Episode 199: Shlomit Lir

About this episode

Shlomit Lir discusses her criticism of Wikipedia's coverage of Israel and the politics of knowledge.

🕑 1 hour 11 minutes Shlomit Lir is a writer, editor, and researcher at the University of Haifa, specializing in the politics of knowledge. Since 2024, she has been a public critic of Wikipedia, especially relating to its coverage of Israel. Links for some of the topics discussed: "The Bias Against Israel on Wikipedia" (2024 report for the World Jewish Congress) 2025 X post by Shlomit about then-candidate for the WMF Board of Trustees Ravan al-Taie "Smear Campaign Against Ravan, Wikimedia Foundation BoT Candidate " (response post by several Wikimedians) Larry Sanger's "Nine Theses on Wikipedia" "How Wikipedia's Pro-Hamas Editors Hijacked the Israel-Palestine Narrative" (2024 Pirate Wires article by Ashley Rindsberg) "Manipulated History" (2025 document for the World Jewish Congress)

People in this episode

Host: Yaron Koren

Guest: Shlomit Lir

Topics covered

• Wikipedia
• politics of knowledge
• Israel
• media bias
• public criticism

Keywords

• Wikipedia
• Israel
• media bias
• Shlomit Lir
• politics of knowledge
• World Jewish Congress
• Ravan al-Taie
• Larry Sanger

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Haifa, World Jewish Congress

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