No Mention of Deir Yassin? ==

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

Perhaps this massacre should be mentioned in the history section, as it is 1) a particularly dramatic episode in Israeli history, and 2) the event that triggered Menachem Begin's frightening quote "As at Deir Yassin, so everywhere". It would also help lend credibility to this article, which, as another user pointed out, is basically a pro-Israeli sales-pitch that glazes over descriptions of injustices in favour of terminology that distances itself from real events. Not that the Palestinians haven't committed their fair share of atrocities, either, but healthy representations of both groups' histories would be nice.

Not to bate charges of anti-semitism (or make conjectural accusations), but there is a problem with pages like this on Wikipedia, too (including Americans), as the Jewish population is inevitably better-represented than groups that don't per capita possess so many of the characteristic prescribed by Wikipedia as being typical of its user base, including higher income levels, literacy, access to technology, etc. These conditions, unfortunately, are condusive to incidents of systemic bias - how many Palestinians are frequent Wikipedians? Moreover, many Jews are highly politicized (though diversely), and very culturally involved, which suggests it's possible that systemically biased political and cultural views could be adversely effecting Wikipedia's objectivity. 

Over and out.

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