User talk:Goalie1998

Malik Shabbaz - NPOV ???[edit] You quote that the changes made to the article were serious NPOV violations. However, a neutral observer may find many of your objections are in fact not neutral.

"Denying the existence of the Palestinian people is a serious NPOV violation"

You stated that using the term Palestinian arab as opposed to Palestinian people is denying the existence of the Palestinian people. Wikipedia's goal is to provide facts without prejudice or personal views, in as accurate a way as possible. Palestinian arab is a far more accurate term than Palestinian people. Palestinian people could refer to Jewish Palestinians. By inferring that anyone who uses the term Palestinian arab is denying the Palestinian people you are in fact bringing your emotions into the discussion. It has nothing to do with denial of a people. It simply distinguishes Palestinian arabs from Palestinian Jews.

'"Denying the Occupation is another serous NPOV violation"'

You stated "You changed the location of the proposed state from "land that was occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967" to "lands captured by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War". Denying the Occupation is another serious NPOV violation".'

By changing the term from occupied to captured I feel this lends the article more neutrality. It is a fact that during the 1967 War Israel captured the territory in question. Again, I feel Malik Shabbaz is bringing his emotions into the discussion and possibly showing lack of neutrality. Stating that Israel captured this territory does not deny or confirm the occupation. It simply provides a more accurate and neutral term.

Malik Shabbaz, please allow other voices to be heard and let the community decide together. Simply deleting all changes and reverting back to your version every time, without discussion or debate suffocates the essence of Wikipedia.

Thank you

Gazmie

Gazmie (talk) 14:15, 30 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I am not sure why you are replying to MShabazz on my talk page, but for whatever reason please keep article discussions on the article talkpage itself. There is currently a discussion on the Talk Page. Goalie1998 (talk) 14:28, 30 June 2015 (UTC)