User:Whaledad

JDL pictures
I have noticed a lot of (concerted?) efforts in the past few years to remove the "JDL - Gas the Arabs" pictures from a lot of articles on a lot of Wikipedia projects around the globe. I consider this extreme censorship, especially when looking at the arguments used (e.g: in one article it is removed because it cannot be proven that it was written by JDL, while on another it is removed because it is written by JDL, which is not necessarily equal to Settlers).The most reprehensible argument used is that it isn't racism, because Arabs are not a race. I will try to inventory all of those efforts here, so that in future occurances I have a single location pointing to all (or at least most) previous efforts.

05 04 21 Gas the Arabs.jpg

 * Removals: not removed (yet)
 * Removers:
 * User:Tgeairn
 * 24.177.125.104 (talk)
 * Key argument of removers: "Out of Scope", "Consent required/not documented", licensing concerns
 * Notes: Deletion discussion here


 * Current status: Picture removed (as of 9/20/2012)

Israeli settler violence

 * Removals (difs): 3/9/2012, 3/11/2012, 1/31/2013
 * Removers:
 * (sock of )
 * Key argument of removers: "Graffiti is by JDL, not proven it is by settlers."
 * Current status: Picture present (as of 04/07/2013)
 * (sock of )
 * Key argument of removers: "Graffiti is by JDL, not proven it is by settlers."
 * Current status: Picture present (as of 04/07/2013)

Jewish Defense League

 * Removals (difs): 9/10/2009, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/24/2011, 3/23/2011, 1/29/2012, 1/29/2012
 * Removers:
 * (sock of, blocked indefinitely for sock puppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (ally of )
 * Key argument of removers: "Not proven it was written by JDL"
 * Current status: Picture removed (as of 4/7/2013)
 * Key argument of removers: "Not proven it was written by JDL"
 * Current status: Picture removed (as of 4/7/2013)
 * Current status: Picture removed (as of 4/7/2013)

Meir Kahane

 * Removals (difs): 3/25/2011, 3/30/2011, 3/30/2011, 3/30/2012, 5/3/2011, 5/5/2012, 12/26/2011, 1/8/2012, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meir_Kahane&diff=535941006&oldid=534118279 1/31/2013]
 * Removers:
 * (blocked indefinitely for racist remarks and death threats)
 * (IP located in Jerusalem; single-purpose - only for this removal x2)
 * (blocked indefinitely for sockpupptery and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (sock of )
 * Current status: In place (as of 4/26/2017)
 * Current status: In place (as of 4/26/2017)
 * Current status: In place (as of 4/26/2017)

Racism

 * Removals (difs):
 * Removers:
 * Current status: Image has never been posted here (as of 3/10/2012)

Racism in Israel

 * Removals (difs): 1/31/2013
 * Removers: (sock of
 * Current status: picture in place since 2/23/2012 (as of 4/7/2013)

nl:Jewish Defense League

 * Removals (difs): 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011
 * Removers:
 * (sock of )
 * Main argument for removal: "Not likely done by JDL"
 * Current status: Image not present in article (as of 4/5/2013)
 * Current status: Image not present in article (as of 4/5/2013)

hif:Racism

 * Removals: 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011,1/22/2011, 10/26/2011
 * Removers:
 * (another sock of, now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (another sock of, now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * without any arguments
 * Main argument for removal: "Arbritary examples; no proof this was done by JDL"
 * Current status: Image not present in article (as off 2/25/2014)

de:Jewish Defense League

 * Removals (difs): 12/19/2011, 12/25/2011, 2/1/2013, 7/25/2014
 * Removers:
 * (another sock of, now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism
 * (sock of )
 * Main removal argument: "No proof this was done by JDL", "false flag picture of grafitti committed by Arabs to slander Jews"
 * Current status: Image is reinstated (as of 7/25/2014)
 * Main removal argument: "No proof this was done by JDL", "false flag picture of grafitti committed by Arabs to slander Jews"
 * Current status: Image is reinstated (as of 7/25/2014)

ユダヤ防衛同盟（Jewish Defense League)

 * Removals (difs): 1/22/2011, 1/22/20110, 10/26/2011
 * Removers:
 * (another sock of, now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (another sock of, now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * Main argument for removal: "This was not done by JDL"
 * Current status: Image is present in article (as of 7/25/2014)
 * Main argument for removal: "This was not done by JDL"
 * Current status: Image is present in article (as of 7/25/2014)

カハネ主義 (Kahanism)

 * Removals (difs): 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 7/24/2014
 * Removers:
 * (another sockpuppet of, nof blocked indefinitely for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * Main argument for removal: "Not the work of JDL"
 * Current status: Image is present in article (as of 7/24/2014)
 * Main argument for removal: "Not the work of JDL"
 * Current status: Image is present in article (as of 7/24/2014)

no:Jewish Defense League

 * Removals (difs): 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/23/2011
 * Removers:
 * (another sock of
 * (regular at NO-WP)
 * Main argument for removal: "This was not the work of JDL"
 * Current status: Image not present in article (as of 4/7/2013)

simple:Jewish Defense League

 * Removals (difs): 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011,1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 10/26/2011, 12/31/2011, 1/9/2012, 1/13/2012
 * Removers:
 * (another sock of now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (another sock of now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (ally of )
 * Main reason for removal: "No proof this was done by JDL"
 * Current status: Image not in article (as of 4/7/2013)

simple:Racism

 * Removals (difs): 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011,1/22/2011, 1/22/2011,1/22/2011, 2/7/2011
 * Removers:
 * (another sock of now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (ally of )
 * Main reason for removal: "Arabs are not a race; so pestering them is not racism"
 * Current status: Image not in article (as of 4/7/2013)

es:Jewish Defense League

 * Removals (difs): 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 10/26/2011, 12/25/2011, 7/24/2014
 * Removers:
 * (another sock of, now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (another sock of, now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (2x - once under false flag of "removal of category")
 * Main argument for removal: "No proof this was done by JDL"
 * Current status: Image removed from article (as off 09/12/2015)
 * Current status: Image removed from article (as off 09/12/2015)

sv:Jewish Defense League

 * Removals (difs): 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 10/26/2011, 12/16/2011, 7/25/2014, 7/25/2014, 7/25/2014, 7/25/2014
 * Removers:
 * (another sockpuppet of, now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (Swedish IP; only active on SV-WP from 1/14/2011 through 1/25/2011)
 * (another sockpuppet of, now blocked for sockpuppetry and cross-wiki vandalism)
 * (Swedish IP; only active on SV-WP from 12/13/2011 through 12/18/2011)
 * , 2x
 * (these three IP addresses edit warring on this page on 7/25/2014 with blatant insults appear to be the same user)
 * Main reason for removal: "Not the work of JDL", "anti-Semitic Arab propaganda meant to slander Jews. It is obvious that Muslims control Wikipedia"
 * Current status: Image present in article (as of 7/25/2014)
 * Current status: Image present in article (as of 7/25/2014)

sv: Rasism

 * Removals (difs): 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/22/2011, 1/5/2013, 1/5/2013, 2/2/2013, 7/25/2014, 7/25/2014, 7/25/2014, 7/25/2014


 * Removers:
 * (sock of
 * (Swedish IP address) (2x)
 * (sock of )
 * , 2x
 * (these three IP addresses edit warring on this page on 7/25/2014 with blatant insults appear to be the same user. )
 * Main reason for removal: "Not the work of JDL"
 * Current status: Image present in article (as of 7/25/2014)
 * Current status: Image present in article (as of 7/25/2014)

میر_کاهان (Meir Kahane)

 * Removals (difs) None yet
 * Removers: None yet
 * Main reason for removal: n/a
 * Current status: Image present (4/8/2013)

fr:Statut juridique de l'art urbain en France

 * Removals (difs): None yet
 * Removers: None yet
 * Main reason for removal: n/a
 * Current status: Image present (4/8/2013)

Do Israeli Settlers place racist, anti-Arab/anti-Palestinian graffiti?
For those who still think that the Israeli Settlers would not engage in racist, anti-Arab/anti-Palestinian graffiti:


 * : "The settlers set fire to a car that was parked in the entrance of the village and scribbled anti-Palestinian graffiti. "


 * : "Settlers have sprayed graffiti, including "Death to Arabs," on the shuttered stores."


 * : "The same day, other settlers wrote hostile words against Arabs on walls in the village of Jet, in the south of the Nablus District. The graffiti included statements such as “Death to Arabs” and “Go from our land”. "


 * : "Confused, the settlers began to draw new racist graffiti and each time they called on the Israeli soldiers to stand at the entrance of the military base and check Palestinians in the area."


 * : "The following day, the settlers returned to Oush Grab to mark the buildings with Jewish and racist graffiti and to hang their flags. They told the media their plans were to return in the coming week in order to prepare the site for Jewish residents." (This one also illustrates that the graffiti is part of a strategy for colonial expansion.)


 * : "In the middle of the night on 17th June, six settlers from Kiryat Arba forced entry into three shops in the centre of Hebron, damaging the doors and contents and graffiting anti-Arab slogans on the shop walls. These shops all belong to the Jaber family. An eyewitness, Kaed Da'na descried how "armed settlers came.., forced the doors of the shops and left after two hours of vandalism"." and " In the afternoon of 24th June, tens of settlers from numerous settlements and outposts in the city engaged in marches and demonstrations in the city centre. During the demonstration they forced the residents to leave the streets and threw stones at shops and houses. They chanted and graffitied a number of offensive slogans, such as "death to Arabs". This all happened under the protection of soldiers."

This is all from a news site of the Alternative Information Center: "The AIC is a joint Palestinian-Israeli activist organization engaged in dissemination of information, political advocacy and grassroots activism. [...] We also have a number of Films in DVD copies and the AIC publications which are aimed to critically analyze both the Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as the conflict itself. "

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