Talk:Eilat

message: Gilgamesh is determined to remove the Hebrew language from its normal rational historical moorings under cover of "scholarly" arguments, as he believes that the Jews do not have "exclusive" rights to their own language! That is perhaps why he persists in creating havoc with Hebrew names whenever he finds them, regardless of the naming conventions that are accepted and used by the whole world such as with "Eilat".
See for example my debates with him at:
*Talk:Modern Hebrew language#Do Gilgamesh and Mustafa "own"_ Hebrew on Wikipedia?
*Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism/Archive 5#A serious challenge from User Gilgamesh on Hebrew language
*Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hebrew languages#Hebrew languages and Canaanite languages
When he will stop his useless and confusing tamperings with Hebrew is anyone's guess. IZAK 08:55, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: See Talk:Negev for my response. - Gilgamesh 10:51, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: (Another response.)  IZAK, I do not appreciate "Gilgamesh is at it again."  It is quite pejorative, implying that I am somehow being vandalous.  You are perfectly free to disagree with my approach to edits, but please stick to politely critiquing me and respect me as an editor in my fields, just as I respect your vast knowledge of the Torah. - Gilgamesh 11:00, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: I really didn't realize Eilat was that famous.  I suppose I can understand putting an article name under a common name, such as Beersheva or Moscow, which are not the native names.  I had gotten the impression that Eilat was more obscure because I keep seeing "Eilat", "Elat" and "Elath" as variant spellings on search engines.  I also was always taught that Eilat was obscure compared to its much more famous neighbor Aqaba. - Gilgamesh 11:00, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Gilgamesh is at it again

message: The article titled `Elyôn also needs to be changed as its `E is not in normal use and would only confuse most readers. IZAK 07:34, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh please, not again, Gilgamesh. Can't you PLEASE leave well enough alone? Eilat. Givatayim. That's what they're called in the press, and in tourist guides, and in signs all over Israel. Why complicate life with obscure apostrophes and stresses? --Woggly 10:41, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yikes, I can't believe it - Gilgamesh just renamed the Givatayim article, after this discussion of the Negev and Eilat was already ongoing :( Gilgamesh, why do you insist on modifying spellings of modern Israeli places, when all the Israelis disagree with the way you write them and believe that your changes are harming the usefulness of the articles? In particular, I still don't understand the stress thing, which has no place in an English language name of a place. Nyh 10:49, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: I didn't move the pages after all our discussion.  Nyh made a good point, and I wouldn't contest such a revert now.  And as this seems to be a more complex sign of difference between Ancient and Modern forms of the languages (before, people had always told me they were the same language with negligible grammatical differences), it would seem wise not to make such moves in the future unless I knew it wouldn't be widely rejected.  Instead of burning me in effigy, simply quietly correct my mistakes and explain the error while you do it.  These are easy mistakes to make, as these are irregular stress differences between Biblical and Israeli Hebrew.  I will not tolerate allegations of "butchery" in this academic setting. - Gilgamesh 13:25, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's another tip, Gilgamesh: don't let yourself get antagonised by IZAK's comments. You should have read enough of them by now to realise that this is how he expresses himself in arguments, it doesn't look like he'll be changing his style soon. When I disagree with you, I tell you that I disagree with you. When IZAK disagrees with you, he tells you that you are an antisemite promoting your hateful agenda. Just try to ignore it. But please don't make assumptions about the pronounciation of modern Hebrew based on whatever you know about biblical Hebrew. These assumptions are evidently often wrong. The wikipedia notation for the name of a modern city should reflect the conventions used by people who live, work, visit and do business in that city, not the conventions of those who know the city only through ancient and historical texts. In all seriousness now: maybe you should try to learn some modern Hebrew? Take a class, listen to tapes, meet with some Israelis. It could only expand your linguistic abilities. --Woggly 09:10, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I have already agreed to readdress Modern Hebrew before I try to make more logic leaps.  In honesty, I may decide to give up Modern Hebrew edits if I keep running into etymological irregularities like these.  And as for IZAK...when IZAK accuses me of grandiose crimes and grievous sins, I know he's just blowing smoke, but it's also like he's contempting my right to exist in his universe.  It may seem hard to understand, but...  I can easily deal with mere immaturity and empty insults — I shrug them off and do what I can to embrace friendship and peace.  But contempt — particularly when it exists where I must continually witness it again and again — is something that feels very sharp, very cold, very toxic.  It pulls and erases every feeling around it like a black hole, from which nothing remains but complete bitterness, utter nihilism, and even more contempt than before, feeding the black hole's size and expanding its event horizon.  I mean, have you ever had a massive near-gangrenous infection that made you feel cold even on a warm day, and was old healed by having the dead flesh amputated (e.g. severe toe infection)?  It's rather like that.  I'm allergic to contempt, because contempt is a lot more real and more serious than mere unkind words.  I would really prefer IZAK not to be contemptuous of me at all, so that we could collaborate professionally without mudslinging, the way you and I and others collaborate.  That would be absolutely fantastic, absolutely grand. - Gilgamesh 11:33, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  `Elyôn 

message: Does anyone have any more information on that ship? Reply on my talk page --V. Joe 23:30, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Battleship Eilat

message: There are international fights there, for several years now, specially from western Europe, but also from the US and sometimes even from Far East.
My English is not good enough for the English Wikipedia, so I'd be greatfull for whoever updates the article. 89.138.102.146 18:09, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The airport is no longer domestic 

message: I wish there was more about the history of this city.  Anybody who knows more, please share. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RFoglio (talk • contribs)  
right. there is almost nothing about the history between ancient times and 1947/48, as if the town hadn't existed in these centuries! --Severino (talk) 17:18, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It really hadn't existed in these centuries.Great article improvement btw. Looks great. One of Israel's most awesome cities. Cheers, Amoruso (talk) 01:35, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

text: it is a part of Aqaba area of Jordan and it was abandoned exept a police station of Desert force.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.220.118.251 (talk) 23:32, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  It was a police post on the Palestinian side of the Palestine-Transjordan border. Zerotalk 02:12, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: A few of us are going to be working on the article to improve it. I'll mainly be doing some cosmetic and behind the scenes work, formatting, manual of style fixes, etc., but there will be others working on content. What content work I'll be doing today is to remove the promotional-tone of the Tourism section, as each item is written as a mini-advertisement, and needs to be neutralized, keeping in mind the list of words to avoid, and the peacock terms that should be avoided in articles. I've also done some work with re-ordering the sections, moving the history up, moving the huge panoramic image down to the very bottom, and I removed the gallery and placed the images into the article. Now, I have a request: There is a news report that was in the external links, that I've added to the article, which talks about the history of Eilat with regards to Egypt's claim of it. The article is found here, and since I'm not familiar with the history/politics, I request someone who is familiar with it add this information (not copying from the news URL, of course) into the end of the history section, and at the end of the sentences to reference the information, immediately following the period, put  (exactly as seen here). This will add the citation to the passage, as the source is already inline. Ariel♥Gold 15:36, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In most Israeli city articles, the emblem of the city appears under the photo in the infobox. Does anyone know how to put it there?--Gilabrand 06:38, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked into this, and in most of the cities, a high quality landscape photo is shown, to illustrate the city. The crest doesn't sufficiently illustrate the city, so that's why I moved it. See Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheba, Dimona, etc. Images are used to illustrate the topic, and I don't think that the city's crest does that for someone coming to the page who is unfamiliar with the city. In the vast majority of all city articles, worldwide, an image of the city's landscape is shown for this reason. For the guideline on layout of sections, refer to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cities/Guideline. Ariel♥Gold 06:47, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't say INSTEAD of the photo, but under it. Personally, I don't think it adds much either, but I see that it is done on many Israel city pages.--Gilabrand 06:54, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, alright, you mean inside the infobox? Apologies that I did not understand that's what you meant. This particular infobox only has parameters for one image, I have yet to see two images used in this particular infobox. The option would be to change to a more generic infobox, if you think that would be better? Ariel♥Gold 07:03, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Yes, I noticed that. Generally the "See also" section is for related articles that provide relevant information not included in the article, and not previously wiki-linked. So those that are redundant could be removed from the section. As for infoboxes, it appears that this infobox is used in all but two of the cities in the template box at the bottom, so it would appear to be the current standard for Israel's South District. I kind of like the clean look of it, but the other infobox would be the one found in the Arad, Israel article. I'm not sure this article has enough information to really fill that infobox out (demographics, mostly). As mentioned, mostly I'm just involved in the cosmetic aspects, and not so much the content, and I'll be going through the article to put all the references into standardized templates at some point soon, but I don't have any preference for one thing or the other, except for just trying to bring the article's format up to the guidelines for cities, and to neutralize the tone (which you've done with the tourism section, well done on that Gil!) So feel free to make any changes you like, and if you need formatting help let me know :) Ariel♥Gold 07:23, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Quite true. It isn't as though the list is so long it is distracting. Perhaps some of the items could be removed, like the airports, but I don't consider it to be a big issue, personally. Glad to see so many folks coming in to help with the article! I think we were all united by dear Shir-El Too, so thanks to her for putting the focus on this interesting place, and for her dedication to improving the article! Ariel♥Gold 09:09, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Ariel: Thanks for the kind words. Why remove the links to the airports of all things?, they are the crucial keys to the over one million tourists who come to Eilat each year, and growing! IZAK 09:33, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahh, well as mentioned, I'm unfamiliar with the city, so at first glance, the airports were covered in the article, and linked, so they just seemed superfluous to link in the "See also" section. As I said, I don't think it is a huge deal, so I've no real opinion on it ;) Ariel♥Gold 09:43, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Could someone please move the coordinates back into the infobox? They are unreadable under the donation drive blurb, and I've seen it done this way elsewhere. Thank you, Shir-El too 11:17, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the donation box will be gone soon, it is a temporary thing. The function of the coordinate system has them at the upper right corner, and users can hide the donation box, so it shouldn't interfere. (If it does interfere, that's an issue with the donation box coding itself, and not with the article or the coordinates template). Additionally, putting them into the infobox would still make them show up at the top, since that's the function of the system. See :Template:Infobox Israel municipality and look at the top, that's the way the infobox (and all of the city/location infoboxes) have them formatted. If it is a big deal, it could be taken out completely until the donation box is gone, but that removes the ability to click on the coords and locate them with the various tools. See New York, Paris, Cairo, London, Tokyo, etc., they all use this format, as it is the standard geo-location template. I know the donation box is a pain right now, but it's a short term thing :o) Ariel♥Gold 11:34, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

text: This is true. Eilat was an ancient city and it's a modern city. When the city was founded in modern times by Israel, there was nothing but sand AFAIK. There was an Egyptian police station of Um Rash Rash I believe. Amoruso (talk) 16:08, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure whether the history of ancient Elath belongs to this article, as they two are unrelated except by name (the location is close, but not precise). For example, I have not including the history of Tel Arad in Arad, Israel. I think that modern history needs to be expanded because it's indeed in a very poor state at the moment. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 16:38, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's almost as if accounts on this site are being very disingenuous as to the history of Eilat and how it came to now somehow, be inside Israel? Apeholder (talk) 16:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

text: No, the police station was of Jordan (Desert force).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.220.118.251 (talk) 23:30, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Article improvement

message: It does not look like the same article! I'm trying to find a sufficiently novel way to say Thank You all, because I have been and will continue to be writing Thank You a lot! I'm working on Timna (which I've always written as "Timmna" btw) [facts, just the facts], and more weather info, because unfortunately Eilat's "dry" climate is in the past; for the last 20+ years humidity has been steadily rising and it has been +/-50% relative and more for over 2 years. Rav Todot - Many Thanks, Shir-El too 11:11, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Could someone please move the coordinates back into the infobox? They are unreadable under the donation drive blurb, and I've seen it done this way elsewhere. Thank you, Shir-El too 11:17, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the donation box will be gone soon, it is a temporary thing. The function of the coordinate system has them at the upper right corner, and users can hide the donation box, so it shouldn't interfere. (If it does interfere, that's an issue with the donation box coding itself, and not with the article or the coordinates template). Additionally, putting them into the infobox would still make them show up at the top, since that's the function of the system. See :Template:Infobox Israel municipality and look at the top, that's the way the infobox (and all of the city/location infoboxes) have them formatted. If it is a big deal, it could be taken out completely until the donation box is gone, but that removes the ability to click on the coords and locate them with the various tools. See New York, Paris, Cairo, London, Tokyo, etc., they all use this format, as it is the standard geo-location template. I know the donation box is a pain right now, but it's a short term thing :o) Ariel♥Gold 11:34, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WOW! 

message: This article now looks great! I think it is very close in terms of content to GA standard. What I think is holding it back is the citations and references of the article. I really think that once these are added the article should be submitted as a GA candidate. Just to let you know, the Ashdod article was in a very similar state and within a matter of days was a GA article! --Flymeoutofhere (talk) 18:59, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Great work

message: Hi all, it seems to me that this page is a bit poor: there is more than a thousand year of history of this city missing. Maybe it was razed in the past and then rebuilt with the foundation of Israel? Or maybe someone more acknowledged can help.   Famargar 11:28PM, 28 June 2008
:This is true. Eilat was an ancient city and it's a modern city. When the city was founded in modern times by Israel, there was nothing but sand AFAIK. There was an Egyptian police station of Um Rash Rash I believe. Amoruso (talk) 16:08, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure whether the history of ancient Elath belongs to this article, as they two are unrelated except by name (the location is close, but not precise). For example, I have not including the history of Tel Arad in Arad, Israel. I think that modern history needs to be expanded because it's indeed in a very poor state at the moment. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 16:38, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's almost as if accounts on this site are being very disingenuous as to the history of Eilat and how it came to now somehow, be inside Israel? Apeholder (talk) 16:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

text: No, the police station was of Jordan (Desert force).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.220.118.251 (talk) 23:30, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Something missing?

message: Evidently some industrious soul at Uppsala University is determined to rewrite this article's lede to identify Eilat as an occupied city.  He or she should know that this change will be reverted as many times as it is made, because there is no evidence to support it; nor, indeed, has this editor or any of his legion of sockpuppets even attempted to adduce any -- chiefly because their isn't any to adduce: Eilat is not recognized as occupied in any credible international forum.
That said, a little over two years ago there was a brief kerfuffle in the Egyptian parliament over the status of Eilat.  Opposition members attempted to take the government to task over Eilat, producing a 1906 document stating, in the name of the Ottoman Sultan, that Umm Rashrash belonged to Egypt.  The government attempted to outflank their opponents by adopting the position that Umm Rashrash actually belonged to the Palestinians (and so was not their problem).  Committees were struck; experts consulted.  Much noise and heat followed, and finally the government sawed the baby in half and adopted the compromise position that Eilat belonged formally to Egypt, but that administrative control belonged properly to the Palestinians.  In the sequel, voices in certain quarters in Israel were raised to demand that Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit be denied entry into Israel until Egypt formally renounced its claim to Eilat.  It was, on all sides, as dreary a dog-and-pony show as might be imagined, one which every side used either to excite its base or deflect criticism, and was suffused throughout with more than a faint air of the ludicrous.  Meanwhile, holidaymakers in Eilat seemed blissfully unaware of the tussles over sovereignty that were catapulting them back and forth between opposite sides of an imagined frontier.
None of it had any real consequence, but if somebody wants to research the controversy and add a brief mention of it in the body of the article, I see no reason for objection -- provided the addition is neutral and well-sourced.  --Rrburke(talk) 18:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sweden invades Eilat 

message: I've done some major layout changes, reduced the number of pictures (this article has always been top-heavy) and generally tried to streamline it. Someone also left an archeological reference to a discovery made (no date) between Eilat and Aqaba with a Biblical reference, but without a source. If that person comes back with the missing information I'll be happy to edit the English. Cheers! Shir-El too 18:33, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latest edits... 

message: According to a source usually regarded as authoritative (), Biblical Elath is identified with Aqaba, not with modern Eilat.  It seems to me that the "Israelite Period" section is mistaken and doesn't belong.  I propose to replace it by a sentence something like "Eilat is named after the Biblical city of Elath, identified with nearby Aqaba."  Any objections?  Zerotalk 12:56, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't object in principle, but there's one problem: the article Aqaba has absolutely no information on the Israelite period. Since this article isn't a closed garden, I think the information should be moved to the article Aqaba before removing it from here. —Ynhockey (Talk) 23:48, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:   I found a very good source with several pages of history of this region.  Mostly it is referred to Aqaba, since Aqaba is  considered to be the continuation of the ancient city.  So I will work on it there first.  Zerotalk 00:30, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

text:  I made a :File:AqabaComposite.png but it is hard to find space.  Maybe we don't need photos of the airport and the IMAX theater?  Zerotalk 16:09, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biblical Elath 

message: I wish if could read how many areas have been reforested with trees or palm trees, and how many places with vegetation or wildlife someone can to visite.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonia Murillo Perales (talk • contribs) 14:42, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ecology 

message: This section contains some unsubstantiated, controversial content about a mass grave found in 2008. It also has some issues with grammar and flow. I'm no expert in this area, I'd be glad if others could help fix this.
:This isn't a request for comment, it's a request for contribution. That's not what this process is for. -Oreo Priest talk 18:36, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "After the establishment of the State of Israel" section needs improvement 

message: Does the Sinai mountain range extend into Eilat? I am not speaking of the political "Sinai" mountain range but the physical, geographical mountain range. Looking at the map it seems decidedly so, except I can find no reference concerning this anywhere.
CWatchman (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 21:13, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Does the Sinai mountain range extend into Eilat?

message: See User_talk:Tosilormlfcae#Misleading.3F for discussion of recent edits. User has removed the discussion from their talk page, so I will sum it up here.  The user felt that there was no need for Arabic because "Eilat Is irasel's city" and called it "potentially misleading".
Israel's official languages are Hebrew and Arabic.  All cities have names in both languages and all articles on Wikipedia mention both.  Tel Aviv is clearly an Israeli city, but has its Arabic spelling as well. EvergreenFir (talk) 15:34, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: recent removal of Arabic 

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message: * Katy Spychakov (born 1999), Israeli windsurfer  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:E010:1100:E86E:DF6C:407C:D694 (talk) 07:37, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
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message: Below is Ruppell's description of the area, from . You can follow his route starting at the top left of the map shown above, where the word "inscriptions" is written (that is the map he refers to in Zach's correspondence). 
Onceinawhile (talk) 14:35, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Ruppell's description

message: Ruppell's map shows "Gebel Gatal Mahamar", and his text above "Gebel Mahemar". My guess is that this is now called "Mount Solomon", presumably so named by the Negev Naming Committee. I have googled "Mahamar" and "Mahemar" but no luck. Any idea on where we could source this would be appreciated.  Onceinawhile (talk) 17:58, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Separately, I assume that Umm RashRash was at the point where the two roads meet, between Gebel Mahemar and the marshland. A source which confirms this would be valuable for this article. Onceinawhile (talk) 18:00, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Um Rashrash is shown correctly in the sketch map above. I based it on a 1:25K map from 1943. There was a road along the flat top of the Gulf continuing ENE in the direction of Suez, and another road running down the east coast of the gulf. The police post was on the latter road about 200m south of the junction. Earlier maps (like two military maps I have from 1915) show it a few hundred meters north, on the north side of the ENE road, but still close to the northern-most shore of the Gulf. I wonder if it moved. Zerotalk 05:35, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , interesting thank you. I presume those maps don’t give a name for the mountain peak immediately west of Umm Rashrash? I didn’t realize there were SoP / military maps of the area – I just looked again and couldn’t find them in the batch on commons. Onceinawhile (talk) 06:32, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I didn't find a map with a named peak in that location. I also wonder about Rüppell's scale. I'll send you some maps later today. Zerotalk 06:39, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Gebel Gatal Mahamar

message: The statement "one committee member, Yeshayahu Press, justified the co-opting of the name by stating "when the real Eilat finally is in our hands, our settlement will expand and reach over to there." is prejudicial in nature and should be removed because:
* It was a statement by a single person.
* It was never policy by Israel, nor was any attempt made to conquer the area.
* Jordan was in a state of war against Israel, and had made a major effort to destroy Israel in the preceding year's 1948 War of Independence.
In other cities' histories, a statement of this little significance would not be included. In fact, likely almost no one would be aware of it. It's inclusion is likely the result of rather obsessive anti-Israel activists hunting down obscure negative material and promoting it.
: thanks for your suggestion. Quotations are usually made by a single person, and the author and context is clear from the sentence. Onceinawhile (talk) 08:01, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing prejudicial statement 

message: --2604:2000:E010:1100:68A0:D758:F52B:2D8B (talk) 01:01, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please add 

message: Subzero temperatures can be observed every few years. It is deadly for tropical plants such as coconut trees.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.54.94.57 (talk) 04:30, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  climate 

message: Eilat ( ,  ;  ; ), is Israel's southernmost city...
To:
Eilat ( ,  ;  ; ) is Israel's southernmost city...
Remove the extra comma. INDT (talk) 07:36, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. — LauritzT (talk) 12:07, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 September 2021 

message: Change the current picture to File:Eilat-collage-2022.jpg DirtyPotatoEditor (talk) 00:43, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: I'm not sure wish picture you refer to. Also, depending on the prominence of the picture you'd like changed, it may require consensus. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 02:42, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 April 2022 

message: Please remove the last sentence in the modern city part of the history section reading "It was formally granted to Israel in the 1949 Armistice Agreements.".  The armistice agreements established armistice lines, it didn't grant any territory.  Per the Rhodes armistice agreement between Egypt and israel, "The Armistice Demarcation Line is not to be construed in any sense as a political or territorial boundary, and is delineated without prejudice to rights, claims and positions of either Party to the Armistice as regards ultimate "settlement of the Palestine question"." 71.178.3.227 (talk) 12:00, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. MadGuy7023 (talk) 12:18, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 4 August 2022 

message: So, the article as it is now, makes an unsourced claim that the '49 AA "granted" Eilat to israel.  To be blunt, this seems to be obviously false.  This statement is unsourced.  All evidence I've seen is that even the idea of this would violate the '49AA.  As I understand it, the '49AA is an umbrella term for individual agreements between the various parties.  As I understand it, none of them grant anyone any territory.  They are Armistice agreements.  They determine ceasefire lines.  They are not treaties.  I believe this particular one falls under the agreement between Egypt and israel.  This would be the Rhodes Egypt-israel Armistice agreement.  The text of this agreement clearly says it doesn't establish any political or territorial boundaries.  Would anybody like to make any counter-arguments?71.178.3.227 (talk) 23:03, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed it. Unsourced since 2018. Onus is on those wishing to retain challenged material to provide citations. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 01:02, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consensus on if 1949 Armistice Agreement established Armistice lines influence on Eilat 

message: Why not reinstate it? 89.138.140.81 (talk) 21:35, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neighborhoods section is gone? 

message: Just a simple edit for a Citation to be added for the citation needed tag with regards to mining operations in Timna Valley being the oldest on earth in the Early history section of the article.
Citation link: https://www.thetorah.com/article/edoms-copper-mines-in-timna-their-significance-in-the-10th-century
Direct reference: "Edom's Copper Mines in Timna: Their Significance in the 10th Century - TheTorah.com". www.thetorah.com. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
Thanks. Avast rumali (talk) 14:20, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey, I can't tell at a glance if thetorah.com is a reliable source. Have the bylined authors published this material in an academic journal or similar? If so, it would be better to cite that... Suriname0 (talk) 20:29, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Marking request as answered pending response from the original requester. I am marking this request as addressed; to re-open it, remove the "|A" in the  template above. SpencerT•C 02:06, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request in Early History 

message: 1. Population</br>The population data currently used is from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics' (CBS) latest annual report in 2021. But the CBS also publishes monthly estimate reports with the last one being published in Feb. 2023, where Eilat's population was estimated to be 53,216.
https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/subjects/Pages/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94.aspx
2. Mayor</br>The article tells that the mayor of Eilat is Meir Yitzhak Halevi, who has served as mayor until June 2021. The current mayor is Eli Lankri, who has served since then (as acting mayor until getting elected in the August 2021 special election).
MasterFlisater (talk) 15:10, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outdated Article 

message: can you bring an updated climate chart? דולב חולב (talk) 06:51, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update  

message: Operation Uvda reached an abandoned former British police station made up of 5 adobe huts with a flag pole in front of one (the commander's, most certainly). So the common description goes. So no village.
However, Zochrot has 50 inhabitants for Umm el-Rashrash in 1948 (see here).
So what was there? If the 50 refers to the Mandate police squad as of Jan-May 48, it's clear. If it's Bedouin counted at the last census (none in 48), still not a village there. Even Aqaba was rather tiny at the time, so maybe it was just an old gathering point for Hajj pilgrims (google for popular etymology legend about old woman - 'umm' - treating their feet by strewing - 'rash' - herbs powder on them), or a spot fishermen bothered naming. Or maybe there had once been a village there, unlikely as it is for the area, who knows. That's the point: who knows? Arminden (talk) 17:49, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It was a police post and the population would have included the families of the policemen. Since some of the police were local bedouin, it wouldn't take many families to get up to 50. I don't know of a very good source for population. Zerotalk 04:49, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. So no village, not in 48 once the British withdrew. Eilat started from scratch. All the area's history goes to Ailana/'Ayla/Aqabat 'Ayla/Aqaba + a few tells and the island, with some lesser findings at Eilat (Neolithic and Umayyad). Remains to clarify why some speak of Umm Rashrash as an Egyptian police station (see Donald Whitcomb here). Thabit Abu-Rass (1992) (here) only mentions the Turks stationing some soldiers there during the British-Ottoman border conflict of 1906, but his paper isn't concerned with the following years up to British occupation, 1906-1917, leaving open the possibility not of an Egyptian, but a Turkish garrison of some kind. Taba was Egyptian/British, Aqaba Ottoman, and the demarcation line agreed upon in 1906 started immediately west of Umm Rashrash. Sorry, no time now to dig any deeper re. Umm Rashrash in 1906-1917. Arminden (talk) 11:32, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  What was Umm (el-)Rashrash? 

message: I'm pretty sure this town used to be in Egypt? Isn't that funny, there's absolutely no mention of it in this article? Hmmmm Apeholder (talk) 16:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It was never in Egypt. Zerotalk 01:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

text: Unless you go back to Ibrahim Pasha, Mamluk Egypt or the Pharaohs - no. There was a discussion about it in the Egyptian parliament a few years ago, and they had to let go of it. Too many resurrections needed, even for a place like the Holy Land. RIP - Khedives, Baybars, Ramses & Co. Arminden (talk) 08:05, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Used to be in Egypt?