Accusation of plagiarism   Ynhockey you have made a rather serious accusation  plagiarism  against me   However plagiarism occurs when someone elses material is misrepresented as one owns work How can my edits be plagiarism since I clearly referenced the source material  Haaretz    I think you have confused plagiarism and copyright From plagiarism  Plagiarism is not copyright infringement While both terms may apply to a particular act they are different transgressions Copyright infringement is a violation of the rights of a copyright holder when material protected by copyright is used without consent On the other hand plagiarism is concerned with the unearned increment to the plagiarizing authors reputation that is achieved through false claims of authorship Contents  You wil find that using the  sentences in question fall under fair use  Regardless plagiarism is a serious and in this case untrue accusation to make and I consider your behaviour a violation of WPCIVIL