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The Hawk of Lebanon

The Hawk of Lebanon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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The article fails WP:SUSTAINED, WP:SIGCOV, and WP:NOTNEWS. The third reference is an opinion commentary piece (WP:OPINION). Sakiv (talk) 00:15, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

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• Keep. Meets WP:GNG. In-depth WP:SIGCOV of the song across international media, including NPR, NBC News, Jerusalem Post, UPI, AlJazeera English. Longhornsg (talk) 03:04, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

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Jewish Social Democratic Labour Party in Palestine (Poale Zion)

Jewish Social Democratic Labour Party in Palestine (Poale Zion) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Note: This formal merge proposal was incorrectly opened on the article's talk page. Following the March 2026 RfC, formal merge discussions are now held at AfD rather than the historical Proposed article mergers process (PAM). I've moved the discussion accordingly per WP:TPO.

Moved from Talk:Jewish Social Democratic Labour Party in Palestine (Poale Zion) § Merge into Poale Zion (Palestine section)

 – LevantineArchivist (talk) 16:30, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Merge into Poale Zion

This article describes the Palestine/Ottoman Palestine branch of Poale Zion, rather than a fully independent political party with its own ideology or long‑term organizational continuity.

In most historical writing, Poale Zion activity in Palestine is presented as part of the broader Poale Zion movement, alongside branches in Russia, Poland, Britain, and elsewhere. The sources used here treat the Palestine organization as a territorial branch rather than as a separate party in its own right.

Much of the content—founding in 1906, ideology, leadership, and activity in Ottoman Palestine—is already covered, or would naturally fit, in the existing Palestine‑related sections of Poale Zion. Keeping a separate article risks unnecessary duplication and fragmentation, contrary to the approach outlined in WP:SUMMARYSTYLE and WP:CFORK.

Per WP:MERGE, a better solution would be to merge the sourced content into a clearly labeled subsection such as "Palestine / Ottoman Palestine" within Poale Zion, while retaining any unique, reliably sourced details rather than removing them. LevantineArchivist (talk) 20:55, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose - on the contrary, we need to populate with more articles on the different PZ organizations, there are still several gaps. Treating PZ as a single movement, when it underwent many changes and splits over time. The Poale Zion article is confusing, mixing organizations, time periods and tendencies. --Soman (talk) 23:25, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

I understand the concern about the main Poale Zion article being confusing, but creating a proliferation of permanent, low-context stubs for every territorial branch doesn't solve that-it just spreads the confusion across more pages. If the main article is messy, the encyclopedic solution is to clean up and structure the main page better, rather than creating premature spin-offs that don't yet independently meet the general notability guidelines. Merging this into a dedicated "Palestine" section follows WP:SUMMARYSTYLE and allows readers to understand its context within the broader movement's history without leaving orphaned, underdeveloped articles floating around. LevantineArchivist (talk) 23:54, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

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• Merge into Poale Zion as a premature SPINOFF. I would have preferred to merge into a successor; however, the party merged into Achdut HaAvoda, with others continuing as Poale Zion Left, so a merger (and especially the redirect element of it) into the parent makes more sense. gidonb (talk) 19:25, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Timeline of the demographics of Palestine (region)

Timeline of the demographics of Palestine (region) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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This is a complete overlap of the more comprehensive Demographic history of Palestine (region). No need for a WP:SPINOFF creating fragmentation. Longhornsg (talk) 11:10, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

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Merge per nom. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 11:14, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Merge - to a timeline section, not to existing sections of target article, as some readers prefer list/ordered display of chronological info! (though target article seems pretty long as is imo) - Asdfjrjjj (talk) 20:04, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Merge non-selectively per nominator's rationale. FaviFake (talk) 17:31, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

• Merge into Demographic history of Palestine (region). Contentwise, i.e. beyond the scope here: no rule that these tables should stop in 1947. History continues. gidonb (talk) 08:41, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

Merge as proposed by asdr. HerrHeulsuse (talk) 14:55, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Palestine–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations

Palestine–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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This article appears to lack a policy basis for a standalone page under WP:GNG. As the lead section notes, official diplomatic relations between these two entities do not exist, and there is no record of official communication between them.

The article has remained a stub for over seven years, as the available material relies heavily on WP:SYNTH to connect different historical events. Statements and interactions involving leaders of factions reflect localized political alignments rather than bilateral relations between the two actual nations. These details are better suited for the articles of those specific organizations or individuals. The remaining content consists of flag design influences and routine wartime press statements, which struggle to meet WP:NOTNEWS.

Since there is no formal bilateral relationship to document, maintaining a separate article may be unjustified under WP:NOPAGE. Shifting this content to a redirect or incorporating any valid historical context into the broader regional foreign relations page would be a cleaner approach. Sakiv (talk) 11:38, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

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Keep, I seriously doubt that the nominator did even a brief WP:BEFORE. Google Scholar shows extensive coverage. For example, I found all these things on just the first page of results Self-determination Denied and ContestedPalestine and Western Sahara |, Variations on Sovereignty: Contestations and Transformations from around the ... - Google Books, No Alternative to Despair? Sahrawis, Palestinians and the International Law of Nationalism by Omar Yousef Shehabi :: SSRN, Refugee Camps in the Palestinian and Sahrawi National Liberation Movements: A Comparative Perspective | Journal of Palestine Studies | University of California Press, Saharan Zion: state evasion and state-making in modern Jewish and Sahrawi history: Journal of Israeli History: Vol 37, No 2, Don't Let History Repeat Itself: What the Western Sahara Conflict Can Learn from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Notes 8 Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review 2025.

Google Books also shows some good stuff, but you need to mine the other garbage that is there. HerrHeulsuse (talk) 09:55, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

• Keep Both countries are very much interconnected in struggles for self-determination, as written in the article. It could be very much expanded though. KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) 12:08, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

  Regardless of any similarities, this just describes two parallel situations, not a documented relationship between the countries themselves. SupermarketCake (talk) 19:53, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

• Comment – To clarify the policy basis of the nomination, the sources provided above are comparative academic analyses of the two distinct conflicts rather than documentation of direct, state-to-state bilateral relations. Sakiv (talk) 12:26, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

*:Keep Both countries are very much part of interconnected struggles for self determination. Look at the article for Abkhazia-South Ossetia relations. They are both unrecognized countries as well. So keep this article as it is. YDMCANDA (talk) 06:37, 27 July 2026 (UTC) Editor is not extended-confirmed. Also see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Abkhazia and South Ossetia do have official governmental interaction. This is not the case here.--Sakiv (talk) 11:21, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I've EC-protected the AfD per WP:CT/PIA.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 21:15, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

• Keep per HerrHeulsuse FuzzyMagma (talk) 12:37, 2 August 2026 (UTC)
• Delete Echoing @Sakiv's point, the lede itself notes that official relations don't exist, which seems to be the key issue here. Other SADR-relations articles document recognition and diplomatic ties; this one doesn't have those events to work with.

I also considered two different merge targets (Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Foreign relations of Palestine), but those are also structured around documented, recognized relationships and neither has a section that could hold this current article's content (before even considering the WP:SYNTH issue).

On the sources mentioned above, I agree with @Sakiv's comment that these are comparative analyses rather than documentation of relations. This article requires evidence of a relationship, not just evidence that authors have compared the two. SupermarketCake (talk) 19:39, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

• Delete "I seriously doubt that" HerrHeulsuse even looked at the titles of the sources they have linked, else they would realise that they are comparing the two territories' indeterminate political status, not their mutual diplomatic relations. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:02, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Subhi Taha

Subhi Taha (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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The article does not meet WP:GNG, relying on primary or self-published sources. The subject lacks the necessary in-depth, independent, secondary media coverage for inclusion. Sakiv (talk) 00:24, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

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• Delete per nomination. Khalitate (talk) 08:33, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Unclear how this topic does not meet GNG given the sourcing:

• "Manufacturing consent: How youth are used to push normalization at diplomatic events". Middle East Monitor. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
• El-Mansi, Zainab Saeed (2024-12-01). "'Siyada Asliya Falastiniya' in the Digital Narratives of "PreOccupation Podcast" and "Sbeih.jpg"". Cairo Studies in English. 2024 (2): 8–27. doi:10.21608/cse.2024.320962.1189. ISSN 0575-1624.
• Ho-Chun Herbert Chang; Shaman, Benjamin; Chen, Yung-chun; Zha, Mingyue; Noh, Sean; Wei, Chiyu; Weener, Tracy; Magee, Maya (2024). "Generative Memesis: AI Mediates Political Memes in the 2024 USA Presidential Election". arXiv:2411.00934 [cs.CY].
• Salam, Erum (2021-05-13). "'It's different this time': Palestinian Americans find support in US progressives". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
• Dana, Karam (2025). To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States. Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/dana18616. ISBN 978-0-231-18616-2.
• Lapowsky, Issie (2018-10-31). "Inside YouTube's Push to Counter Toxic Videos With 'Good' Creators". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
• Weat The Peace. "wearthepeace". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-03-07. Palestinian activist Subhi, who many know him by his handle Sbeih.jpg, has now been suspended off Instagram indefinitely from both his main account and his backup account.
• Khalidi, Raja (2016-08-01). "Twenty-First Century Palestinian Development Studies". Journal of Palestine Studies. 45 (4): 7–15. doi:10.1525/jps.2016.45.4.7. ISSN 0377-919X.
• The New Arab Staff. "Nas Daily slammed for 'both sides' take on Israel-Palestine". The New Arab. Archived from the original on 2025-01-17. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
• "UK: Pro-Palestine students face expulsion for sharing Middle East Eye posts". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2025-11-09.

Also unclear which of the RS above are meant to be primary or self-published sources, some of which are from peer-reviewed academic journals. إيان (talk) 06:58, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Based on my review, these all appear to be brief, single-sentence references to Taha, none of which rise to the level of SIGCOV. Khalitate (talk) 05:10, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Keep, seconding إيان above. I also don't see how these are "primary or self-published sources" for the most part. Taha is also mentioned in a few paragraphs here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210226100620/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/arts/immigrant-blankets-arab.html - I believe this individual satisfies basic GNG Handsome Ellis (talk) 08:26, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

:Keep, some sources brought up do cement notability. This has a paragraph of SIGCOV, the "Cairo studies" journal has SIGCOV. The other journals that I cannot access may also have SIGCOV, so I'll vote keep here. HerrHeulsuse (talk) 17:22, 25 July 2026 (UTC) Note: Struck comment from non-extended-confirmed editor per WP:CT/A-I. — Sakiv (talk) 00:33, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

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Keep per the Cairo Studies in English journal article, the Middle East Monitor article provided by HerrHeulsuse, and the New York Times piece dropped in by Handsome Ellis. These all pass sigcov. Also, sources made by Arab/Islamic heritage people isn't really a problem as they're all independent and they're in reliable sources. Jishara (talk) 02:56, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Delete: Too niche? The sources provided are predominantly made by people of Arab/Islamic heritage or advocacy websites. The Guardian doesn't count as an independent source in such topics as well. He could have an article on Fandom, not Wikipedia. --Esperfulmo (talk) 23:54, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

i'm not sure why sources written by "people of Arab/Islamic heritage" wouldn't count for determining notability. The Guardian is considered "generally reliable". most of the sources listed are academic or newspapers, not advocacy websites. Rainsage (talk) 15:44, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

@Rainsage and HerrHeulsuse: an opinionated source doesn't prove general notability outside of a particular niche group. The Guardian isn't generally reliable. It's filled with erroneous articles. E.g. , debunked: . The Guardian can accordingly be used for light topics, not as proof of notability. Though, I'd completely avoid it when possible. Please, revise WP:GNG: "Independent of the subject". --Esperfulmo (talk) 21:39, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

Muslims are 25% of the world's population-- not exactly a niche group. Your opinion of The Guardian is not the consensus opinion on RSN. Rainsage (talk) 22:38, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

Please, don't force the discussion somewhere else; no "discrimination" tone! Even if they were fewer, this argument is irrelevant. There has to be sensibility about finding a reliable source for a certain context. The Guardian doesn't fulfill this. --Esperfulmo (talk) 09:58, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Delete per nom and Esperfulmo. —Biosketch (talk) 02:04, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Keep there is significant coverage: the Zainab El-Mansi article, NYTimes article, and Karam Dana book that were already mentioned. there is also this academic article and this TheMarker article . brief mentions in this academic book: and in RNS . the subject has had some recognition for his YouTube: he was part of YouTube's Creators for Change program and was nominated in the 2019 Shorty Awards..Rainsage (talk) 15:34, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Palestinian Communist Party (1922)

Palestinian Communist Party (1922) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Note: This formal merge proposal was incorrectly opened on the article's talk page. Following the March 2026 RfC, formal merge discussions are now held at AfD rather than the historical Proposed article mergers process (PAM). I've moved the discussion accordingly per WP:TPO.

Moved from Talk:Palestinian Communist Party (1922) § Merge into Palestine Communist Party

 – FaviFake (talk) 22:12, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Merge into Palestine Communist Party

This article describes a very short‑lived organization (1922–1923) whose sole historical significance is as one of the factions that merged in 1923 to form the Palestine Communist Party.

The content here closely parallels that of Communist Party of Palestine (1922–1923): both pages cover factions emerging from the same split, differing primarily in their attitudes toward Zionism, and both ceased to exist independently once the unified Palestine Communist Party was formed. As such, the material fits naturally into an early “Origins” or “Formation (1921–1923)” section of the main Palestine Communist Party article.

Per WP:MERGE and WP:SUMMARYSTYLE, keeping this as a standalone article results in unnecessary duplication across multiple short pages describing the same brief formative period. A merge would improve clarity while preserving all sourced content. LevantineArchivist (talk) 21:33, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose - the experience tends to be the opposite, that when separate parties are merged into a single article the identity of each groups gets confounded. --Soman (talk) 23:22, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

I generally agree that distinct identities shouldn't be lost in mergers. However, because this was such a brief, limited-effect splinter group, there just isn't enough verifiable material in English or Hebrew to meet the general notability guidelines for a standalone page. Its primary historical significance is the merger itself. If we follow WP:SUMMARYSTYLE and merge it into a clearly defined "1922 Split" or "Origins" subsection of the Palestine Communist Party article, we can fully preserve its distinct historical identity and ideological differences without leaving a permanent stub that can't be expanded. LevantineArchivist (talk) 23:40, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Merge per nominator's rationale. While the topic itself may or may not be notable, this is a major aspect of the history of these organisations and it would be better to cover all of it on a single page instead of spreading it across two pages, per WP:OVERLAP. FaviFake (talk) 22:14, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

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• Oppose this party was still distinct from the others and for the sake of historical posterity should be kept as such. Agnieszka653 (talk) 00:41, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

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• Support - I agree with nom that this is better presented as a facet of the target article (WP:NOPAGE). Samuelshraga (talk) 14:49, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Please note that the two being distinct entities is not a valid argument against merging. The question before us is whether readers would be better served seeing the content on one page.
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• Merge for short text, context and overlap. Noting that the very similar proposal at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Communist Party of Palestine has been supported and implemented, there is even more overlap. Indeed, there is now very little unique content to merge; readers are best served by reducing the duplication related to the relationships between communist parties and the post-merge fate. Klbrain (talk) 16:35, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

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