Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi: what Wikipedia removed
Hamas co-founder, killed in 2004. The 2005 opening carried two designations: “He was considered a terrorist by the United States and the European Union for advocating suicide bombing of civilians” and the same finding by Israel. Today’s opening has no terror-family word at all; he is introduced as a popular organizer during the First Intifada.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 0. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| jihad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- His role co-founding Hamas was reworded out of the opening sentence.
- The stated goal, destroying Israel through jihad, removed from his biography.
Who made the cuts
Section titled “Who made the cuts”Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:
- 2007-06-22, 91.140.152.27 (see the diff)
- 2012-08-07, Al Ameer son, edit summary: “removing alleged Holocaust denial from lead. The source (MEMRI) does not refer to him as the “most vocal Hamas leader to” (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17929905):
Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (in the Arabic script عبدالعزيز الرنتيسي) ( October 23 , 1947 - April 17 , 2004 ) was the co-founder of the Palestinian Islamist paramilitary and political organization Hamas . He was considered a terrorist by the United States and the European Union for advocating suicide bombing of civilians . The Israeli government considered him a terrorist for organizing attacks against Israelis, both civilians and soldiers. He was Hamas’s political leader and spokesman in the Gaza Strip following the Israeli assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin , although the separation between the political and military wing of Hamas is said by some to be informal. Lik…
2026 (revision 1366489497):
Palestinian political leader (1947–2004) Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi ( Arabic : عبد العزيز الرنتيسي ; 23 October 1947 – 17 April 2004) was a Palestinian political leader and co-founder of Hamas , along with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 1987. He also served as the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council from the assassination of Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin on 22 March 2004 until his own assassination in April 2004 and the first deputy chairman of the Hamas Shura Council from December 1987 until March 2004. Rantisi was born in Yibna , Mandatory Palestine in 1947. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , his family fled or were expelled by Zionist militias to the Gaza Strip . In 1956, when he was nine, Israeli soldi…
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- The live article on Wikipedia
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