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05/08/2008: "Israeli battles rage on Wikipedia"

The conflict in the Middle East has spread to the internet with Palestinian and pro-Israeli groups using Wikipedia, the electronic encyclopedia, to push their message.

The pro-Israel group, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (Camera) has called for volunteers to edit entries that display notable bias on the site.

A Palestinian aggregator, Electronic Intifada, has exposed the initiative, which it claims was to be a secretive attempt to subvert the spirit of the site.

"Wikipedia, the hugely popular online encyclopedia site, can be edited by anyone," an email purportedly circulated by Camera said.

[ A large number of Jews are dedicated to making sure all information available to us fits with their preferred version of events. ]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1934857/Israeli-battles-rage-on-Wikipedia.html