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Amnon Kapeliouk: what Wikipedia removed

Amnon Kapeliouk was an Israeli journalist and co-founder of B’Tselem known for his reporting on Palestinian affairs and his investigation into the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Through 2010 the opening said he “was accused by CAMERA of misrepresenting a quote by Menachem Begin to suggest that the Israeli Prime Minister had described all Palestinians in a speech to the Knesset as being ‘beasts walking on two legs’ when he was only referring to terrorists.” Today the word appears nowhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that Kapeliouk was accused of misquoting Begin to make it appear he had dehumanized all Palestinians rather than only terrorists.

The word “terror” 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

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The birth year was corrected from 1931 to 22 December 1930, alongside his death date, a factual correction rather than a removal.
  • This dropped his notability for investigating the Sabra and Shatila massacre, a fact a reader of today’s opening no longer learns.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 345770967):

Amnon Kapeliouk ( hebrew : אמנון קפליוק; born 1931 - 26 June 2009) was a French - Israeli journalist and author. Amnon Kapeliouk’s published works include a biography of Yasser Arafat , Arafat l’irréductible , as well as a detailed investigation into the Sabra and Shatila massacre . He is a regular contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique as well as to other magazines and newspapers. Haaretz named A.Kapeliouk as one of the founders of B’Tselem . He was accused by CAMERA of misrepresenting a quote by Menachem Begin to suggest that the Israeli Prime Minister had described all Palestinians in a speech to the Knesset as being “beasts walking on two legs” when he was only referring to terrorists. Kap…

2025 (revision 1281395686):

Israeli journalist and author (1930–2009) Amnon Kapeliouk Amnon Kapeliouk ( Hebrew : אמנון קפליוק ; 22 December 1930 – 26 June 2009) was an Israeli journalist and author. He was a co-founder of B’Tselem and was known for his close ties to Yasser Arafat .

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