Talk:Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)

Should this be considered a 'Fifth-Arab Israeli War'?

WP:ECR. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:02, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
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Israel is at war with Hamas and Hezbollah, two Arab psuedo-state organizations, as well as in conflict with the Houthi's who are also Arab and various smaller groups. Prior to the recent mergers the conflict with Hezbollah and these other Arab militias was as of late was considered 'spill-over' of the Israel-Hamas war, a sub war of that. So if they're considered part of the same war, would that not be an Arab-Israeli war? Not proposing changing the title, none of the Arab-Israeli Wars outside the first one are titled that(Suez Crisis, Six Day War, Yom Kippur War), but It's usually included as an alternate title. This fits the pattern established by that, doesn't have to be the whole Arab world, two entities is more than enough(1956 was just Israel and Egypt in fact) and we already considered it part of the same broader war (Current Hezbollah conflict was listed as spillover of the Hamas war on that page prior to it's merger here) 2604:3D09:1F7F:8B00:DD60:853E:E305:8A11 (talk) 05:20, 26 October 2024 (UTC) (I will also note more Israeli's have died in this current war than in the Second or Third A-I wars, and we're rapidly approaching the numbers of the 4th one. More Arabs have died in this one then in any of the other 4. Scale isn't an issue here) 2604:3D09:1F7F:8B00:DD60:853E:E305:8A11 (talk) 05:23, 26 October 2024 (UTC) No source calls it that so no. 78.182.138.236 (talk) 06:20, 26 October 2024 (UTC) Iran isn't Arabic Sgnpkd (talk) 17:55, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Another article already exists

WP:ECR. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:03, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
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This article discusses the same scope as 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, which i oppose its name since it’s not very widely used. Should we suggest a merge of both articles and rename to middle east crisis? 78.182.138.236 (talk) 06:21, 26 October 2024 (UTC) I don't have much to add but I do agree with your proposal: the article you linked is indeed redundant. AsyarSaronen (talk) 14:00, 26 October 2024 (UTC) @78.182.138.236 They are not the same scope. The 2024 Iran–Israel conflict covers the direct confrontation between Iran and Israel (the missile strikes), which is a part of what is covered in this article. I do agree that the Iran section of this article could use a rewrite, though. VoicefulBread66 (talk) 02:17, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Differences between the Gaza Strip War and the broader picture across the Middle East

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I'm a bit confused about the characterization of the events ocurring in the Middle East, and whether they should be characterized as simply a crisis or several fronts of the war surrounding the Gaza Strip. You see, I don't view the conflicts between the State of Israel and Hamas, and that of the S.o.I. and Hezbollah to be completely separate nor a spillover, but rather two fronts of the same war. I personally prefer those two fronts to be characterized as the Gaza Strip War (2023-Present), as although they have different actors fighting in different countries and territories, at the core is the social and political state of the Gaza Strip, as all paramilitary and/or terrorist groups fighting with Israel have all shared conditions explicitly related to the Gaza Strip as prerequisites for a ceasefire, kind of like in the Bosnian War, the heart of the conflict was the political status of ethnic groups within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Congo Wars are named as such because the core reason was a change of regimes in the DRC, and the Algerian War, although it was primarily waged between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front, was at its core all about Algeria's future, with secondary but no less serious reasons like France's treatment of nationalists and its colonial empire also being present. Anyhow, what I have a problem with Wikipedia is that there is a bit of vagueness when covering the conflicts, in that each front is a war solely between Israel and an armed extremist paramilitary group, but when all conflicts are put together, it is simply referred to as a "crisis", and that they don't have enough of a correlation to be called different fronts of the same war. Now, some of the conflicts definitely are fronts of the same war between Israel and it's Arab paramilitary enemies, such as that in the Gaza Strip or Lebanon where there is hand-to-hand combat between Israeli forces and Arab terrorists and paramilitaries, but some others have a weak but still significant correlation to the conflict, such as the 'Islamic resistance in Iraq' attacking US military bases, or Iran striking ISIS-affiliated groups in Iraq and Syria, with actions like those of the Houthis against Israel sitting in the middle; all occurring in 2023-4 in this heightened and tense climate throughout the middle east. So what I propose is that the main page for the "Israel–Hamas war" be merged with that of the "Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)" and be renamed "Gaza Strip War (2023-Present)", so as to make this page more digestible for readers, and have a clear separation between conflicts that are direct fronts of the war over the Gaza Strip, like those of Hamas and Hezbollah vs Israel, and those who are more indirect, like the Red Sea Crisis and IRI attacks within Iraq, including their attempted attacks against Israeli soil. But what do you think? GabMen20 (talk) 20:19, 26 October 2024 (UTC) @GabMen20 One problem with merging the Israel–Hamas war and the Israel–Hezbollah conflict articles is that that may end up making the merged article far too long. And well, whether the Hezbollah conflict is considered part of a Gaza Strip War is... debatable, to say the least. I mean, yes, they are all part of a related conflict, but I don't think it's in the sense that it's part of a Gaza Strip War. Also, the appropriate forum to discuss a merger of those pages would be the talk page of either the Israel–Hamas war or the Israel–Hezbollah conflict. VoicefulBread66 (talk) 02:25, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

The contents of this article need to be presented as a timeline, not sorted by geographical areas

Otherwise it would be a mess as it is right now. Sgnpkd (talk) 17:55, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Feel free to take the initiative to do so. Fantastic Mr. Fox (talk) 09:16, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

I do agree that that would be an improvement to the article, but it would require a major rewrite of the article's contents, which most editors are probably unwilling to do. The article is written in this way because it is largely based on the former Spillover of the Israel-Hamas war article, which was written in this fashion. VoicefulBread66 (talk) 09:44, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 6 November 2024

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The result of the move request was: not moved. – robertsky (talk) 02:36, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

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Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) → Middle Eastern crisis – what are we disambiguating exactly? no need to include the dates in the article name WP:CONCISE Abo Yemen✉ 15:02, 5 November 2024 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). estar8806 (talk) ★ 01:53, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

@Abo Yemen The term "Middle Eastern crisis" is extremely generic, and having it focus only on a single recent string of conflicts would likely be controversial enough that it merits discussion. You can open a discussion by clicking the "discuss" link in your request above, and make sure to notify Talk:List of modern conflicts in the Middle East as well. --Ahecht (TALK
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Note: WikiProject Palestine, WikiProject Military history, and WikiProject Israel Palestine Collaboration have been notified of this discussion. estar8806 (talk) ★ 01:55, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose: The suggested name is not sufficiently clear about what it the article is about, per Ahecht. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 03:52, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose: Using no disambiguation would make the title too generic. "Middle Eastern crisis" on its own can refer to a lot of different things. VoicefulBread66 (talk) 04:43, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose: There have been several Middle Eastern crises, using a vague title could refer to several different times where the Middle East has had a crisis. AJ Santaella (talk) 01:10, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose DeadlyRampage26 (talk) 02:19, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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