919 and 1923, another 40,000 Jews arrived in Palestine, mainly escaping the post-revolutionary chaos of Russia (Third Aliyah), as an estimated 1,200 pogroms against Jews took place in the Ukraine; figures of those murdered or maimed range upwards of 100,000.

Also in the third paragraph of this section, please add the same source for the number of Jewish immigrants of the First Aliyah (where it says "in the First Aliyah, between 1882 and 1903, approximately 35,000 Jews moved to Palestine.[citation needed]"): Thank you very much--Aroma Stylish (talk) 22:18, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * That can only be partially satisfied. This section was a pastiche of WP:OR, and there is no connect in the sources between 'Between 1918 and 1919, an estimated 1,200 pogroms of Jews took place in the Ukraine: figures of those murdered or maimed range upwards of 100,000' (the book doesn't link this to aliyah at that time, and technical the whole sentence is here onmly by sufferance since it has nothing to do with Palestine/Israel).Nishidani (talk) 22:28, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Although the changes seem reasonable to me, Nishidani’s above disagreement as well as notices on your talk page about editing articles related to the Arab-Israeli conflict lead me to believe that there is unlikely to be a consensus for these changes; one should be established on this talk page before using the  template, as edit requests are for uncontroversial edits. Based on the available information, I can’t clearly see this as uncontroversial. Thanks for your efforts, though - these changes could be useful, but the situation is simply too nebulous for me to make the change for you right away. —  Tartan357   ( Talk ) 09:29, 9 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks Tartan. Actually my prior ce and editing did clear up what was problematical (in part) with the proposed edit, and, with this edit I partially accommodated the request by including a new source. What aroma wanted was to endorse Telaviv's WP:OR, combining sources to make a link or conclusion not in them, i.e., linking Ukrainian pogroms to the aliyah. Certainly, they did result in quite a few  Ukrainian Jews opting for Palestine at that time: from memory going back a decade I vaguely recall Anita Shapira linking massive pogroms under Petliura with the way new Jewish immigrants reacted to a few incidents of Arab violence, in 1920-1921. Coming from an anti-Semitic hellhole, they experienced Arab national desires - expressed in outbursts of riots where some Jews were killed -not to be flooded with foreigners with thje standard east European homicidal hatred of Jews. But I can't find the passage.Nishidani (talk) 09:40, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm providing a link to one of my sources: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtOmwZ1GS3e1g9VU23DsKlCDPJS4sw?e=6gw6yb I'll look for an online copy of Cohn's book on the Protocols, so you can verify it. I don't have much time, so it was written a bit hurriedly.Telaviv1 (talk) 19:27, 11 May 2020 (UTC) I will remove access to these books in a couple of weeks. Anita Shapira: "The early 1920s were years of great hope: the Balfour Declaration set off currents of almost messianic enthusiasm among Russian Jewry. For the first time in its history, Zionism became a mass movement, as thousands of young people streamed into the Hechalutz (pioneer) movement, founded by Joseph Trumpeldor in the Crimea to train youngsters before they immigrated to Palestine. The Bolshevik Revolution and the brutal civil war that followed were accompanied by terrible pogroms throughout Ukraine, with estimates of Jewish dead ranging between 100,000 and 200,000. The revolution led to tremendous enthusiasm among young Jews, who saw the Reds as defenders of the Jews against the Whites, who had fomented the anti-Jewish rioting. The revolutionary spirit inspired the idealism of the pioneers, but the pogroms heightened their awareness that this was not their revolution, and that they should implement their ideas of giving birth to a regime of equality and justice on earth in Palestine. In the sphere of ideas and ideals, world revolution competed with Zionism for the hearts and minds of the young. For the first half of the twentieth century, these two movements were the opposing focal attractions for Jewish youth. The war and the revolution brought about far-reaching changes in Russian Jewry. The old shtetl was no more, and the lower middle classes to which the Jews belonged were eroded in Soviet Russia. Religious practice was forbidden and Zionists persecuted. In contrast to the people of the Second Aliya, who came from a traditional, stable, solidly grounded Jewish world, the Third Aliya immigrants grew up in the shattered remnants of that world. Most knew nothing of the traditional small town and received no Jewish education; their worldview combined Jewish nationalism with world reform. Young single people left their mark on this aliya; of 37,000 immigrants 14,000 were single. They had no possessions to speak of and were ready for hard physical labor and eager to build a new society in Palestine." from ISrael a History by Anita Shapira, page 124(?) Brandeis 2012 "One of the most popular selections was Yitzhak Lamdan’s poem “Masada,” describing the refugees fleeing the 1920 pogroms in Ukraine for Palestine, while resisting the seduction of the Red enchantment. “Open your gate, Masada, and I, the refugee, shall enter!” declares Lamdan, for whom Masada symbolized reborn Palestine, not destruction. He calls out: “Rise, fire of the dance! / Masada shall not fall again!" Shapira page 173
 * you forgot to sign off (2) Jewish history has superb documentation in all of its phases, and the best work can be found in academic journals and books. You never cite any, but plunk away with lacrimose spinning of every tragedy so that immigration to Palestine rights the historic wrong without troubling to source the links between the two. I don't know how many times I have been forced to revert these practices, but persisting in this kind of page abuse to thrust your personal take on this is disruptive, and, worse still, is done with an insouciance to innumerable splendid books readily available which can tell the story more accurately than you have managed to do.Nishidani (talk) 21:44, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 May 2020
Regarding these recent changes, there are a couple of non-controversial mistakes (typo, grammar, etc) that should be fixed:

1) In this section, it should say "During the First Aliyah, between 1882 and 1903, approximately 35,000 Jews moved to Palestine." There's also a typo error where it says "oftenj driven by Messianism" when it talks about Yemenite Jews (j should be removed in "oftenj")

2) The link in this section for "Between 1918 and 1919, an estimated 1,200 pogroms" is wrong, since this link goes to an article which is for the pogroms BEFORE the Russian empire fell in 1917 and unfortunately there's no article for the pogroms in the region shortly after World War I. Just take out the wikilink, please.

3) At the end of this section: The Nili Zionist spy network provided the British with details of Ottoman troops.[citation needed]  There should be easy to find a source for the Nili spies, there's an article for this organization. I heard that they helped the British with intelligence to win the battle of Beersheva. In any case, if nobody finds anything, here's a clasic source someone can add:

Thanks in advance.--Aroma Stylish (talk) 15:58, 21 May 2020 (UTC)


 * DoneNishidani (talk) 20:28, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

DNA from the Bible's Canaanites lives on in modern Arabs and Jews
There's new DNA research on Canaanites, can somebody edit the article and add some info about this?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/05/dna-from-biblical-canaanites-lives-modern-arabs-jews/ Sitak87 (talk) 22:15, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 June 2020
First of all, nobody made the change I asked in the first point of my previous request: In this section, it should say "During the First Aliyah, between 1882 and 1903, approximately 35,000 Jews moved to Palestine." Please add the word DURING.

Second, in this section, at the beginning of the last paragraph (before the text on the treaty of 1229), please add the following sentence regarding another important crusade that took place in the country before:

The Christian world's response to the loss of Jerusalem came in the Third Crusade of 1190. After lenghty battles and negotiations, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin concluded the Treaty of Jaffa in 1992 whereby Christians were granted free passage to make pilgrimages to the holy sites, while Jerusalem remained under Muslim rule.

Thanks in advance--Aroma Stylish (talk) 03:32, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅.  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 03:20, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * And changed Treaty of Jaffa to its correct date: 1192, Huldra (talk) 21:57, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 June 2020
Could someone please link the words Holocaust survivors in the second paragraph of this section (where it says "smuggled Holocaust survivors..."). I've noticed there isn't a single link to that article. Thanks.--Aroma Stylish (talk) 00:01, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:04, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 July 2020
In the first statement: "The Land of Israel, also known as the Holy Land or Palestine" - this is factually inaccurate as this sounds as though the entire land of Israel is also known as Palestine, vs. the Palestinian Territories. The land of Israel is not synonymous with Palestine. Alanfh123 (talk) 15:16, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Geographically, this is not incorrect. "Israel" and "Palestine" have historically been used to refer to the region that now contains both the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. This sentence does not imply that the two states are the same. See Land of Israel and Palestine (region) for more information. — Tartan357   ( Talk ) 17:00, 3 July 2020 (UTC)


 * The economy of Israel was initially primarily democratic socialist and the country dominated by social democratic parties until the 1970s. Since then the Israeli economy has gradually moved to capitalism and a free market economy, partially retaining the social welfare system.

This is unsourced. I don't think the claim that the economy was democratic socialist is accurate. ImTheIP (talk) 03:06, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Here's a source for you.--Aroma Stylish (talk) 11:29, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you. But the source says that Israeli politics were dominated by socialist and social democratic parties. Not that the economy was socialist. ImTheIP (talk) 12:45, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 July 2020
Typo: particulary → particularly 148.252.24.230 (talk) 21:06, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks.--Aroma Stylish (talk) 21:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

New edit request
Please add the following text in this section, next to where it says "many synagogues have been found dating from this period.[67]":

However, persecution and the economic crisis that affected the Roman empire in the 3rd century led to further Jewish migration from Syria Palaestina to the more tolerant Persian Sassanid Empire, where a prosperous Jewish community with extensive seminaries existed in the area of Babylon.

--Hachan Base (talk) 13:42, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ as also discussed on my talk page at Edit request on History of Israel.  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 06:35, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 December 2020
At the end of last section, please add the following sentence:

As part of the Abraham Accords, Israel established diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrein, Sudan and Morocco.

Thanks--Watchlonly (talk) 20:49, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅. FYI, Sudan and Morocco aren't considered part of the Abraham Accords (at least in my understanding). ◢  Ganbaruby!   (Say hi!) 15:33, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 December 2020
Please close the unnecessary gap at the end of this section and the following section ("Demographics"). It has three blank spaces when it should have only one.--Watchlonly (talk) 20:25, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅. ◢ <i style="background-color:#F7E3F7; color:#960596"> Ganbaruby! </i>  (Say hi!) 10:13, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 10 May 2021
In the section "1948–1955: Ben-Gurion I; Sharett", first paragraph, it says "This was a significant decision, as it signaled Israel would be in the Soviet bloc"

This is in direct conflict with the last sentence. The decision to make the coalition without Mapam signaled Israel would NOT be in the Soviet bloc.

Change "would" to "would not" 2601:241:8F00:96D0:2041:E28E:30DD:BC6C (talk) 23:47, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅, and thank you very much for your input!  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 02:09, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 May 2021
In the section 'Herodian dynasty and Roman province', third paragraph the article states Christian beliefs about the birth and death of Jesus as if they are historical fact - this is not the case, they are actually religious beliefs. This paragraph should begin, "According to Christian beliefs, Jesus was born...".

You will note that this has been done for Muslim beliefs around Mohammed in the 'Early Muslim Period' section which begins "According to Muslim tradition...". 31.52.252.133 (talk) 21:59, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅ I put "According to the Christian scriptures". Zerotalk 01:52, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 May 2021 (2)
In the section British Mandate of Palestine (1920–1948)

Paragraphs 1,2,6 and 7 contain no citations and are thus not evidenced. Please mark these as 'citation needed'. 31.52.252.133 (talk) 22:20, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: paragraph 2 does have citations – if you meant paragraph 3, it already has these tags.  TG HL ↗  14:05, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 May 2021 (3)
The majority of the section 'Increase of Jewish immigration' is not backed up by evidence from sources, with only 3 exceptions. Please mark these unevidenced claims 'citation needed'. 31.52.252.133 (talk) 22:28, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done  TG HL ↗  14:05, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 May 2021 (4)
In the section 'Arab revolt and the White Paper', paragraphs 1, 4 and sections of paragraph 3 contain no citations are thus unevidenced. Please mark these sections 'citation needed'.

With the amount of missing citations so far identified, I'd suggest this entire page should be flagged as requiring more detail. 31.52.252.133 (talk) 22:34, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: I have tagged the section "British Mandate of Palestine (1920–1948)" as requiring more sources.  TG HL ↗  14:05, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 May 2021 (5)
In the section 'World War II and the Holocaust', paragraph 4 and the second half of paragraph 7 contain no citations. Please mark these 'citation needed'. 31.52.252.133 (talk) 22:38, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The existing references above and below serve the purpose of sourcing Run n Fly (talk) 14:27, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 May 2021 (6)
In the section 'Illegal Jewish immigration and insurgency' the majority of claims are not backed up with evidence. These sections need to be marked 'citation needed' please. 31.52.252.133 (talk) 22:43, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting question.svg Question: Which paragraphs? Run n Fly (talk) 14:28, 18 May 2021 (UTC)