Amatzia, Israel: what Wikipedia removed
Amatzia is an Israeli moshav built on the land of a depopulated Palestinian village. Through 2015 the opening said it was located “on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Dawayima, the scene of the 1948 Al-Dawayima massacre.” Today the word appears nowhere in the article. A reader today learns Amatzia is a moshav near Lakhish with a population of 190 and does not learn it sits on the site of a 1948 massacre of Palestinian villagers.
The word “massacre” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. 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 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| massacre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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”- This dropped a note about a caravan village near Amatzia that housed evacuees from Gush Katif, a detail absent from today’s opening.
- This dropped the description of Amatzia as sitting on the site of the 1948 Al-Dawayima massacre, a fact absent from today’s opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 369584968):
Place in Israel Caravan village near Amatzia where evacuees of Katif have been living since 2005. The permanent settlement will be located nearby. For other uses, see Amatzia . Amatzia ( Template:Lang-he-n ) is a moshav with both secular and religious Israelis, about 8 km southeast of Lakhish in south-central Israel . It belongs to the Lakhish Regional Council . It can be reached via Route 3556. The community was founded in 1955. It is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Dawayima , the scene of the 1948 Al-Dawayima massacre It is named for King Amaziah of Judah , who according to the Book of Kings was killed in the Lakhish region . In the past the community was a…
2025 (revision 1276448308):
Moshav in southern Israel For other uses, see Amatzia . Place in Southern, Israel Amatzia ( Hebrew : אמציה ) is a moshav in south-central Israel . Located around 8 km southeast of Lakhish , it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council . The population is a mix of religious and secular Israelis, and was 190 in 2024. ^ “Regional Statistics” . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Retrieved 21 March 2026 .
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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