I'm very concerned that this article is not following the NPOV policy of Wikipedia. 

 The facts as to the cause of the conflict are in dispute and I believe that the standard that applies here is Information Suppression, which states "In Wikipedia, one of the most common forms of violating the NPOV policy is to selectively cite some information that supports one view whilst deleting or trivializing other information that opposes it. In this manner, one can completely misrepresent or conceal the full range of views on a subject whilst still complying with Wikipedia:Verifiability." I believe that this is taking place in this article specifically in respect to the cause of the conflict. If a reliable source disputes these reports and has provided evidence that refutes the claim it should be linked to but we should assume that the claim is based on factual evidence until it has been demonstrated to be false. I've decided to focus on this issue as a part of the Neutrality Project because I feel it is important enough to warrant attention. 

 ====The Issues==== 

 First, on July 12 Michael Hirsch writing for MSNBC wrote "After the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbullah in Lebanon on Wednesday, which the hard-line group linked to a similar kidnapping by Hamas the week before, the Mideast seemed to be closer to all-out war."  Joseph Pannossian writing for AP states "The militant group Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes Wednesday across the border in southern Lebanon..." . Both of these articles were written on July 12th. Both would later change their reports.  

 Second, according to Reuters the Israeli army "confirmed that two Israeli soldiers had been captured on the Lebanese frontier" . This reinforces the previous two reports and adds an additional issue that should be discussed. If the Israeli army did in fact confirm the report that the capture of the soldiers took place inside of Lebanon than the report by AP, and the other wire services which I will mention below is reinforced. Reuters actually reports that the Israeli's confirmed the report that the capture took place inside of Lebanon and not in Israel. In addition to AP and Reuters the Agence France Presse and the Deutsche Presse Agentur wire services confirm in their reports that the Israeli soldiers were captured in Lebanon. That these wire services would have compiled their reports independent of each other re-inforces the validity of all four reports. That Reuters sought comment from and received confirmation of their story from the Israeli army does much to validate the original reports. 

  has written "This is the original AP report to which we devoted so much discussion many weeks ago, and there is no reason to do it again." So if you do not wish to discuss the AP report we can discuss the Reuters, Agence France Presse or the Deutsche Presse Agentur reports. Yet my objection remains that this information is being suppressed in violation of the NPOV policy by "selectively citing some information that supports one view whilst deleting or trivializing other information that opposes it." He also attempts to make the point out that a consensus has been reached and has even suggested that we "should make a list at the top of the Talk page listing the basic points that the consensus holds here." It is not a consensus that we are attempting to reach as to fact. We are not discussing opinion or the point of views but actual important information that would help people understand this conflict and how those here with a POV (regardless if they make up a consensus) are suppressing that information so as to advance their POV. We all have point of views and therefore it is even more important that information that deals with something as important as the cause of the conflict is not suppressed.