Wikipedia editors: Coverage of Israel âproblematicâ
âIn demonstrating what he defined as problems, Eli Hacohen, the Instituteâs director, showed how Hamas is not defined as a terrorist organization in the first paragraph describing the organization on the English site of the reader-edited online encyclopedia, which is the worldâs fourth most popular Web site.
Hacohen also documented his attempts to define Iranâs president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as a Holocaust-denier. Each time he included his remarks on Wikipedia, users and editors removed the reference - despite Ahmadinejadâs frequent and public Holocaust denials.
On a related entry, Hacohen also noted that Wikipedia defines David Irving - a known Holocaust denier - as a historian, although his credentials are recognized by no one but himself. Furthermore, the Wikipedia entry on Januaryâs Operation Cast Lead in Gaza describes it as an âintense bombardmentâ by Israel on a civilian population. â