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why i joined wikipedia
Woman in Ramallah costume. Photographed by Khalil Raad (1920).
- free and unfettered access to information about all subjects, popular or not, is a key principle underlying my involvement in wikipedia. I used to edit anonymously, but have found that "membership has its privileges," particularly in the face of increasing calls for the deletion of not insignificant articles on controversial subjects.
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some sounds of my city
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birds
roosters
church bells (the time, every hour and one beat for a quarter hour, two beats for a half hour, and three beats for three quarters of an hour)
cars and people yelling about who's car is parked behind theirs
the call to prayer, five times a day
children playing, screaming, laughing, crying
the carpenter's shops (there are still carpenters in Nazareth
just like in Yousef's days)
the neighbours chatting over the balconies or visitors calling for someone to come down
arabic music
hebrew - the voices of the jewish tourists from tel aviv getting their "authentic arab experience"
TV news broadcasts "live from the neighbours' living rooms!"
birds
roosters
church bells
Girls in Bethlehem costume pre-1918, Bonfils Portrait
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The Barnstar of Good Humor For your edit summary here Avi (talk) 15:09, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar in recognition of your dignified conduct in the face of very unpleasant provocation, and the continued high quality of your contributions in spite of these difficulties, notably the very high quality of the article Sumud which you created in just a few hours NSH001 (talk) 19:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
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The Resilient Barnstar There should be a Hemingway barnstar for grace under pressure, but this will have to do.G-Dett (talk) 13:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Sumud You are a singular editor, and I often wish that the virtue all ethnographers now claim as of peculiar force among your people, sumud, were recognized as a distinctive contribution and testimony to what is, under the civilized veneer, a violent world. Nishidani (talk) 14:38, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence For your astonishing effort in providing wikipedia with high quality material on Palestine-related subjects such as the good articles of Tawfiq Canaan and Palestinian costumes and your dozen DYKs, not to mention your work on depopulated Palestinian villages. Wallah Mabruk! –-Al Ameer son (talk) 23:10, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
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The Arabian Barnstar Thank you for your hard work on Arab, not to mention Palestine, related articles! Funkynusayri (talk) 04:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar For grace, diplomacy, intelligence, and magnanimity! G-Dett (talk) 18:03, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar This is for all the work you did from July to spetember on articles relating to palestine. You deserve this, and your work is appreciated. Cheers! SJP:Happy Verterans Day! 23:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
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Mediation Barnstar I award this Barnstar for helpful mediation (requiring a significant investment of time and patience) of a difficult dispute on the Legal status of Hawaii page, and especially for calling me on my own screwups. Mahalo nui loa!--Laualoha 23:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence Thank you for turning a brief article about Nadia Abu El Haj's tenure battle into the detailed biography she deserves. — Malik Shabazz (Talk | contribs) 19:43, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar Kindness and for understanding every angle of a story Irqirq 20:40, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence is hereby awarded in recognition of extraordinary scrutiny, precision, and community service. Awarded by Addhoc 16:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
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The Mighty Defender of the Wiki Barnstar just for that what includes your poems too greg park avenue 20:50, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar for all your much-needed contributions, Regards, Huldra 15:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
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The Resilient Barnstar For standing up for yourself against people who make Wikipedia unbearable at times. MetsFan76 22:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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The Resilient Barnstar For your learning from your mistake and for going aobut it in a civil Manner, Happy Editing! Aeon 19:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
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The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence (Potato Salad of Congeniality cluster, 1st. class) In Panis, Veritas.
Awarded to TIAMUT for for being Civil and Assuming Good Faith in a frustrating situation :)--Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 20:10, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
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| Israeli Apartheid: A Chronology |
- 1948 Declaration of Israel's establishment as a "Jewish state".[1]
- 1948 - 1966 Military administrative government over Arab areas in Israel.[2]
- 1950: Israel's Population Registry Act becomes law.[3][4]
- 1960: Israel Land Administration established.[5][4]
- 1961: Hendrik Verwoerd, prime minister of South Africa, claims "Israel, like South Africa, is an apartheid state."
- 1967: Israel captures the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the Six Day War
- 1971: Yakov Malik, Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations, accuses Israel of a "racist policy of apartheid against Palestinians"
- 1975 Idi Amin Dada, President of Uganda, accused Israel of apartheid in the United Nations General Assembly.
- 1990 West Bank Closure system begins to be constructed and is later institutionalized by Oslo Agreements.[2]
- 1994 Israeli Gaza Strip barrier is constructed.
- 1999 Ehud Barak becomes Prime Minister of Israel campaigning under the slogan of "Us here. Them there," [6] a concept-turned policy known in Israel as Hafrada (Separation)
- 2002 Construction of Israeli West Bank barrier, called an "apartheid wall" or "Hafrada Wall" by critics, and "anti-terror wall" by supporters, begins.
- October 14, 2003 Ahmad Hajihosseini, Observer for the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), says "the form of apartheid Israel practise[s] against Palestinians fulfill[s] all elements of the crime as defined under the 1976 apartheid Convention."[7]
- 2003 Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law passed.[8]
- 2006 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter releases his book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid.
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"You are sad," the Knight said in an anxious tone: "let me sing you a song to comfort you.... The name of the song is called 'Haddocks' Eyes.'"
"Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?" Alice said, trying to feel interested.
"No, you don't understand," the Knight said, looking a little vexed. "That's what the name is called. The name really is 'The Aged Aged Man.'"
"Then I ought to have said, 'That's what the song is called'?" Alice corrected herself.
"No, you oughtn't: that's another thing. The song is called 'Ways and Means': but that's only what it's called, you know!"
"Well, what is the song, then?" said Alice, who was by this time completely bewildered.
"I was coming to that," the Knight said. "The song really is 'A sitting on a Gate': and the tune's my own invention."
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass.
--G-Dett 22:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Allegations_of_Israeli_apartheid"
And on that note, you should check this out: [1]
part two of my message to Abu ali (talk · contribs) and to all of you at Wikipedia who have felt the wrath of those seeking to censor the truth, no matter how much evidence you put in front of them, no matter how hard you try
I don't know if you're Palestinian (you here). But I know that as a fellow human being, you share my pain at the state of the world. And I share yours. That's what moves me to write. My love for all people which begins with love for myself, then my neighbours, my people, and expands outward from there, everywhere. And if that's wrong, if passion is forbidden, and free-thought is dead, then let me die with them. For then, there is nothing in the world left to live for. Tiamut 20:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC) (Ahhh, the melodrama of our "Orient". Obviously passion and free-thought continue to live, and death is hopefully still way way off in the future. No need to worry, not planning anything crazy. Just thought I would clarify since once I read about this Palestinian guy at a University in Montreal that said he "was going to be famous one day", and the Zionist he was arguing with started shouting "So, you want to join Hamas?" assuming that he meant he wanted to become a suicide bomber. He was charged with making death threats, though the case was eventually dismissed after one of the witnesses admitted to writing both witness statements that were used against him and which were in fact identical. I know it sounds "conspiratorial", but it is actually true: [2][3][4] Tiamut 21:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC))
To all the truth-seekers and freedom-lovers out there: Keep up the good fight. Tiamut 04:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Things deleted from articles that I wish we could keep (if only I had a WP:RS)
Kudna: The area was populated by the Shadfan family, who were forced to flee during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. All that remains of the Shadfan family is an old water well (that is said to have a special ability to cause women who drink from it to give birth to boys, rather than girls), a few ancient ruins (including a rock-made device for crushing olives), the remains of a fence, and their family cemetery.
