Arab Peace Initiative: what Wikipedia removed
The Arab Peace Initiative was the 2002 Arab League peace proposal whose unveiling was overshadowed by the Passover Massacre, an attack that killed Israelis and was claimed by Hamas’ military wing. From 2010 through 2020 the opening said the Initiative “was initially overshadowed by the Passover Massacre, a major terrorist attack that took place on March 27, 2002… claimed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing.” Today the opening carries none of this, reduced to a list of related peace plans and disputed issues, though terror survives six times in the body. A reader arriving now does not learn that the Initiative’s launch was overshadowed by a Hamas-claimed terrorist attack on Israeli civilians.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| massacre | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| occupation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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”- The opening’s Arabic-language definition sentence naming the Initiative was dropped in the rewrite.
- The description of the Passover Massacre as a major terrorist attack claimed by Hamas’ military wing was dropped from the opening.
- The note that the Arab League has repeatedly readopted the Initiative was dropped from the opening.
- Ehud Olmert’s reservations about the plan were dropped from the opening.
- Shimon Peres’s 2009 comments welcoming an Arab shift on the plan were dropped from the opening.
- The description of Hamas as an Islamist political party and elected government survives, reworded rather than removed.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 369571834):
Primary concerns Final borders Israeli settlements Palestinian enclaves Jewish state Palestinian political violence Palestinian refugees Security concerns Status of Jerusalem Zionist political violence Secondary concerns Israeli West Bank barrier Places of worship Fatah–Hamas conflict Water Electricity International brokers The “Quartet” ( United Nations United States European Union Russia ) Arab League Egypt Jordan United Kingdom France Proposals One-state solution : Isratin Elon Peace Plan Two-state solution : Fahd Plan Allon Plan Arab Peace Initiative Geneva Initiative Lieberman Plan Israeli Peace Initiative Palestinian Prisoners’ Document Trump Peace Plan Three-state solution Israeli uni…
2025 (revision 1273991418):
Proposal from the 2002 Beirut Arab League Summit Not to be confused with Arab League Monitors in Syria . See also: 2002 Arab League summit and 2007 Arab League summit Primary concerns Final borders Israeli settlements Palestinian enclaves Jewish state Palestinian political violence Palestinian refugees Security concerns Status of Jerusalem Zionist political violence Secondary concerns Israeli West Bank barrier Places of worship Fatah–Hamas conflict Water Electricity International brokers The “Quartet” ( United Nations United States European Union Russia ) Arab League Egypt Jordan United Kingdom France Proposals One-state solution : Isratin Elon Peace Plan Two-state solution : Fahd Plan Allon…
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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