I haven't read the entire thread, but it's really getting pretty out of control already. I think Steve's objections are specious and typical of him.
Steve Vertigum wrote:
This isnt good enough--you cant simply add statistics from Hamas and stipulate these with a buried link to an article which explains that "these stats may not be NPOV"
Is Hamas in the practice of publishing population statistics?
If so, then it would be appropriate to add their statistics with exactly that same sort of disclaimer. This would actually make for a very interesting and useful set of articles, and a more general article could cover the different claims of different organizations.
--Jimbo