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DYK for Schick models of Jerusalem

On 8 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Schick models of Jerusalem, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 150-year-old wooden models of the Temple Mount (example pictured) are important to archaeology, as their creator was the last European ever permitted to survey its foundations? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Schick models of Jerusalem. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Schick models of Jerusalem), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:01, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 29,328 views (1,222.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of November 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

CongratulationsDavidbena (talk) 05:07, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Gate identified

Thought you might be interested in the resolution of an old mystery. So this: [1] (near the bottom), helped resolve it. It's a remnant of the original Khan Younis. Poliocretes (talk) 11:26, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

@Poliocretes: well done – great news. Do you think it is the same gate as shown in the main picture at ar:قلعة برقوق? It looks thinner. Also pinging Zero0000. This calls for a new English article on the topic. Onceinawhile (talk) 21:47, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

More pictures: [2] [3] The second one is a perfect match to this article in Levant (which is incidentally not cited at Khan Yunis but probably should be). There it is described as the Khan giving the name "Khan Yunis", after one of the high officials of Sultan Barquq. Zero^talk 03:52, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you today for your share of Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, "about the sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, a Phoenician King of Sidon from the 6th century BC. It was unearthed in 1855 in an ancient necropolis near Sidon, Lebanon. The sarcophagus is notable for its long Phoenician inscriptions, which provide insights into the king's identity, lineage, and achievements, including his involvement in the conquest of Egypt. The sarcophagus is of Egyptian manufacture. Its discovery sparked enthusiasm for archaeological research in the Levant."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:23, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Opinion

I wanted to ask your opinion about something, viz. a biblical verse (in Deuteronomy 17:15) touching on a nation's leadership, and which, needless to say, Jews for thousands of years have always held as representing an eternal truth:

"You may indeed set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother" (End Quote).

Could it be that a leader of a nation (whether King, President, Prime-Minister) that has the same religion and mindset of those of his blood relations whom he governs (although there may be other subjects abiding in that kingdom having a separate language and identity, such as the Grecians who resided in Roman-era Palestine in the 1st century CE) is more likely to be kindly disposed and forthcoming to his own people, and by whom he has been elected? In other words, a foreign ruler is apt to be less sympathetic towards his subjects. The question is a general one and should only be answered in general terms. For the sake of argument, let's say that there are some people who consider themselves as progressives and who think of the biblical law as antiquated and "outdated," or are atheists, should their progressive views cancel out the view of others who wish to abide by these old and time-proven biblical laws?Davidbena (talk) 02:10, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Translating to modern terms, the question becomes “what is wrong with military occupation”.

Rulers normally rule via an army made up of their people (per your quote: "One from among your brothers"). Even for the most autocratic rulers, that provides a check-and-balance, as the army is recruited from the people over whom it rules.

When the army is ruling over a people it considers alien, and sometimes dehumanized, that check and balance no longer exists. Over time the dehumanization increases, the relationship becomes unnatural, and the barrier to immoral and depraved behavior is removed.

That is why military occupations are intended to be temporary. The Israeli military occupation is by far the longest in the world, and appears to be by far the most dehumanizing.

And, per the "One from among your brothers", for those who consider the Bible to be the word of God, we can also agree that long-term military occupation is unholy.

PS – the Bible does not condone victim blaming, so a response suggesting that the Israeli government is not responsible for almost five decades of occupation will waste time.

Onceinawhile (talk) 07:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

As you know, I am prevented from responding on Wikipedia to anything related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Davidbena (talk) 22:51, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Modern Jewish historiography

On 25 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Modern Jewish historiography, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that dei Rossi's work on modern Jewish historiography was banned by Venetian rabbis, but he obtained imprimatur from a Catholic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jewish historiography. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Modern Jewish historiography), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your deletion of my comments was in bad faith. AFAIK, I'm supposed to reach out to the author to discuss articles they have authored

Article 20 league of Nations

International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1931-1939)

Vol. 15, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 1936), pp. 684-699 (16 pages)

Published By: Oxford University Press

and

https://twailr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Noura-Erakat-John-Reynolds-TWAILR-Dialogues-International-Law-and-the-Question-of-Palestine.pdf

John: Much of the conceptual debates around states of exception have grappled with the relationship between norm and exception, and have theorised the state of exception as a type of liminal space that is both within and beyond the realm of law. In colonial contexts though, the law has typically been front and centre in the construction of exceptional circumstances and the execution of exceptional governance measures. Where does the exception that you are describing here fall in this sense?

Noura (Erakat): Far from establishing a legal void, the sovereign exception designated Palestine as a sui generis mandate and justified the creation of new law where no other law could apply. It was on this basis that the Permanent Mandate Commission rejected Palestinian legal arguments that the designation of Palestine as a Jewish settlement violated multiple articles of the League of Nations Charter. The Palestinian argument included most notably Article 20, which prohibited a Mandatory Power (Britain) from undertaking an obligation (establishing a Jewish national home in Palestine) in contravention of the terms of the Covenant (ushering a native population to independence). Though the Permanent Mandate Commission was vexed, it ultimately concluded that the Mandatory Power was obliged to accomplish both goals, and that the more urgent task was facilitating Jewish settlement. Later, when the UN Special Committee on Palestine considered a solution to the Question of Palestine, it recognized that the Mandate for Palestine violated the principle of self-determination but that this was consistent even with the League of Nations Covenant which did not command the ‘recognition of certain communities of the Turkish empire as independent nations’ but only permitted such recognition, and the League chose not to recognize Palestinians as a nation in order to fulfill the terms of the Balfour Declaration. This was a legal analysis, not merely a political dictate.

Biolitblue (talk) 22:07, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

@Biolitblue: I moved your comments to Talk:Mandate for Palestine. That page has 206 separate authors - this is a collaborative project.

I suggest you also move your new comment above to the same place. I will not address it here. Onceinawhile (talk) 22:14, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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