[WikiEN-l] Re: Re: Bot for generating articles on cities in Israel

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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:57:23 -0700 (PDT), Steve Vertigum <utilitymuffinresearch2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>--- Delirium <delirium at rufus.d2g.com> wrote:
>> Steve Vertigum wrote:
>> >And what is wrong with having an anti-apartheid
>> bias?
>> > 
>> Though I'm generally no fan of Israel's, I'd argue
>> that many 
>> "anti-Israel biases" are not "anti-apartheid
>> biases", but rather 
>> "anti-Jewish biases." 
>
>I see your point. But is'nt it anti-Israel to even
>mention "apartheid" in the context of Israel? So its
>ok to be anti-apartheid, but its anti-semitic to say
>Israel is an apartheid state?

Whether or not it is, is irrelevant. It is POV to say "Israel is an 
apartheid state". It is NPOV (and demonstrably true) to say "Some 
consider Israel to be an apartheid state".

We're writing an NPOV encyclopedia, remember.

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