(Yesha is the Hebrew acronym for Judea, Samaria and
Gaza Strip) An organized body founded in the 1970s representing Jewish
Israeli settlers in the
West Bank and, until the 2005
Gaza Disengagement, the Gaza Strip. The organization's aim is to guarantee security, offer humanitarian and municipal needs, and foster political action and public advocacy for settlers. The organization also serves as a political lobby and an organizational tool for settlement expansion. In 2010, Yesha Council co-organized a workshop training pro-settler activists on how to make sure their perspective was included on Wikipedia entries. See "
The right's latest weapon: 'Zionist editing' on Wikipedia," Nir Hasson, Haaretz, Aug 18, 2010.