Askar Camp: what Wikipedia removed
Askar is a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Nablus in the West Bank. Through 2020 the opening explained that IDF incursions there target “suspected militants who Israeli authorities consider to be affiliated with listed terrorist organisations.” Today the opening covers only the camp’s founding and population figures, though terror survives once in the body. A reader arriving now does not learn from the opening that Israeli operations in the camp target people linked to listed terrorist organizations.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. 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 |
| militant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| resistance | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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”- The note that the camp was expanded by 90 dunams in 1960 was dropped from the opening.
- The explanation that Israeli incursions target individuals considered affiliated with listed terrorist organizations was dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 366778718):
For the medieval Egyptian capital, see Al-Askar Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority municipality Askar ( Template:Lang-ar ) is a Palestinian refugee camp . It is located on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus and was established in 1950 on 209 dunums of land. In 1960 the camp was expanded onto a further 90 dumums. Residents of the camp refer to this as “New Askar”. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the camps registered population is 14,629. Food rations are distributed to approximately 2086 families. During the 2000 Intifada and 2002 Israeli Defence Force (IDF) incursions, camps such as Askar were a source of considerable resistance from Palestinian gunmen…
2025 (revision 1292485234):
Palestinian refugee camp in the Palestinian city of Nablus Refugee Camp in Nablus, Palestine Askar ( Arabic : مخيم عسكر ) is a Palestinian refugee camp . It is located on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus and was established in 1950 on 119 dunums of land. Residents of the camp refer to this as “New Askar”. ^ Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF) . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine . February 2018. pp. 64– 82 . Retrieved 24 October 2023 . ^ “ASKAR REFUGEE CAMP” . United Nations Relief and Works Agency . Retrieved 8 July 2020 .
Related
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- 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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