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Israel Israel portal This page is within the scope of WikiProject Israel, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Israel on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Project Israel To Do: edit history watch purge Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Assess : Rate the Unassessed Israel-related articles and Unknown-importance Israel-related articles. Cleanup : Cleanup listing for this project is available. See also the list by category and the tool's wiki page. Collaborate : Participate in WikiProject Israel Palestine Collaboration. Copyedit : Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2005 Deletion sorting : Participate in discussions at WikiProject Deletion sorting/Israel. Expand : Ayala Procaccia, Diamond industry in Israel, Edna Arbel, Levin Kipnis, Rami Kleinstein, Sephardic Haredim, Zman Tel Aviv, Nachum Heiman, Public Defence (Israel), Prisoner of Zion, Trial of Benjamin Netanyahu, Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran, Pre-Modern Aliyah See also Articles needing translation from Hebrew Wikipedia. Geographical coordinates : Add geographic coordinates to Israel articles missing geocoordinate data. Infobox : Add infoboxes to Israel articles needing infoboxes. Maintain : See Israel articles needing attention. Map : See discussion at Module:Location map/data/Israel. Add maps to articles in Wikipedia requested maps in Israel. NPOV : Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries Photo : Add pictures to articles in Wikipedia requested photographs in Israel. Stubs : See Israel stubs. Update : Basic Law proposal: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People Other : Translate to Hebrew : David Bar-Hayim, Guy Bavli, and Guy Oseary. Judaism Judaism portal This page is within the scope of WikiProject Judaism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Judaism-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Jewish history Judaism portal This page is within the scope of WikiProject Jewish history, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Jewish history on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Countries Countries portal This page is within the scope of WikiProject Countries, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of countries on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. WikiProject Countries to-do list: edit history watch purge Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Check out the article alerts; see if anything catches your fancy. Cleanup : clean-up listing for Countries Stubs : de-stub articles in Category:Stubs by region. Other : add {{WPCountries}} to talk pages of related articles, and assess. Asia Asia portal This page is within the scope of WikiProject Asia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Asia on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Western Asia Asia portal This page is within the scope of the WikiProject Western Asia, which collaborates on articles related to Western Asia. To participate, you can edit this article or visit the project page for more details. Portals   This page is a portal. Portals are within the scope of WikiProject Portals, a collaborative effort to improve portals on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. ??? This portal has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale.  ???  This portal has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. See also: List of Portals This portal's subpages should be checked. Subpages that are no longer needed should be reported here. Please take care when editing, especially if using automated editing software. Learn how to update the maintenance information here. (July 2018)

Automated portal content suggestions (purge) The following suggestions have been automatically generated as content that might be suitable for the portal, subject to review by a human editor. Please do not mindlessly copy items to the portal page without first checking that the suggestions are appropriate. Recent Did you know? items * ... that numerous historians and academics have argued that Israel has used the Holocaust to justify its treatment of Palestinians? * ... that numerous historians and academics have argued that Israel has '''[[instrumentalization of the Holocaust|used the Holocaust]]''' to justify its treatment of Palestinians? * ... that the Gym Rat in Gaza posts videos of bodybuilding among the rubble of the Israel–Hamas war? * ... that the '''[[Mohammed Hatem|Gym Rat in Gaza]]''' posts videos of bodybuilding among the rubble of the Israel–Hamas war? * ... that the goal of "peace" may mean different things to Israelis and Palestinians? * ... that the '''[[Peace discourse in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict|goal of "peace"]]''' may mean different things to Israelis and Palestinians? * ... that Roy Soemirat led the evacuation of Indonesian citizens from Iran during the Iran–Israel war? * ... that '''[[Roy Soemirat]]''' led the evacuation of Indonesian citizens from Iran during the [[Iran–Israel war]]? * ... that basketball player Barry Leibowitz, despite being drafted by the New York Knicks and playing in the ABA, chose to play in Israel instead because of its sea, hummus, and tahini? * ... that basketball player '''[[Barry Leibowitz]]''', despite being drafted by the [[New York Knicks]] and playing in the [[American Basketball Association|ABA]], chose to play in Israel instead because of its sea, [[hummus]], and [[tahini]]? * ... that Fadel al-Utol considers preserving Gaza's archaeological sites to be a peaceful act of resistance against Israel? * ... that '''[[Fadel al-Utol]]''' considers preserving Gaza's archaeological sites to be a peaceful act of resistance against Israel? Recent In the news items 17 October 2025 – Gaza war Israel fires a tank shell at a vehicle carrying a displaced family in Gaza City, killing eleven Palestinians, including seven children and three women. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News) :[[Israel]] fires a tank shell at a vehicle carrying a displaced family in [[Gaza City]], killing eleven [[Palestinians]], including seven children and three women. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/18/israel-kills-11-palestinian-family-members-in-gazas-deadliest-truce-breach (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv1nk7dy4yo (BBC News)] 16 October 2025 – Gaza war At least three Palestinians are killed in Gaza by Israeli troops, bringing the total to at least 23 people killed by Israel since the start of the ceasefire. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) :At least three [[Palestinians]] are killed in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] by [[IDF|Israeli troops]], bringing the total to at least 23 people killed by [[Israel]] since the start of the ceasefire. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-trade-blame-over-truce-deal-violations-rafah-border-reopening-2025-10-16/ (Reuters)] [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/16/live-gaza-ceasefire-fears-as-israel-demands-return-of-all-captives-bodies (Al Jazeera)] Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war :[[Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war]] An 11-year-old boy is fatally shot by Israeli soldiers near Hebron. (The Times of Israel) (BBC News) :An 11-year-old boy is fatally shot by Israeli soldiers near [[Hebron]]. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/palestinian-reports-11-year-old-boy-shot-dead-by-idf-troops-near-hebron/ (''The Times of Israel'')] [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8g9p0ppe0o (BBC News)] 16 October 2025 – Red Sea crisis Israeli attacks on Yemen :[[Israeli attacks on Yemen (May 2025–present)|Israeli attacks on Yemen]] Houthi sources confirm the death of general and chief of staff Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari from an Israeli airstrike in August. (Reuters) :[[Houthis|Houthi]] sources confirm the death of general and chief of staff [[Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari]] from an [[Israeli Air Force|Israeli]] airstrike in August. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemens-houthis-say-chief-staff-muhammad-al-ghamari-was-killed-2025-10-16/ (Reuters)] Featured, valued, and quality images (on Commons) Open a link, then click the "Do it" button. If there are results, you can click the "Thumbnails" button to preview all the images. Featured pictures for Israel with recent edits Valued images for Israel with recent edits Quality images for Israel with recent edits Articles Featured articles for Category:Israel promoted in 2025

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