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Please stop with the POV vandalism. Why is it not POV vandalism to right articles about Arab cities Pro-Arab but not not to make articles about Jewish cities Pro-Jewish? 68.80.133.163 02:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps we could try not to be "pro" anyone? Grace Note 04:02, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 identification of Bethel 2 Page Layout 3 pro settelment website 4 Rav Aviner

[edit] identification of Bethel

I'm not very happy with the identification of Bethel section, but I'm going to cite both sources. One is quite old and may not reflect modern scholarship - but equally it may, and it's clearly the basis for our article on Bethel itself. The other is a far-right Israeli website which may well reflect a political bias. WP policy on reliable sources indicates that extremist organisations should only be taken as a reliable source for information regarding themselves, and gives Hamas as an example of such an organisation. Clearly, Hamas isn't by any means as extremist, in the context of Palestinian politics, as this website appears to be in the context of Israel politics. Nevertheless, I think it might as well be included. Palmiro | Talk 18:20, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

While you're at it, can you not remove the identification of the West Bank with "Judea/Samaria", because after all it's what they call it, and can you try to accept that "took control of" is factual, even if it is what "they say". These are such minor points but they are the likely focus of yet another edit war. By all means, moderate the text so that it describes who calls the area what. Grace Note 05:03, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

"Took control of" is a ridiculous euphemism used only to avoid using the word "occupied", which is far more precise. Palmiro | Talk 15:28, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, on your other point, I did not "remove the identification of the West Bank with Judea and Samaria". "Samaria" appears in the first line, and I left it there. I took out the repetition. I don;t see why every time the West Bank is mentioned we have to give an alternative name. We don't, as far as I know, do this for any other place whose name is a source of controversy. In fact, as far as I can see, we generally only give the alternate names in the article on that topic, if you look for example at references to "Persian Gulf", "Londonderry", "Northern Ireland", "Macedonia" I think you will see that that is normal. So the version I had already gave the alternative name more recognition than we normally do in such cases. Given that this represents, in my view, a balanced approach, I think both your immediate revert and your peremptory remarks here were quite uncalled for. Palmiro | Talk 23:14, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page Layout

The page layout is confusing. For some reason all the edits are located at the bottom of the page. I would love to fix it, but I don't know how and would really appreciate if someone else did. Leppi 10:52, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] pro settelment website

I think those words are extraneous when describing the ancient location of bethel. Anyone can open up the link for themselves and see that it is a pro-settlement website. The fact that it is a pro-settlement website does not seem to a piece of information that is relevant to the article, but something that should be put only in the footnote. Leppi 07:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rav Aviner

How can there be no mention of Rabbi Shlomo Aviner???Eliezerh 21:12, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

You are write, not only that - there was a factual mistake. The editor had written that Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed is the "chief rabbi of the settlement. In fact - according to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel - Rabbi Aviner is the rabbi of Bet-El. Rabbi Melamed was never the rabbi fo Bet-el though at one time, he did appoint himself to the rabbi of Bet El B, the settlement that he and his students founded after leaving Bet El. He is also of course the Rosh Yeshiva of the Bet El Yeshiva, and a founder of its many institutions. Stating the fact that he is not the rabbi of Bet-el does not take away from his other achievements. I hope that whoever edits this page, will not write false statements. Therefore I changed the sentence about Rabbi of Bet el to conform with the truth--213.151.32.56 08:29, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi, as you get to know wikipedia, you'll understand that there is n 'editor' and that all pages can be editied and improved by anyone. If there is something wrong, it is commendable to fix it, no questions are needed. One nice thing about wikipedia is this principle WP:AGF. We do not assume alterior motives from the start and at most accept that whoever inserted that sentence might have been ignorant of other information. I've since made the change. On the town website both are presented see here. --Shuki 09:05, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Shuki, I assume that you did not understand my comment. The editor refers to the person who edited the paragraph, not THE editor. I would assume that he is innocent, if not for the face that there are people who are constantly trying to erase Rabbi Aviner, physically and virtually. In any case the FACTS are that Rabbi Aviner is the only official rabbi of Bet El, although Rabbi Melameds followers have attached this title to his name, there is no legal basis for it at all. --213.151.32.55 16:55, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Referring to an 'editor' is a bit vague since multiple people have edited the article. It's hard to disect edits to a specific editor unless you can actually pinpoint the specific edit of that line. Gicen that, it's not really possible to erase anyone notable from wp, and I suggest you read WP:NPOV. You will discover that even opponents' claims are legitimate info in WP. And FWIW, the facts are whatever you can find a reliable source (WP:RS) for. For now, the main website is a pretty strong testimonial. The Hebrew WP does not even mention a 'chief rabbi' but rather two neighbourhood rabbis, an altogether different status. --Shuki 19:18, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Shuki - that is true, since in hebrew we use the term "the rabbi of" when referring to a rabbi of a small town. The editors of Israel National News however like to refer to their rabbi (Rabbi Melamed) as the chief rabbi of Bet-el. When we started this discussion the original text was that Rabbi M. is the chief rabbi of Beit-el which not only is wrong, it completely erases the legally elected rabbi who happens to be Rabbi Aviner. Even if you want to leave both names it would probably be closer to the truth to erase the term chief rabbis and leave it at the rabbis of Beit el are ...--213.151.32.55 21:35, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Alas, a good compromise. See here: Chief_Rabbi#Israel. I admit that 'chief rabbi' is a simple term that says a lot. In Hebrew, the term 'city rabbi', or 'village rabbi' is used, do you suggest to instead use these titles on other articles? --Shuki 22:30, 10 November 2007 (UTC)