User talk:Rachamim

Vandalism of White Phosphorus article
Please avoid removing large sections of sourced and verifiable text, doing so is vandalism. Btw, no one denies that Israelis used WP in Gaza, but the controversy surrounds how they used it (as a weapon or not). --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 20:35, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Also, please stop changing the date in Gindibu and Arab. http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa94 is a source that shows 853 BC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Falastine fee Qalby (talk • contribs) 20:39, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

The only "proof" that WP was used in Gaza is an alleged admission by a man named Yaigal Palmor, who is said, by the article(s) to be an Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesperson. He is anything buut. He is alow ranking lackey on the Maghreb Desk in the FM and is not a spokesperson for anything although there is a certain journalist who calls him when trying to get a quote. Palmor is not even fluent in English and claims that the reporter simply asked, in Engolish, If WP has EVER been used by Israel. His answer? "Yes, phosphorus was used but it is legal." Taken out of context by sdaid reporter, it LOOKS to be an admission.

HOWEVER, an objective researcher would know that the same day this alleged admission was made, the PM's Spokesperson, Mark Regev pointedly discussed this supposed admission and said it is false. He then reiterated that Israel DID not use the substance in Gaza.

You are correct in saying WP is legal. it certainly is. My qualm is hyperbole in place of factual explnations. WP would not be used in Gaza because the terrain is not supportive of its uses as a masking agent, marker or illuminating agent. Were the terrain to be different, i am sure it would have been used. However, if you hope to discuss such issues, you might want to research them on both sides of the issue, not just grabbing anything that supports your desired outcome.

As for changing dates, I used the widely accepted date and not the Arab-Centric date.

I will continue making corrections as I see fit (i.e. whenever i see INCORRECT data). sorry that it does not fit your view of the world but the truth has a habit of doing that to some people.

By the way, "vandalism" is an ad hominem attack against me. If I were the type to vandalise or deface anything, I would not have done so under my own name.


 * It is so silly, Gindbu is known to have participated in the Battle of Qarqar which took place in 853 BC. It doesn't matter if this view is Arab-centric or not, what matters is that it's verifiable and accurate. I never said that WP is legal, and I really don't buy your argument as there is too much evidence that Israelis used WP and erasing that evidence is vandalism. Use the talk page of the article to make your case.  --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 19:43, 12 February 2009 (UTC)