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Possible locations[edit]

The Reuters explainer in Further reading says the location is unknown but there are some likely candidates. The northern location in the vicinity of Netzarim Road, Netzarim, selected for the former seaport project is 31°29′20″N 34°23′53″E / 31.48895°N 34.39809°E / 31.48895; 34.39809. The southern location in the vicinity of the Khan Yunis pier is at 31°24′01″N 34°18′08″E / 31.40037°N 34.30236°E / 31.40037; 34.30236. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:27, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to ABC [1], Israel has built up the Netzarim Road that accesses Al-Rashid Road that runs alongside the beach, extending the road from Netzarim east to the Israel border. The road would have potential use for aid delivery from Israel. The article did not mention connection to any maritime infrastructure, but it would be logical to build one distribution infrastructure rather than several. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:17, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This Scripps News story mentions possible locations for the new pier at Port of Gaza or the Netzarim location, as well as the road construction aka Netzarim Corridor. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:35, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The temporary jetty for the en route Open Arms food barge (not the U.S. pier) is going up south of Gaza City, satellite imagery posted by a Washington Post reporter [2] seem to be consistent with the Netzarim Road location. Update: the location (lat/long coordinates) in the vicinity of Al-Zahra was published by The Times of Israel [3]. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:51, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeni Şafak is reporting heavy equipment building coastal infrastructure at al-Baydar [4]. A little map exploring indicates this is probably between Al-Zahra and Sheikh Ijlin. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:17, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This CNN story has another satellite image of the beach infrastructure, and the imagery matches up with the Times of Israel images/coordinates. CNN says the US troops will be constructing the JLOTS "several hundred meters off shore". The shore construction also exists on OpenStreetMap as New Gaza "seaport" (breakwater) since 30 days ago, and that appears to be the data source for its display on Bing Maps. This probably is enough to add the location to the article, now. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:48, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The position is 31.497269° N, 34.407952° E.--Bernd Rohlfs (talk) 06:43, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Outline plan section[edit]

The first paragraph that was added gives a lot credit to Netanyahu. It's unlikely that he is involved with the outline plan. As for the idea, others have suggested supplies by sea, since not enough supplies can be reached through the Israeli border crossings or by parachutes. La Nave Partirà (talk) 20:41, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See here:

Cyprus working with European, Mideast states on sea corridor to ship aid to Gaza - 31 October 2023.

"Netanyahu ‘wasn’t opposed’ to Nicosia’s proposal".

La Nave Partirà (talk) 20:52, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An anonymous "senior Israeli diplomatic source" maybe good for the newspaper, but not for an encyclopedia. Without the name of the source, we can attribute any claim we want to him. דוד שי (talk) 13:06, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the revert performed by Rwendland here, and the explanation -- named sources are not an absolute requirement, when you have a good source reporting on it like The Times of Israel, Jerusalem Times, and the like. If necessary, we can have other sources that have different perspectives or contradictory sources of their own, and explain who is stating what. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:22, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with דוד שי. The Times of Israel is indeed a very good source, and it only says:

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “wasn’t opposed” to the idea pitched by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides". - here, on October 31/

La Nave Partirà (talk) 16:11, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Will every piece of nonsense that is published in a newspaper attributing to Anonymous find its way to Wikipedia? This will turn Wikipedia into a PR repository at best and a journalistic garbage dump at worst. דוד שי (talk) 17:33, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll make a comment later on The Jerusalem Post para reliability. Having done some more research, the plan is generally attributed to Cyprus, and is named the "Amalthea Initiative" (in diplomatic circles at least). Later this evening I'll add a bit giving this name, and swap the order for now so the Cyprus info comes before the JP claim. It seems most likely Cyprus was working on this before "October 22" mentioned in the JP story, so is a better date order anyway. Once it is rejigged, I think it will be easier to consider the merits of the JP para. Hope that's OK for now. Rwendland (talk) 17:38, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jewish Insider[edit]

Is it a reliable source for facts? It is not known in Israel, it seems to me that it is a portal for opinions and not a news portal. La Nave Partirà (talk) 20:11, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wondered that before adding it as a cite. Jewish Insider is owned by TRIBE Media Corp, which also own The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles (generally known as Jewish Journal, and has a WP article). They bought JI in 2015, I guess as a move to spread its journalism nationally from LA. In 2017 Jewish Journal claimed JI had "full-time New York and Capitol Hill correspondents" (also Israel Correspondent currently). Googling around I didn't find anything about JI outside Jewish media circles; the Jewish News Syndicate (news agency and wire service) re-reports many Jewish Insider stories (google '"Jewish Insider" site:jns.org'). I thought it met the WP:RS "well-established news outlets is generally considered to be reliable for statements of fact" standard well enough as a second cite.

FWIW its sister publication claims JI "provides breaking news, curated sources and political analysis. Its Daily Kickoff newsletter has become a must-read for diplomats, journalists, activists and philanthropists around the world". NB Its editor-in-chief Josh Kraushaar is also "political analyst for Fox News Radio", so along with JNS using it, suggests JI has a right-wing outlook. Rwendland (talk) 13:11, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot to mention that The Times of Israel re-published the JI Daily Kickoff newsletter newsletter through most of 2019 (google '"Jewish Insider" 2019 site:timesofisrael.com'), and also continues to occasionally re-publish DI articles (eg December 8, 2023), indicating TOI thinks JI is a RS. Also the two authors of the cited JI story are both professional journalists with previous careers including 1: Washington Post (Deputy Bureau Chief), The Jerusalem Post & 2: The Jerusalem Post (Diplomatic Reporter and Knesset Reporter). This is clear underpinnings of being a RS, and indications of good access to Israeli politicians and civil service. Rwendland (talk) 14:35, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think Rwendland has done more than enough to show that Jewish Insider may stand as a source. It should probably go to RSN if there is a strong disagreement, as it will not just affect this page but over 450 other pages that use it as a source. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I accept JI as a source, with caution.

Thank you Rwendland for the addition and changing the order of "who came up with the idea", for the sake of accuracy.

Transport by sea is the obvious way since all the borders are closed and there is no airport. It has been done in the past, via the Port of Ashdod in Israel. this is the cheapest, fastest, and most effective way to transport huge quantities of food in big ships, that would be impossible to transport even through the US pier.

So, when credit is given for the idea, it's not clear for what part, whether the very idea of transferring by sea, or for the idea of transferring on barges from Cyprus as it is done now, or for the American mega-project of the pier. La Nave Partirà (talk) 10:19, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would anyone object to the removal of the Citation needed, given that the Jewish Insider cite has been added as 2nd cite? Though I intended the text to be a simple precis of what is in the JP cite, so am unclear what "Reliable sources needed for the whole paragraph" is really calling for, so 2nd cite seems to me not strictly needed. I'll make the change after a day if no objections. Rwendland (talk) 17:04, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK.

Here is a bit more info' :

The supplies were transported on a barge towed by a small ship (in TOI it is called a salvage ship). The water in Gaza are shallow (4 meters), so the ship anchored a kilometer from the shore 1

The raft was pushed to the jetty by two RIB boats.

Here is an explanation on an excellent maritime YouTube channel 2

here is a good article in TOI

La Nave Partirà (talk) 04:02, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]