Talk:Human Appeal

Confusion over name of the organisation

Firstly there are a lot of sources being included in this page which refer to either Human Appeal International, an organisation based in UAE or another Human Appeal which is based in Australia - neither of these are the same organisation as Human Appeal. They have similar names. Unfortunately, journalists working for credible news sources have made this mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CliveMilkychops (talk • contribs) 12:21, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Charities accused of ties to terrorism

A previous version of this article [1] identified Human Appeal International as a charity accused of ties to terrorism. A subsequent edit removed this claim. Should it be reinstated, since it is not certain whether the accusation is true? Please see the list at Charities accused of ties to terrorism. TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 11:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I'd say "of course". But then I started the article, and I inserted that text. I am going to leave a message on the talk page of the contributor who removed that content without offering an explanation. But I also intend to reinstate it.

Whether the accusation is true is not important. The material that was removed did not say the accusations were true. The material that was removed merely said Guantanamo detainees continued to be held, in part, because American intelligence analysts considered the charity to be tied to terrorism. That American intelligence analysts consider the charity to be tied to terrorism is verifiable from an authoritative source. So, of course it merits inclusion in the article.

FWIW, the US intelligence and counter-terrorism establishment has numerous, inconsistent lists of organizations they regard as linked to terrorism. See SECOND REPORT ON THE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: Inter- and Intra-Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy (.pdf), Denbeaux & Denbeaux, March 20 2006

No point asking User:Jimfarmer to explain his edit. His contribution record shows just 8 edits. The first four were unsourced and POV. The last four, viewed together, seem clearly to be acts of vandalism. And the user was subsequently blocked.

I haven't looked at this article in a long time. I see the Guantanamo based terrorism allegations have been removed again, without a meaningful explanation.

I am calling for an explanation now. Geo Swan (talk) 05:26, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

I restored the section on the guantanamo allegations without waiting for the exciser to respond to my request. The exciser only made three edits to the wikpedia, over a year ago. Geo Swan (talk) 05:58, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

explanation

I removed material that not only looked like an advertisement, but which also looked like a copyright violation. Geo Swan (talk) 05:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Hamas section text

On October 8, User:84.92.45.81 deleted nearly all the text in the "Hamas" section. The user's edit summary said: "Removing false information." I reviewed the text he deleted as well as the sources. The information presented in that section, in my assessment, was backed up with satisfactory supporting evidence. I believe the edit was improper and thus, am reverting it. Parvana fattahov (talk) 13:09, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

A different IP address - reverted a large chunk of information claiming that some finding of the charity commission finding (not a criminal investigation body, intelligence agency, etc.), at present sourced to a source not even mentioning Human Appeal, making this false in some manner. Regardless - this is widely covered, and the organization being listed as "banned association" in Israel (in which it also operated) is factual.Icewhiz (talk) 08:59, 28 November 2018 (UTC).

On the contrary, this isn't factual. Human Appeal are not banned and have never been banned from Israel and operate there to this day. They run multiple projects in West Bank and Gaza that they would be unable to do without cooperation from Israeli government.