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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 31 October 2022

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Change 'the 1967 annex of East Jerusalem.' to 'the 1967 annexation of East Jerusalem.'. Stowgull (talk) 20:59, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

done, with an added word. nableezy - 21:07, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 August 2023

Please change ′In 2022, East Jerusalem had a population of 595,000 inhabitants′ to ′In 2020, East Jerusalem had a population of 595,000 inhabitants′. Although the source document is published in 2022, the data are for 2020. --Smaug the Golden (talk - contributions - logs) 17:15, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks. Zero^talk 02:04, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Who is a settler? What is a settlement?

The article states:

"In 2020, East Jerusalem had a population of 595,000 inhabitants, of which 361,700 (61%) were Palestinian Arabs and 234,000 (39%) Jewish settlers. The international community regards the Israeli settlements illegal under international law."

It is not clear to me as a reader who a "settler" is. The percentages adding up to 100% seem to imply it is simply an ethnic test - A Jew is a settler and an Arab is not a settler.

Is this the intended meaning? Are Israeli Arabs that moved into a Ring settlement not settlers? Likewise, is a Jew even living in the Jewish Quarter a settler?

At minimum, this paragraph needs to be better written. "Settlements" is not even defined here and is confusing given that "settlers" don't seem to map to the people actually living in the East Jerusalem settlements and if "settlers" is determined solely by ethnicity (and not say who lives in settlement blocks) we should be explicit: "In 2020, East Jerusalem had a population of 595,000 inhabitants, of which 361,700 (61%) were Palestinian Arabs and 234,000 (39%) Jews. The latter in this article shall be referred to as settlers".

Usaar33 (talk) 00:02, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Given that there is a link to Israeli settlement right there, and that article says "Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies,[1][2][3][4] are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Jewish identity or ethnicity,[5][6][7] and were built on lands occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967.[8]", it does not appear to lack clarity or imply an "ethnic test" as far as I can tell. If you would like to propose alternative wording that makes it clear that settlers are Israeli citizens living outside of Israel across the green line in the territories under Israel occupation, you can do that and extended confirmed editors will consider it. Sean.hoyland (talk) 04:49, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My recommended language is to simply drop the word "settlers" given the current sourcing. The source for the 234,000 Jewish settlers appears to be the first one, which is stating 234,000 Jews, not Jewish settlers (actually it is 233,900). Likewise the 361,700 Palestinian Arabs is coming also from that source as well, a number which would include Israeli Arabs living inside settlement blocks.

In other words, the author appears to have simply taken the number of Jews and appended the word "settlers" to them hence why it appears to me as the reader to just be defined by ethnicity. Considering only residents of settlement blocks seemingly drops the number -- e.g. there are 3,000 Jews residing in the Old City, which is not considered a "settlement" per the list elsewhere on wikipedia. Usaar33 (talk) 06:58, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It might be worth clarifying this distinction actually, yes, if it can be sourced. Finding a source providing a delineation may be the problem, however. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From yesterday's ICJ opinion:

"By 2023, approximately 465,000 settlers resided in the West Bank, spread across around 300 settlements and outposts, while some 230,000 settlers resided in East Jerusalem (see “Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan”, Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN doc. A/HRC/55/72 (1 February 2024), para. 9). The residents of settlements and “outposts” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (“settlers”) are predominantly Israelis, as well as non-Israeli Jews who qualify for Israeli nationality under Israeli legislation." Selfstudier (talk) 08:07, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That'll do. Side note, but does that mean that there are some non-Israeli Jews that have rejected citizenship? Iskandar323 (talk) 08:11, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could be but I don't think that need concern us overmuch. Selfstudier (talk) 08:12, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Better source and requires an update. 64.189.18.53 (talk) 05:53, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Left guide (talk) 05:56, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]