Talk:Desert Reconnaissance Battalion

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Did you know... that the majority of the members of the Israeli Desert Reconnaissance Battalion are Bedouin Arabs?

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The result was: promoted by Evrik (talk) 19:02, 30 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Desert Reconnaissance Battalion members in 2012

... that the majority of the members of the Israeli Desert Reconnaissance Battalion (pictured) are Bedouin Arabs? Source: "The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion, for example, which is mostly comprised of Bedouin, has spent the last four years in the line of fire in Rafah" from: "Discrimination in Life and Death". Haaretz. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Welbore Ellis Agar

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:16, 28 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks to be fine (it's my 1st time I review a DYK, I could be mistaken). Then, if you want you can review my DYKs Federico Gatti and Fabio Miretti (I don't need QPQ beacuse they're my second and third articles I nominate). I'm Dr Salvus but Idk how to add my signature.