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\"\"<\/a>Wikipedia\u2019s Quiet Revolution: How a Coordinated Group of Editors Reshaped the Israeli-Palestinian Narrative<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Debbie Weiss<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Anti-Israel demonstrators rally amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, outside the White House in Washington, US, Nov. 4, 2023. Photo: REUTERS\/Elizabeth Frantz<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In an era dominated by search engines and instant information, Wikipedia holds an outsized influence<\/a>. For millions of users, it is often the first \u2014 and sometimes the only \u2014 source of information on global events and historical contexts. Yet, as investigative journalist Ashley Rindsberg revealed in an explosive report, a quiet yet coordinated operation has taken root among the online encyclopedia\u2019s editors, monumentally reshaping the way the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is perceived.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a conversation with The Algemeiner<\/i> this week, Rindsberg asserted that the campaign has \u201cactually changed what appears to be the face of not just the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but of the entire justification for Israel\u2019s right to exist and legitimacy, which is the real aim.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a detailed expos\u00e9<\/a> published by the American media company Pirate Wires in October, Rindsberg outlined a coalition of approximately 40 Wikipedia editors that has systematically altered thousands of articles to tilt public opinion against Israel. These individuals, acting in concert, have executed around 850,000 edits on nearly 10,000 articles on the conflict, Rindsberg said, subtly shifting the ideological foundation of content related to Israel, the Palestinians, and even broader Middle Eastern geopolitics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ideological Subversion at Scale<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen with the Palestine-Israel articles topic area on Wikipedia is a wholesale shift in the ideological underpinning of those articles,\u201d Rindsberg said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report cited one prominent example:<\/span><\/p>\n

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These efforts are remarkably successful. Type \u201cZionism\u201d into Wikipedia\u2019s search box and, aside from the main article on Zionism (and a disambiguation page), the auto-fill returns: \u201cZionism as settler colonialism,\u201d \u201cZionism in the Age of the Dictators\u201d (a book by a pro-Palestinian Trotskyite), \u201cZionism from the Standpoint of its Victims,\u201d and \u201cRacism in Israel.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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