Talk:Outline of the State of Palestine

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Re-write/re-name suggestion
At the recent discussion per merging this outline with Palestinian territories, a decision was made not to merge, but it was suggested that this page needed either renaming (although still under an 'Outline' title) or re-writing. The issues as I see them currently are that:
 * The page suggests exagerates the existance of a 'Palestinian state' - ie. it appears to suggest the 'Palestinian state' is a normal sovereign state, which it is far from being.
 * The page gives undue coverage to the Palestinian National Authority as a de facto Palestinian state
 * The page is confusing regarding the wider 'Palestine' region
 * Israel is underrepresented as a part of the wider 'Palestine' region

I therefore see that either it needs re-writing under the current title or re-naming to either 'Outline of the Palestinian Territories' or 'Outline of the Palestinian [National] Authority'. I personally prefer to re-write. What does everyone else think: re-write, re-name or leave it as it is? - Highfields (talk, contribs) 18:09, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * A Palestinian state does exist (see Segal, Jerome. Does the State of Palestine Exist?, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Autumn, 1989), pp. 14-31, University of California Press) because other states recognize its existence. Some of the other points are valid, but objecting to the name because "there is no Palestinian state" as others have argued is an argument without merit.  nableezy  - 19:21, 26 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I think it's more complicated than that (it was discussed at the previously mentioned discussion.) Highfields (talk, contribs) 19:34, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I know that, but the discussion was one that was filled with personal conjecture and a refusal to provide high quality sources to back up the various claims made. Sources say, both in general and specifically related to Palestine, that a state exists when other states recognize its existence.  nableezy  - 19:38, 26 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The Palestinian Authority issued a document on August 2009 (signed by the PA's premier, Salam Fayadh) with a plan to establish a Palestinian state within the next two years. Apparently the Palestinian leaders do not think such a state actually exists, unless the plan is to establish a second Palestinian state, which is highly unlikely (document is in Arabic). DrorK (talk) 11:18, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * And since Jerome Segal was mentioned above, here's an article of his on Haaretz from 13 July 2007. In this article he refers to the need for establishing a Palestinian state, but clearly indicate that such a state does not exist yet (for example, he says: "Once the State of Palestine is established, the Palestinian Authority is dissolved." which means that he doesn't think a Palestinian state exists as of now, nor regard the PA as a Palestinian state). DrorK (talk) 11:26, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Okay, looking at another "outline articles" it now appears to me that this article should in fact be split into two: "Outline of Palestine" which will discuss the geographical area known in English as Palestine and includes the State of Israel, the Palestinian Territories, southern Lebanon and western Jordan. This article will be the synopsis of the article Palestine. Another article should be titled "Outline of the Palestinian Territories" which will be the synopsis of the article Palestinian Territories and will deal with the geopolitical entities known as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The article State of Palestine should be significantly revised. as it includes false information (I explained that in details in the article's talk page). Preferably, it should be merged with Proposals for a Palestinian state as was previously the case after reaching a consensus following a thorough discussion. I still don't understand why someone took the liberty to override that consensus and write a non-encyclopedic article. DrorK (talk) 15:13, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Drork, this line of argument is based on your WP:Synth interpretation. Wikipedia policy is to use secondary sources to interpret primary documents. Segal said your interpretation is a common misreading of Palestinian intentions. He noted that many States have legally recognized the State of Palestine, and he subsequently pointed out that the PA/Fayyad plan to "establish" the State of Palestine cited the 1988 Declaration of Independence four times. See The 1988 Declaration of Independence  and Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State - Program of the Thirteenth Government  The plan talks about building up the institutions of the existing regime and establishing boundaries based on the 1967 borders.


 * One meaning of the word "Establish" is "To cause to be recognized and accepted". Here is an example: The Jerusalem Post claimed that Reuters had reported that: Solana wants UN to establish 'Palestine'. The Reuters headline actually said nothing about creating a new state: EU's Solana calls for UN to recognise Palestinian state. President Abbas said that the State of Palestine was already in existence and that the current battle is to have the state's border recognized.See Abbas: Palestinian state an existing fact, Ynet, November 11, 2009


 * The Outline is supposed to contain links to the articles that are related to the topic. Your suggestion that it be split is nonsensical. The State of Palestine is located in the the geographical area of Palestine and Israel is mentioned in the articles on Palestine, the Palestinian Territories, and etc. harlan (talk) 20:43, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Harlan, what you are doing here is providing third-layer interpretation of your own to secondary sources that make a very broad interpretation for straightforward primary sources. The information is naturally heavily distorted along the way. You persistently claim there is a state called Palestine, and yet you fail to provide sources to that. You take sources that debate the issue or refer to it in an indecisive manner and give them an interpretation that fits your views. Then you write this view as if it was the source's view, which is not the case. When people point out that you did not prove your point, you say: the State of Palestine exists, now prove it is not. I am sorry, but it is you who bear the burden of truth here, and as I showed earlier, you fail to do so. DrorK (talk) 23:51, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * By the way, in one of the texts you linked to, Salam Fayyad says: "This is the path to the creation of the independent state of Palestine on the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital". How do you understand this statement? If the PA thinks a state called Palestine already exists, why does he call to create such a state? He could have said "to liberate the state", "to resume sovereignty", "to realize independence", "to reestablish the state", and yet he chose a quite straightforward statement that contradicts your view. As for Abbas's statement, in this Washington Post report he sounds much less convinced about the existence of a Palestinian state. The BBC, BTW, also thinks that a state called Palestine is not something already exists . DrorK (talk) 00:16, 28 January 2010 (UTC)


 * No I'm quoting the President of the PA who explicitly stated that the state already exists, and an article by Jerome Segal about the Fayyad plan. Nobody says that the state is independent, the plan is to end the occupation. You've already tried asking endless list of rhetorical questions in order to publish your WP:OR thesis, but it doesn't change the fact that the majority of other states have decided to recognize Palestine and treat it as a state. harlan (talk) 00:50, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, there is an official document by the PA that contradicts your theory plainly and simply. People say all kind of things when they make speeches. Israeli leaders often say that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel. In your opinion, does it settle the question on whether Jlm is the Israeli capital? The Iranian leaders often call the US "the Great Satan". Does it mean that Iran and the US are in a state of war? You keep resorting to the recognition issue, but a recognition is not enough to make a state. This claim is contradictory with the article Sovereign state. If you want to suggest a new definition for a state, you might as well start changing that article, rather than create a chaos within WP. DrorK (talk) 07:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't have much to add to what I've already seen in this discussion, but it is very clear that this outline needs to either be renamed to "Outline of the Palestinian territories" or split into 2 separate outlines. If "Outline of Palestine" remains, it needs to be extremely different from what it is now - because "Palestine" is not the modern Palestinian territories. Breein1007 (talk) 17:21, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Palestine is both the name of a region (Palestine) and of a state with limited recognition (State of Palestine). This outline should reflect both those definitions, since both are commonly used to refer to the region and the political entity known as Palestine (which includes the Palestinian territories, but is not necessarily its synonym).  T i a m u t talk 18:22, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The problem with the state called Palestine is not its limited recognition, but rather it's non-existence de facto. I don't think there is another contemporary example of a state that has only limited de jure existence without any de facto mechanism that can be called a state. When we outline the features of the State of Palestine - how should we define its territory? Who are its citizens? Do they include the Jewish settlers? Do they include expatriate Palestinians? There is no state-registrar that can answer these questions. The Palestinian Territories is a term much better defined which became a de facto entity with the signing of the Oslo Accords. As for the region called Palestine, it stretches over Israel, the Palestinian Territories, southern Lebanon and western Jordan. Palestine as a region is by no mean equivalent to Palestine in the political context. The name is the same, due to certain historical circumstances, but the meaning is different. DrorK (talk) 18:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

OK, I think the best suggestion is to rename this to 'Outline of the Palestinian territories', do you think we would then need another outline for everything else? - Highfields (talk, contribs) 16:34, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * We could have "Outline of Palestine" if we want an outline article equivalent to Palestine (as a geographical region). That's up to the community of editors to decide. DrorK (talk) 17:25, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Highfields' suggestion is definitely appropriate and long overdue. Drork, you should enter a request for a move. Breein1007 (talk) 21:39, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I disagree strongly with the suggestion for a rename. Palestine is the name of the country of the Palestinians and the name of their country is decided by them, not others, per our naming policies. Palestinian territories is a euphemism for a much smaller area, as is being discussed at the merger discussion there (where Occupied Palestinian Teritory is being proposed for merger into it). Our article on the Palestinian territories is an OR hodgepodge with no sources that actually define that term. However, if a rename is what is being proposed here, please make a formal move request.  T i a m u t talk 20:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Move?

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Page moved to Outline of the Palestinian territories (as noted by Breein1007). The dispute here is in essence over the scope of this outline&mdash;either Palestine (which according to our article generally refers to a geographical region between the Jordan and the Mediterranean) or the Palestinian territories (which according to our article refers to the West Bank plus the Gaza Strip, a "geopolitical phenomenon"). Most opinions here are in favor of having the outline refer to the political entity, instead of the geographical region, and that is in line with the Category:Outlines of countries which the article is categorized in. Thus, I assess consensus as being in favor of the move. I invite all editors who commented here to improve the article so that it truly serves as an outline of the Palestinian territories. Ucucha 16:53, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Outline of Palestine → Outline of the Palestinian Territories
 * This article is the "outline version" of Palestinian Territories and is supposed to deal with the geopolitical entity known as the "Palestinian Territories" or "West Bank and Gaza Strip" whose permanent status is yet to be decided. The article Palestine deals with a geographical region that encompasses several states/territories/parts of states, and its "outline article" has not been written yet. DrorK (talk) 06:25, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ambiguity :: "outline" can mean "summary", or "the shape of the edge of". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:18, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * True, but having that little bit of ambiguity is a lot better than the cludgy titles "Hierarchical outline of Palestine" or "Hierarchical outline of the Palestinian Territories". The Transhumanist 00:15, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. However, you should change Territories to territories to match the Palestinian territories article. Anthony, "Outline of ______" articles are common on Wikipedia. I don't really understand your concern of ambiguity in terms of this request. It is already called "Outline of Palestine"... the problem with the name has nothing to do with its status as an outline. The problem is that "Palestine" refers to the historical region while "Palestinian territories" (West Bank and Gaza Strip) is what is discussed in the contents of this article. Breein1007 (talk) 08:46, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose "Palestinian territories" is not a synonym for the State of Palestine or Palestine, which is what this outline covers. It is not even a synonym for the Occupied Palestinian Territories (which include the West Bank, Gaa Strip and East Jerusalem). It is a euphemism that is used to describe those areas under the rule of the Palestinian Authority. If you look at our article on Palestinian territories, you will notice that there is not a single source cited that actually defines the topic and our definition is an OR and incorrect one at that. As noted by the BBC, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: "Strictly speaking, the phrase Palestinian Territories refers to the areas that fall under the administration of the Palestinian Authority. They are difficult to work out, because of the way the West Bank was divided into complex security zones under the Oslo Accords and because of changes on the ground since the outbreak of violence in September 2000. The phrase is not the most accurate shorthand for the Occupied Territories although President Bush referred to "Palestinian territories" in his 2005 State of the Union address."
 * I strongly object to renaming this article to a term that is not in widespread use, is not used by Palestinian themselves to refer to their country (as as such falls afoul of the principles laid out in our naming conventions), and is not synonymous with the subject under discussion in our current outline. This article survived an AfD proposal. People noted in that discussion that irregardless of whether or not the State of Palestine exists, it warrants having an outline. Just as do Abkhazia, Somaliland, and other states with limited reconigiton and control over their territories. We do not invent new names for places simply because we do not like or accept that they are called such by their inhabitants.  T i a m u t talk 11:16, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The distinction you referred to from the BBC website appears only on this site, and the BBC itself is not consistent about it. On this page, the BBC uses the term "Palestinian territories" for the WB&Gaza . Although not strictly official, the United Nations Human Rights' website uses the term "Occupied Palestinian Territories" to refer to the WB&GS and so do other UN-affiliated organizations. ISO 3166-1 uses the name "Palestinian Territory, Occupied" for the territory governed by the Palestinian Authority  (in contradiction to the BBC explanation that you cited above). Reporters Sans Frontières use the term "Palestinian Territories" to refer to the WB&Gaza, the website of the US Department of State refers to the WB&Gaza as the "Palestinian Territories" , so does the Australian Government's website  and Thomson Reuters also adopts this terminology . So first of all, the use of "Palestinian Territories" in reference to the WB&Gaza is not an OR. Secondly, There is no real distinction between "Palestinian Territory(ies)" and "Occupied Palestinian Territory(ies)". And finally, since both terms are used interchangeably, we should stick to "Palestinian Territories" as it is more neutral. DrorK (talk) 12:44, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * DrorK, I've already explained to you (at Talk:Occupied Palestinian Territory) that using primary sources to make OR conclusions isn't the way Wikipedia works. You need sources that explicitly define "Palestinian territories" and "Occupied Palestinian territories" to refute the BBC deifnition provided. Examining how the terms used and interpreting them as you wish is not a substitute.
 * The facts relevant to this discussion are the following:


 * 1) Palestinians are represented at the United Nations under the name "Palestine"
 * 2) Palestine is the official name of the country  and, unsurprisingly, what Palestinians call it amongst themselves.
 * 3) Over 110 states (a clear majority of the world's states) have recognized the State of Palestine and hold diplomatic relations with it.
 * 4) Reliable sources indicate that Palestine is the most commonly used name for the area in question, far more common than the alternatives being proposed.
 * 5) Per our WP:PLACE naming conventions, Palestine is therefore the obvious choice.  T i a m u t talk 13:11, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The US, UK, German, Dutch and Australian governments use the term "Palestinian Territories" in reference to the WB&Gaza in their English language publications. You can see links to the sources either above or at Talk:Occupied Palestinian Territory (my recent response there). ISO uses the term "Palestinian Territory, Occupied". UN-affiliated organizations usually use the term "Occupied Palestinian Territories" in reference to the WB&Gaza. Most worldwide NGOs use either OPT or PT in reference to the WB&Gaza (again the links are either here above or on the aforementioned talk page). I think there cannot be any doubt that "Palestinian Territories" is the most neutral term for the subject in question, and it definitely does not constitute and original research. DrorK (talk) 13:23, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * And more than 110 other states use the word Palestine. The world is much larger than Europe and its allies. In any case, the discussion about OPT versus PT is a separate one relating to the proposed page merger there. Each of those terms has their own specific geographical and legal meaning. That doesn't change the fact that the official name of the country Palestinians call home is Palestine. And that's the name under which they are represented at the UN.  T i a m u t talk 14:24, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose The President of the United States uses Palestine and Palestinians to refer to the modern political entity. For example, here are some remarks from the Cairo University speech "That is in Israel's interest, Palestine's interest, America's interest, and the world's interest." and "At the same time, Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements."  harlan (talk) 13:48, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose The Outline is clearly about Palestine as defined by Tiamut above. --NSH001 (talk) 14:21, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Weak Support - per arguments in the last discussion and below Highfields (talk, contribs) 15:51, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there Highfields. Could you please outline more specficially which arguments you are basing your vote on? It would help me to understand what policy you are basing your decision on. Thanks.  T i a m u t talk 16:02, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I was basing my view on the arguments given by myself and DrorK here and in the section above entitled Re-name/Re-write suggestion. The article currently seems to be an outline of the article entitled Palestinian territories. Either it needs, therefore, moving to a more appropriate name or rewriting.
 * However, looking closer at the article, I think a rewrite is more appropriate, taking into account my opening problems at the discussion I just mentioned.
 * Either would be satisfactory if done properly, but Outline of the Palestinian territories is a better name.
 * I've lost count of how many contradictions there appear to be in this edit, so I'll shut up
 * Highfields (talk, contribs) 16:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Support, most likely The article should be named after its corresponding article on Wikipedia. Is this an outline of articles on Palestine, the region? Or on the Palestinian territories (the West Bank and Gaza)? Or on the State of Palestine (which is a political entity, rather than something with land)? If necessary, you can be specific (e.g. Outline of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). Right now, the article does not appear to be an outline of Palestine, the region, so it either needs to be changed so that it is or renamed so that its title corresponds with the appropriate topic/geographical term on Wikipedia. I made a similar comment on Talk:List of twin towns and sister cities in Palestine on the use of Palestine vs. Palestinian territories in titles, if you would like more information on my reasoning. --  tariq abjotu  16:47, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the points you have raised tariqabotu. However, what you are overlooking is that certain sections of this article cannot exist if this article is renamed Outline of the Palestinian territories. It is "Palestine" (as in the State of Palestine) that has international organization memberships as outlined in this section . The "Palestinian territories" is not the name of the representative of the Palestinian people at the United Nations (nor does it represent Palestinians anywhere in the world at all). That concept holds no international memberships. Indeed, its very definition is subject to dispute.
 * What is being proposed here is actually a deletion of Outline of Palestine (which already survived an AfD) and its replacement by a new article on a wholly different subject. So much of what is included currently in this outline could not be included there.
 * As I have mentioned elsewhere, there are serious problems with the way our articles on Palestine are currently structured, which are perhaps feeding the confusion surrounding the discussion of this issue. Indeed, our article on Palestine should be about the state of the Palestinians; or, it should be a disambig entitled Palestine (region) to differentiate it from State of Palestine (which should be entitled Palestine (state) or Palestine (political entity)). This is because the official name of this area before the international community is in fact simply "Palestine". That is the most common name, the name used at the UN for representatives of the Palestinian people, the name recognized by more than 110 states.
 * There are some editors who are unable or unwilling to acknowledge these facts and are therefore falling afoul of Wiki policies regarding naming conventions for WP:PLACEs. There are others who are unfamiliar with this subject are due to the confusion surrounding the definitions of Palestine are opting for "Palestinian territories" as though it is more clear a description. It is not. And its not the official name of anything, nor is it a common name.
 * While Palestinian editors would be ridiculed, and possibly even sanctioned, for suggesting that we change mentions of Israel to the Zionist entity (or that we avoid the use of Israel since its boundaries are undefined and it actually forms part of the region of Palestine), Israeli editors can freely run around Wikipedia openly advocating that we ignore naming conventions and call Palestine by anything but its real and official name. I find this double standard disheartening to say the least. When such suggestions are seriously entertained by editors that I respect, I find it doubly so. With respect,  T i a m u t talk 21:03, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Tiamut, the term "Palestine" as used by the United Nation does not refer to any territory. The UN merely decided to change the name of the PLO observing delegation from "Palestine Liberation Organization" to "Palestine", no territory was mentioned. Would you like us to remove any reference to territory from this article? The article Palestine could have referred to a state, had such a state existed. On the one hand you want us to adopt the UN naming, on the other you want us to treat "Palestine" as a state, unlike the UN. It seems as if you chose to adopt or ignore a source arbitrarily. DrorK (talk) 21:12, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * An additional remark about the borders of Israel - Israel has an mutually recognized international border with Egypt and with Jordan. The UN has determined the Lebanese-Israeli border and it is honored by the two countries despite the conflict between them. Israel unilaterally defined its border with the Gaza Strip and Syria, and effectively treat these lines as international borders. So, the Israeli territory is well-defined despite the unclear border with the WB and the dispute with Syria over the Golan Heights. DrorK (talk) 21:18, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Drork, for most of its history, Palestine has lacked a precise territorial definition . That has not however precluded people using the term, nor does it mean that it did not, or does not, exist. True, this ambiguity makes defining its territorial scope, both historically and in the present day, quite challenging. That does not mean we should avoid trying to do so. This outline does a not so bad job of covering some of the term's historical evolution. It could do better, and will, if people would just give other editors a chance to develop it more throughly.  T i a m u t talk 21:31, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, we are getting somewhere here. We now agree that "Palestine" does not refer to a contemporary state but to a geographical region. Geographical regions have indeed fuzzy borders. However, if this is an article about Palestine as a geographical region, then you have to remove the Palestinian flags and symbols from it. Palestine has a Jewish history (this is why the State of Israel is located there), not to mention its rich Christian-European related history. You have to be consistent here - if you want to describe the region called Palestine, then you cannot present it as an Arab territory, or incorporate political symbols in it. If you want to refer to the geopolitical entity, then the correct name is "Palestinian Territories". DrorK (talk) 21:41, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You are misunderstanding me or reading very selectively. I have said a number of times that "Palestine" refers to both a geographical region and a state. This is not me making stuff up. This is what reliable sources have to say about the term. (e.g. Is Palestine a State? The geopolitical entity that represents Palestinian before international community at the United Nations is named "Palestine". Palestinians call their country "Palestine". I'm sorry that these facts don't suit you, but they are indeed facts. Ignoring them is no way to carry on a discussion.  T i a m u t talk 21:50, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Tiamut, I said that the title of the article should match the article's content. Whatever you do to accomplish that, be it changing the content or changing the title, is up to you; that's not deleting the article. But, it's incredibly clear at this point (with, for example, Hebrew language being mentioned nowhere in this article), that this page is not about Palestine (the region) as the title suggests. As I said on the "List of twin cities..." talk page, this situation is far from unique. It doesn't matter that "Palestine" may be the official name of the state; the Palestine article is not about the state, but about the region including Israel. As with other cases where an official name is used for two entities (e.g. New York and New York City), daughter and parent articles need to match their corresponding relatives. No one but you is making this about a euphemism or ignoring naming conventions for nationalistic reasons; the article about the State of Israel is located at Israel, not Zionist entity, so your point, aside from being offensive, is completely irrelevant to what anyone has said here. If you have a problem with the way Palestine articles are named across Wikipedia, you are open to changing that top-down, beginning with Palestine. If and when Palestine becomes about the state or whatever this article is supposed to be outlining, you'll be right to keep it at Outline of Palestine. But that day has not yet come, so, as I said, you need to either fix the title or fix the content. --  tariq abjotu  21:47, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry tariqabjotu, but I'm not ignoring naming conventions "for nationalistic reasons". Every argument I have made has centered around our naming conventions. That these are not followed at other articles is not a reason to avoid following them here.
 * I find it extremely odd that while WP:PLACE encourages us to use the official name for a place (in this case "Palestine" ) and/or the name used locally (in this case "Palestine", as, for eg., on the Ramallah municpality website) and/or the name used most commonly (in this case "Palestine"), when it comes to "Palestine" at Wikipedia, this policy (and others) are not abided by.  T i a m u t talk 21:55, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Support. This article focuses primarily on the PNA, PLO, and other subjects related to what is today called the Palestinian Territories, Occupied Territories, or by a handful of other names. If the content focused on ancient Palestine, Palestine under the Ottomans, Palestine under the British, and the modern state of Israel, then "Palestine" alone, as a geographic term, would be alright. But, as the article does not focus on the geographical Palestine, but on the political entity known as Palestine, more properly and commonly known as the Occupied Territories, Palestinian Territories, or by a handful other names, one of those names should be used. When the day comes that the territories become a fully independent nation-state, we can start calling it "Palestine", but for now they are still part of Israel, still not independent, still Territories. LordAmeth (talk) 23:02, 3 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The Palestinian territories are not part of Israel. If you check the article talk page for the geographical region, you'll find that the objection has already been raised there that most of the content of that article is actually about the mandatory era state of Palestine, and its successors. The rest of the article anachronistically applies the term to earlier time periods. harlan (talk) 23:55, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The British Mandate of Palestine was not a state but rather a dependency governed from London. It had no successors per the UK Palestine Act 1948 and per the UK decision to hand over the public property to the UN on May 14, 1948 (the last day of the Mandate). The UN still owns the High Commissioner's offices in Jerusalem as a remnant of that decision. The PLO and the PA have nothing to do with the British Mandate, both of them were established many years after the Mandate ended. If you want to write and article "Outline of the British Mandate of Palestine" be my guest, but don't mislead people to think that "Palestine", "British Mandate of Palestine", "Palestinian territories" and "Palestine Liberation Organization" are the same thing. DrorK (talk) 08:07, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * By the way, you might find interest in this book . It refutes most (if not all) of your claims about the British Mandate and it is based upon the diary of the last secretary of the British Mandate administration, practically the person who dissolved the Mandate. The preface is available on the new for free . DrorK (talk) 08:24, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * You might be interested in Hersh Lauterpacht's International Law reports. They summarize all the PCIJ, British, and Palestine Mandate court cases which held that, under the terms of the Treaties of Versallies and Lausanne, Transjordan and Palestine were States. The Palestine and British Mandate articles already explain that. harlan (talk) 08:48, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Your fondness of far-fetched juridic interpretations is noted. I offered you a source based on primary written testimony of a person who knew all about the British Mandate, legally and practically, from his very job as a high-rank official. You send me to read all kind of legal discussions and opinion. If you haven't noticed yet, this is WP, not a debating club of a law faculty. DrorK (talk) 08:52, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

(outdent) You seem to be suffering from some mental confusion. The Jewish Agency demanded that "state land" be set aside for Jewish settlement, and the Mandate adopted by the LoN did contain terms regarding conditions to facilitate Jewish settlement on "state" and waste lands.

The Zionist Legal Secretary and Attorney General of Palestine, Norman Bentwich, explained a series of court decisions which held that the Ottoman decrees that had transferred property and possessions to the Civil Lists for the benefit of the public were sovereign acts of State. That meant they were immune from legal challenges by the former Arab owners in the Courts of Palestine. He went on to say that those properties now belonged to the Government of Palestine because the natural interpretation of the Treaty of Lausanne was "that the imperial decrees had transferred properties of Sultan Abdul Hamid to the Ottoman State and that these properties were ceded to the Allied successor states." see Professor N. Bentwich, "State Succession and Act of State in the Palestine Courts", XXIII British Year Book Of International Law, 1946, pages 330-333 harlan (talk) 09:40, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * As I said you are wasting our time. You make absurd claims and justify them by sources that do not contribute anything to our subject. "Palestine" is a polysemy. This name refers to various entities, we are discussing the following:
 * A geographical region stretching approximately between the Litani River and the tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, and between the Mediterranean and the western edge of the Syrian Desert. The first usage of the name "Palestine" in this meaning is attributed to Herodotus, 5th century BCE.
 * The name of a Mandate and territory as defined by the League of Nations in 24 July 1922. The charter of this mandate said the following: "recognition has thereby been given to the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country (...) the Principal Allied Powers have selected His Britannic Majesty as the Mandatory for Palestine" (Preamble); "The Mandatory shall have full powers of legislation and of administration, save as they may be limited by the terms of this mandate." (Article 1); "The Mandatory shall be responsible for placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home" (Article 2); "The Mandatory shall be entrusted with the control of the foreign relations of Palestine and the right to issue exequaturs to consuls appointed by foreign Powers. He shall also be entitled to afford diplomatic and consular protection to citizens of Palestine when outside its territorial limit" (Article 12) This source does not leave room to doubt, that the Mandate of Palestine was not an independent state. It was fully controlled by the UK. Furthermore, it was never meant to be an Arab entity (save Transjordan, which is specifically defined as a special territory in the Article 25 of the charter). The Mandate charter specifically relates the territory to the Jewish People. The Mandate was completely dissolved, legally and practically, at midnight (local time) of 15 May 1948. Neither the UK nor the UN designated a successor to the Mandate (see the "Palestine Act, 1948" of the UK parliament).
 * A name of a future-Arab state. Many countries, if not all, expressed a view that such state should come into being, and yet there is nothing that can be said to be a Palestinian Arab state at the moment.
 * A name of a special non-state observer mission to the UN since 1988, formerly known as the Palestine Liberation Organization mission.
 * A name sometimes used when referring to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, especially since the signing of the first Oslo Accord in 1993. The name "Palestinian territories" is much more descriptive and wide-spread.
 * Is there anything else that needs clarification? DrorK (talk) 13:54, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

As usual you are wasting everyone's time trying to present your rationalizations and wikilawyering. I'm discussing material that is already in the British Mandate article and part of the Outline. Independence is a non-sequitur. It was not included among the criteria for statehood in article 1 of the Montevideo Convention. The League of Nations included member states that were Crown Colonies or Dominions, like India that were not independent. The treaty of Lausanne was an enforceable international agreement which stipulated that the territories detached from Ottoman Turkey were newly created states, and they were subject to the customary laws of state succession. That fact was confirmed by the national and international courts of the day, and by the Courts of the State of Israel. Article 16 of the Treaty of Lausanne was cited in the recent PCA boundary arbitration between Eritrea/Yemen., so it is still relevant to boundary settlements that are being made in North Africa and Asia today. harlan (talk) 18:09, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Well? What is the status on this move? Consensus was already reached to move List of twin towns and sister cities in Palestine to List of twin towns and sister cities in the Palestinian territories. This move request is basically the same as that... why is the request sitting stale for so long? Breein1007 (talk) 08:54, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * This is a separate discussion with a different set of considerations and participants. It is determined on its own merits, and not by what happened at another page. Given that there is more opposition to a move in this discussion, I suppose that the reason for the hold up is that there is no clear consensus in support of a move.  T i a m u t talk 10:12, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * It is not really a question of consensus. The current naming of the article is misleading and several editors pointed to that. Misleading names and terms are not acceptable even if many editors like them for some reason. We are not here to enjoy our ability to phrase. We try to convey information. DrorK (talk) 11:24, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Its your opinion that "Palestine" is misleading. Its my opinion that "Palestinian territories" is misleading. There is a difference of opinion on this issue, as exemplified in the comments by editors who have participated in this discussion. There is therefore no consensus for a move.  T i a m u t talk 11:43, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Political bias aside, you can seriously sit here and argue that "Palestine" is not misleading? I'd like to give you more credit than that. Breein1007 (talk) 19:56, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I'e provided sources above that explain that "Palestine" is used in the UN to refer to the representaties of the Palestinian people and that Palestine is the official name of the country Palestinian call home. I'm not misleading anyone. You are however ignoring what reliable sources have to say.  T i a m u t talk 20:24, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You're completely avoiding the issue here. I'm not ignoring reliable sources. You on the other hand are ignoring the simple reality that the current wording is misleading to readers. Furthermore, nobody said that YOU are misleading anyone, so back off a bit. Breein1007 (talk) 21:01, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
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Misleading nature of this outline
Until this move request goes through, I have begun working on avoiding the misleading nature of this article in other ways. We have 2 options: 1) Add all the appropriate information about Israel to this article to truly make it about the historical region of "Palestine". 2) Change all the terminology from "Palestine" in the article to "Palestinian territories" when dealing with sections that strictly refer to the Palestinian territories, rather than to the entire historical region of "Palestine". (ie: "Education in Palestine" only deals with the Palestinian territories, and the article it links to is in fact Education in the Palestinian territories, therefore, I changed the wording accordingly.) I definitely don't have the time to add all the information about Israel on my own, so for the time being, my only choice is to go with option #2. If anyone else wants to help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Breein1007 (talk) 20:14, 14 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The name of the nation of the Palestinian people is "Palestine". Its how they are represented at the UN. I've proided the sources for this aboe and they are cited in the outline itself and at the State of Palestine and Palestine pages. I now you don't like this fact. But its a fact.
 * I understand that the geographical region is also called Palestine and that that region also includes the modern day state of Israel, and perhaps Jordan, and parts of Lebanon and Syria, depending on how broad a definition is used. That does not change the fact that the Palestinians country is named Palestine. That the borders of the political state of Palestine are unclear is a function of the unresoled nature of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
 * The outline of Palestine's introduction explains these different definitions. It goes on to explaing that the focus of this outline is the State of Palestine (officially known simply as Palestine). If the subject confuses you, it is because it confusing. That's not a reason to aoid using the name by which Palestinian are officially represented before the international community.
 * Please stop making any changes to the article that impose your view of what the correct terminology to use in the article should be.  T i a m u t talk 20:22, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * While I appreciate your explanation, and you are correct that I am already aware of all of this, you have no right to tell me what I like or do not like. The only thing that matters is that this is misleading. I'm not saying that YOU are misleading anyone. But using this terminology misleads leaders and makes it unclear what topic we are discussing in the article. You admit that it is a confusing issue; naturally, we should do whatever we can to make it as clear as possible. The status of the proposed state of Palestine doesn't affect this discussion. Even if the UN Partition had been accepted by the Arabs and the Arab nations had never invaded Israel in 1948 and the state of Palestine had come to be right then and there and the state existed side by side with Israel in peace to this day, this issue would still be the same. There is confusion because of the historical region known as "Palestine". Something must be done to differentiate. That is where the differences today come into play. Since the proposed state is still not officially in de facto existence, the term Palestinian territories has come into wide use in the media and other reliable sources. Therefore, as of the facts on the ground today, this is the best term for us to use to avoid the ambiguity. In the future, this may change. But all we can deal with here is the present. And you know very well that the edits I have made are based on reliable sources, not my own personal "view of what the correct terminology to use in the article should be". You seem to be very eager to put words in my mouth today. Why make such audacious assumptions about what I think and believe? You don't even know me... Breein1007 (talk) 20:59, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Another reference on how to deal with ambiguity: note that we do not have an article entitled "Outline of the Congo". The articles are Outline of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Outline of the  Republic of the  Congo related to the articles Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the  Congo respectively. We also have an article Congo Basin for the geographical region. The naming always refers specifically and unambiguously to a certain geographical/geopolitical/social entity. DrorK (talk) 03:22, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Palestine --> the Palestinian territories
Now that the page move has gone though, the outline needs work. I just went through and updated a lot of the titles, but there are still issues. The biggest one is the lead, which was just about the only thing in the article that actually referred to historical Palestine rather than the modern Palestinian territories. It basically needs a total rewrite, so help would be appreciated. Breein1007 (talk) 18:35, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * This move was inappropriate, as I'm sure you're aware. There was nothing approaching clear consensus on the issue (see move discussion), and one of the supporters of the move went ahead and did it anyway. The move should be undone. Please take a look at WP:RM Jrtayloriv (talk) 23:37, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't tell me what I'm aware of. The move went through with due process. If you have an issue, feel free to take appropriate actions. Until then, I will continue to improve the article with or without your approval. Breein1007 (talk) 00:00, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, it blatantly ignored the "due process" laid out in WP:RM (and WP:PLACE, for that matter). -- Jrtayloriv (talk) 01:31, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Jrtayloriv, your comment that I am "one of the supporters of the move" is incorrect. I merely assessed consensus as being in favor of the move, which is what I am supposed to do in a move discussion. Your assessment of the consensus is apparently different. I never gave my own opinion on this move. Ucucha 01:42, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

In making your changes, Breein1007, I hope you took care to check that you didn't replace any appropriate blue links with red ones. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 00:59, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Good point. I'll go back to make sure of that. Breein1007 (talk) 01:25, 16 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I know it's a chore, considering how many links there are in the Outline. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 01:36, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. There were no issues that I could spot after going through all the links. Breein1007 (talk) 01:58, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:39, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Outline of the Palestinian territories → Outline of Palestine — Requesting article be moved back to previous name (Outline of Palestine). The move was contested, and even though there was no consensus on the matter (please see the move discussion), User:Ucucha went ahead and did the move anyway. This clearly should have been closed "no consensus" per WP:RM. -— Jrtayloriv (talk) 23:47, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Rather than repeating my reasoning for the hundredth time, I will refer you to the discussion above. In short, this outline deals with the West Bank and Gaza Strip (AKA Palestinian territories), not the historical region known as "Palestine". "Outline of Palestine" is misleading and will confuse readers who may be looking for information about the historic region, instead of the modern territories. I would be willing to consider supporting a move to "Outline of the West Bank and Gaza Strip" if someone could convince me that it's more appropriate; however, at this point it is very clear that "Palestinian territories" is the most unambiguous and natural term for the outline. Breein1007 (talk) 00:04, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment How was Ucucha's close inappropriate, Jrtayloriv? There are many Palestine-related subjects, and their Wikipedia article titles must be clear to distinguish among them; Palestine and Palestinian territories are examples. (To take it further afield, consider Georgia and Georgia (U.S. state).) Since this Outline doesn't correspond to the geographical article Palestine, it had to be renamed to better describe its contents. Ucucha correctly gauged that one side made a convincing argument that the Outline's title should match the main article's title. The other side made an argument that... what exactly? Unless you can explain what Ucucha did wrong, I recommend dropping this. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 00:55, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The other side made an argument that... what exactly? -- The fact that you are having to ask this probably means that you should read the conversation, before forming an opinion of it. But I'll lay out a few of them for you, in brief:
 * The large majority of the nations of the world use the term "Palestine" not "Palestinian territories".
 * The majority of the reliable sources cited in this article use the term "Palestine" not "Palestinian territories".
 * Palestinians are represented as "Palestine" in the UN
 * WP:PLACE states that we should use the most commonly used name, which in this case is Palestine.
 * How was Ucucha's close inappropriate, Jrtayloriv? ... Unless you can explain what Ucucha did wrong ... -- performing a controversial move when there was no consensus on it, which goes against the guidelines laid out in WP:RM
 * -- Jrtayloriv (talk) 01:08, 16 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I stand by my reasoned close of the requested move. Jrtayloriv, remember that consensus does not mean unanimity.
 * Has anyone considered making separate outline articles for Palestine (the geographical-historical region) and the Palestinian territories (the political entity consisting of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip), corresponding with their separate Wikipedia articles? Ucucha 01:32, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * There was no consensus for the move. In that case, you should closed with "no consensus" or relisted the discussion. I find it very disappointing that you interpreted a 4 to 3 "vote" as "consensus". That's not the way Wikipedia works.  T i a m u t talk 22:14, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I read the previous discussion, thank you. Perhaps one side thought it was a  discussion about moving Palestinian territories to Palestine, but it wasn't. The Outline is a  second-order  article, and its name should follow the name of the first-order article.  (To continue my example from above, Politics of Georgia (country) applies to the Republic of Georgia  and Politics of  Georgia (U.S. state)  applies to the U.S. state of Georgia.)
 * A Wikipedia discussion isn't a vote, and the number of voices don't matter. What  matters is the arguments, and in this case Ucucha properly applied  Wikipedia naming principles. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 01:34, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The naming principles are not properly applied at the parent articles. Reliable sources indicate that the official name for the area in question is Palestine. Instead of having an article on Palestine that discusses the country of the Palestinians, we have one on Palestine that only discusses it as region, while the one on the country of the Palestinians bears the misnomer State of Palestine. Palestinian territories is new euphemistic term for something else altogether.  T i a m u t talk 22:14, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * If State of Palestine is mis-named, you should propose re-naming it Palestine (country) or something similar (to disambiguate it from the geographic article Palestine); the appropriate forum for that discussion is Talk:State of Palestine. As I wrote, the name of the Outline should follow the name of the main article. If this Outline was intended to correspond to the State of Palestine, perhaps you should make a counter-proposal to rename it Outline of the State of Palestine. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 22:39, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Is there a reason an uninvolved administrator who hasn't even bothered making a comment on this talk page has come in here and gone against the word of 2 other admins who both agreed that this move was warranted and had consensus? This is really embarrassing behaviour for a Wikipedia admin... discussing controversial changes on talk is something basic that I would expect an admin to follow in second nature. This is disappointing to say the least. Breein1007 (talk) 01:58, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Earlier, I had used db-move on the Outline of Palestine page, and linked to the previous move conversation. If that didn't let him see the move discussion here, then it's my fault not his. If this is the case, and he didn't do it because he thought that the move was inappropriate (i.e. he just did it because of the template w/o looking at it) then I support moving it back until the conversation here is finished. I had done that hours before we had this discussion here, and I'm not sure that it was appropriate, looking at Help:Moving a page again -- at the time, I thought that since WP:RM was being violated, that it should be moved back by an admin, but I didn't realize that the consensus guidelines for WP:RM wasn't applicable here for whatever reason. Sorry if this broke something -- I have not dealt with the templates, etc. for controversial moves before. If on the other hand, he did it because he thinks it was inappropriate, then I support his decision. Again -- if I did something wrong by using db-move, sorry, and SchuminWeb didn't do anything wrong. If, on the other hand, SchuminWeb agreed to revert the move due to a clear lack of consensus, I support him for doing so. Either way, I don't think his behavior should be called "embarassing" or "disappointing". Anyhow, sorry about confusion, if I caused any. Jrtayloriv (talk) 02:11, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Whatever the case may be, I think admins should be on top of it and realize that they should check the discussion before making controversial moves. Breein1007 (talk) 02:26, 16 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Jrtayloriv, db-move is only for uncontroversial page deletions/moves (see WP:CSD). Since you were asking for an admin to undo the result of a contentious move discussion, wasn't appropriate. To top things off, since your explanation indicated there was a dispute, SchuminWeb shouldn't have moved the page under G6. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:42, 16 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I have now moved the page back, after SchuminWeb voiced no objection . I have also move-protected the page, since I think the contention over this move request indicates it is inappropriate for a non-admin to move now. If any admin feels this is inappropriate, they should feel free to remove the protection. For now, we'd best let this RM run its course and come up with constructive solutions. Please avoid just rehashing the previous RM discussion, which was lengthy enough. Ucucha 02:50, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose. "Palestinian territories" is the NPOV name. Separately, the WP:LEAD of this article needs rewriting once the page name is resolved. THF (talk) 04:44, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose, see the previous naming/move discussion. DrorK (talk) 05:05, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose I think Ucucha explanation of the reasoning behind executing the move appears solid. I have to agree that the previous move discussion largely surrounded the Palestinian political entity, not the entire historical territory of Palestine. There may not have been a full consensus in the previous discussion I also believe a consensus to move existed. I am certainly not a fan of revisiting moves unless gross negligence was involved or consensus has changed, neither of which appears to be the case here.--Labattblueboy (talk) 05:13, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose per previous discussion above Highfields (talk, contribs) 13:12, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm not going to vote because the move made Uchucha was inappropriate. She basically deleted the article on Outline of Palestine and replaced it with something else altogether. Despite the comments of many editors here, Palestinian territories is not a synonym for Palestine. As a major contributor to this article under its original name, I'm deeply disappointed with the change in the article's name and scope. I leave it to other editors to maintain this article from now on. I won't have any part of a farcially named non-entity. The name of the country of the Palestinians is Palestine. This is how they are represented at the UN. Even places like Somaliland and Taiwan whose sovereignty as states is contested have articles named the way their countrymen name them. The double standards at Wikipedia when it comes to Palestine are wholly disheartening and de-motivating.  T i a m u t talk
 * Ucucha merely moved the article; other editors did the rest.
 * As I wrote above, if you think this outline should be Outline of the State of Palestine or Outline of Palestine (country), make a counter-proposal to rename it. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 22:39, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Tiamut, the fact that Palestine and Palestinian territories are not the same is exactly why this article was moved and why it should be rewritten. The previous version mixed up different meanings of the terms "Palestine" and "Palestinian territories" in a way that confused readers and sometime misled them to interpret the information provided in an unintended way. DrorK (talk) 07:14, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
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Should this page link to articles about Palestine or the Palestinian territories?
Regarding these reverts shouldn't this page link to articles about the Palestinian territories rather then articles about Palestine. I think the result of and  was pretty clear on this, this outline is about the Palestinian territories not the geographic Palestine region. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 04:54, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Requested move 7 May 2015

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The result of the move request was: Moved. There seems to be consensus for this move, with no outstanding opposes. Moving as proposed, since the "profile of..." version didn't receive any further backing. Note: the page is move protected, so I will list this at technical requests. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:54, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Outline of the Palestinian territories → Outline of the State of Palestine – The title "Palestinian territories" (OPt) was abolished by the United Nations in favor of "State of Palestine" in 2013, and this is also the term utilized by Palestinian administration since January 2013. Following a sequence of similar rename procedures (see, ) i'm proposing this article as well. --Relisted. Natg 19 (talk) 21:44, 8 June 2015 (UTC) GreyShark (dibra) 16:23, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support any such move. Propose something along the lines of → Profile of the State of Palestine.  The SoP is yet to negotiate borders and should not necessarily be be granted or be limited to any currently prevailing view.  I think that in this case, "profile" would be less ambiguous.  GregKaye 19:58, 9 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose, I think. As far as I can tell the parent article for this topic is still Palestinian territories. Jenks24 (talk) 15:58, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Withdrawing my oppose but I'm not supporting either. This seems a bit of a mess to me. Jenks24 (talk) 12:04, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support The term Palestinian territories is obsolete and was replaced by the UN in 2013 as has already been mentioned to the State of Palestine. The article Jenks24 assumes to be the parent article explicitly states the name change in the very first paragraph further supporting the obsolete nature of the former name. Both terms are also found within the article being requested for move which also details within it what has already been mentioned of the superior recognition of the UN adopted name and makes it far more appropriate to be the proper parent article. 173.35.54.125 (talk) 10:32, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Mmm, you make a fair point. But I'm still concerned that it sits in Category:Palestinian territories and that the vast majority of articles seem to use a variation of "Palestinian territories" rather than "State of Palestine". The article itself also mentions and links to Palestinian territories a fair bit. Jenks24 (talk) 12:04, 23 June 2015 (UTC)


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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 December 2023
Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.. please fix this information in your website .. 2A02:9B0:402B:692C:3459:13D0:5B32:4464 (talk) 15:39, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Shadow311 (talk) 16:05, 13 December 2023 (UTC)