Talk:Altalena Affair

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[edit] NPOV dispute

One sided, pro-Irgun account. Needs to be rewritten to take out POV. Sonofzion 01:26, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

You have to make specific suggestions for change that are actionable within the policies for the tag to be used correctly. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 21:19, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Use more than one source? Writing an article with only book by Begin as a source is biased. Also see paragraph about ultimatum. Sonofzion 21:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

there are more sources, including Ben Gurion's diary. in the article itself it's all mentioned. Simply the book was also mentioned in the end. I'm removing the NPOV tag since you didn't seem to move forward with specific WP:RS to contradict something. It's actually pretty balanced as one can see in the aftermath section with mapai opinions stated first. Amoruso 07:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

There is clearly a violation of NPOV here. Don't know enough about the affair to fix it, but there are claims here that presuppose being inside Menachem Begin's mind and being factually certain of his benign intentions. Clearly a NPOV violation. And no point in just fixing the wording there to read "Menachem Begin claims that he sailed to Tel Aviv on the Altalena which still contained part of the weapons shipment only to..." more overall revamping is necessary, bringing in other perspectives on the affair. Will someone please help?

Sorry, if you don't know enough about the affair to fix your allegation, don't make your allegation. Counterboint 03:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

The Socialists led by Ben-Gurion and the Nationalists led by Begin where in competition for control of Israel. By sinking the ship, Ben-Gurion assured his success at the risk of losing to the Arabs. We cannot know what Begin would have done if he gained the upper hand , but I do not recall that Irgun ever killed Hagana members. Saltysailor (talk) 14:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)