Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Palestinian stone-throwing

Palestinian stone-throwing

 * Editors involved in this dispute
 * 1) – filing party


 * Articles affected by this dispute
 * 1) Palestinian_stone-throwing


 * Other attempts at resolving this dispute that you have attempted
 * Talk:Palestinian_stone-throwing
 * diff

Issues to be mediated

 * Primary issues (added by the filing party)
 * 1) This material On 29 October 2015, a video filmed by Yazan Ikhlayel (17) of the Aida Refugee Camp captured an address made from an Israeli military vehicle during a raid into the camp. The speech warned residents that, if they did not desist from stone throwing they would be gassed to death - children, youths and the aged. Referring apparently to the arrest of Qassan Abu Aker, the speaker added that one of the arrested would be killed as the residents looked on if the throwing did not stop. The officer was later suspended from duty.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Gas Video There was brief discussion here. However, attempts to place the material were consistently reverted. The material relates to a fact regarding threats against Palestinian stone throwers, which is the topic of the article, and which is well documented


 * Megan Hanna, soldiers tell Palestinians: ‘We will gas you until you die' Ma'an News Agency 30 October, 2015
 * Sheren Khalel and Abed al Qaisi, 'WATCH: Israeli forces threaten Palestinian refugees over loudspeaker,' Middle East Eye 30 October 2015
 * 'Border cop suspended for threatening to ‘gas’ Palestinians,' [[The Times of Israel], 30 October 2015
 * Megan O'Toole, ‘Israeli officer: 'We will gas you until you die',’ Al Jazeera,31 October 2015.
 * Reuters, 'Palestinian Teen Killed at Checkpoint — 8-Month-Old Dies After Tear Gas Fired,' The Forward 31 October 2015.
 * Gideon Levy, 'Israelis Who Are Lost to Democracy,' Haaretz 31 October 2015.

The reverts were on various grounds including WP:RECENTISM and WP:RS exceptional claims require exceptional sources, and WP:NOCONSENSUS, However others have argued that this material is related to the article, and is reliably sourced. There appear to be two editors supporting its retention, and three arguing for its removal. I am in favour of keeping it.


 * Additional issues (added by other parties)
 * Additional issue 1
 * Additional issue 2

Parties' agreement to mediation

 * 1) Agree. Johnmcintyre1959 (talk) 20:54, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Agree. Will be happy to participate. Please let me know what my next steps are. Debresser (talk) 12:26, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) Idem.Nishidani (talk) 12:57, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) Not interested. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 20:13, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Chairperson's note: Unless someone changes their acceptance it does appear that this case will be accepted for mediation, but the accept/reject period will remain open until either all parties have replied or until the 1-week accept/reject period ends. If it is accepted, as appears likely, then I will then make a request for a committee member to volunteer to mediate the case. Members then have 2 weeks to respond. If no member accepts the case, then it will be retroactively rejected for lack of a mediator. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 21:43, 11 December 2015 (UTC) (Chairperson)
 *  Accept.  This case is provisionally accepted for mediation. Please read the chairperson's note just above to see what happens next. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 22:09, 16 December 2015 (UTC) (Chairperson)
 * Reject, retroactively. No member willing to take this case. I let this one run much longer than usual since it was the holiday period, but it was just as well since the filing party was subsequently indefinitely blocked. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 18:04, 26 January 2016 (UTC) (Chairperson)