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<DIV><SPAN class=316174715-10122003>Danny,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=316174715-10122003>Thank you for your comments about Leumi's
/method of contributing/. I understand that you disagree with him on key points,
yet I applaud your determination to let him /describe/ those
points.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=316174715-10122003>I believe that it is the Neutrality
Policy of the Wikipedia to describe each major point of view (i.e., "POV") on
controversial issues. Clearly, a topics] such as the origin, living
conditions and destiny of Palestine refugees is a Controversial Issue. Several
authors publishing in English have expressed views on this subject.
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<DIV><SPAN class=316174715-10122003>It doesn't matter whether I /myself/ endorse
the views of the ADL, Arafat, Begin, Chomsky, Daniel Pipes, Finkelstein,
Hilberg, Janner, Peters, Steinberg, or anyone else. If they or their views are
popular, we had better mention their views in the article. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=316174715-10122003>That doesn't mean we have to endorse
anyone's view: the Wikipedia is not going to say: </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=316174715-10122003>* they were forced from their homes;
or,<BR>* they left their homes voluntarily</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=316174715-10122003>Rather it will say, it MUST say, that Writer
X says they were forced from their homes and that Writer Y says they lef their
homes voluntarily. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=316174715-10122003>Our job is not to settle controversies, it's
to describe them. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=316174715-10122003>Ed Poor</SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>