Avivim: what Wikipedia removed
Avivim is an Israeli moshav on the Lebanese border where Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists killed nine children and three adults in a 1970 school bus attack. In 2010 the opening said the moshav’s border proximity ‘made it a target for terrorist attacks,’ and that on May 8, 1970, ‘terrorists from the Palestine Liberation Organization attacked the community school bus, killing nine children and three adults, and crippling for life a further 19 people.’ Today the opening is two sentences giving only the moshav’s location and its 2024 population of 555, with the school bus attack and the word terrorist gone entirely, though terror survives 4 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today learns Avivim’s population and location, not that PLO terrorists killed nine children and three adults there in 1970.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 4. 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| massacre | 0 | 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”- The 2010 opening’s population figure and description of Avivim as an Israeli moshav is gone, replaced with the current wording.
- The sentence naming Avivim as a target for terrorist attacks and describing the 1970 school bus attack that killed nine children and three adults is gone from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 359783661):
Avivim ( Template:Lang-he-n ), is an Israeli moshav (pop. 500) in the far north of Israel , in the Upper Galilee . It is located less than one kilometre (3,000 feet ) from the Lebanese border , and near the site of the abandoned Shiite village of Salha ( Template:Lang-ar ) . The moshav was founded in 1958, but was abandoned soon afterward. It was re-established in 1963 with immigrants from North Africa , mostly Moroccan Jews . The moshav’s proximity to the Lebanese border has made it a target for terrorist attacks. On May 8, 1970, terrorists from the Palestine Liberation Organization attacked the community school bus , killing nine children and three adults, and crippling for life a further …
2025 (revision 1284339238):
Moshav in northern Israel Place in Northern, Israel Avivim public library Avivim ( Hebrew : אֲבִיבִים ) is a moshav in Israel , in the northernmost part of Upper Galilee , less than one kilometre (3,000 feet) from the Blue Line with Lebanon. In 2024, its population was 555. ^ “Regional Statistics” . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Retrieved 21 March 2026 .
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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