Benzion Netanyahu: what Wikipedia removed
Benzion Netanyahu was an Israeli historian and the father of Yonatan, Benjamin, and Iddo Netanyahu. Through 2015 the opening reported that his son Yonatan, former commander of Sayeret Matkal, was killed in action leading the Entebbe hostage rescue. Today the opening still names Yonatan as Sayeret Matkal’s ex-commander but drops how and where he died, though hostage survives once in the body. A reader today learns that Yonatan commanded Sayeret Matkal, not that he died leading the 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue.
The word “hostage” 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hostage | 1 | 0 | 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 detail that Yonatan Netanyahu was killed in action leading the 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue is gone from the opening, leaving only that he commanded Sayeret Matkal.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 370208735):
Benzion Netanyahu (born on March 25, 1910 ) is an Israeli historian and Zionist activist. He was secretary to Ze’ev Jabotinsky , “the father of Revisionist Zionism ”, and was a Revisionist leader of the Zionist Movement in the United States. His three sons are Yonatan Netanyahu , former commander of Sayeret Matkal , who was killed in action leading the Entebbe hostage rescue . Benjamin Netanyahu , Israeli Prime Minister (1996-99, 2009-Pres.). Iddo Netanyahu , a radiologist and writer . ^ Staff (2000-02-01). “Cela Netanyahu, at 87” . News . Jerusalem Post . p. 2. ^ Contemporary Authors Online , Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan : Gale , 2009. http…
2025 (revision 1296554744):
Jewish encyclopedist, historian and medievalist (1910–2012) Benzion Netanyahu ( Hebrew : בֶּנְצִיּוֹן נְתַנְיָהוּ ; born Benzion Mileikowsky ; March 25, 1910 – April 30, 2012) was a Polish-born Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. He served as a professor of history at Cornell University . A scholar of Judaic history, he was also an activist in the Revisionist Zionism movement, who lobbied in the United States to support the creation of the Jewish state. His field of expertise was the history of the Jews in Spain . He was an editor of the Hebrew Encyclopedia and assistant to Benjamin Azkin, Ze’ev Jabotinsky ‘s personal secretary. Netanyahu was the father of current Israeli Prim…
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