[WikiEN-l] POV on Israel

[Argis Rohat]

This is the entire passage under the heading "Israel" in the article
"Allegations of apartheid"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid

Does any objective person consider it to be NPOV?

*Israel*
 *Main article:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>Allegations
of Israeli apartheid<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_Israeli_apartheid>
*

The phrase "Israeli apartheid" (or the terming of
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>Israel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel>an
"apartheid state") is a controversial phrase used by some critics of
Israel, who compare Israel's treatment of
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>Palestinians<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians>with
the treatment of blacks in apartheid-era South Africa.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>[82]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid#_note-Pilger>The
majority of academics and journalists who have commented on the term
are
reported to deplore its use
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>[83]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid#_note-Adam>on
the grounds that it is historically inaccurate,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>antisemitic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>[84]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid#_note-Pulzer>propaganda,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>[83]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid#_note-Adam>and
a
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>political
epithet<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_epithet>used to justify
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>terrorist attacks
against Israel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism>.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>[85]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid#_note-Phillips>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>
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For one thing the sentence states as fact that the term "Israeli apartheid"
is "*historically inaccurate,
*antisemitic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism>
  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>, propaganda,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>and a
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>political
epithet<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_epithet>used to justify
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>terrorist attacks
against Israel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism>.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid>" something a
wikipedia article should not be asserting. Secondly the paragaraph is not
neutral and strongly weighted with the view that Israeli apartheid is not an
acceptable term.

Several editors have attempted to correct this paragraph's bias but they
have been blocked by a larger number of determined editors pushing a POV
against the term.