Committee for Charity and Support for the Palestinians: what Wikipedia removed

The Committee for Charity and Support for the Palestinians (CBSP) is a French charity for Palestinians that the United States, Australia and Israel accused of funding Hamas activity. The 2020 opening stated CBSP “has been designated a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’ organization by the United States Department of the Treasury, and has been accused of being a fund raising organization for Hamas terror activities.” Today’s opening describes only CBSP’s stated humanitarian mission, staff and donor counts; the designation is gone from the opening though the word terror survives 10 times in the article. A reader today learns CBSP’s self-described humanitarian mission and not that the US Treasury designated it a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization.

The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 10. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

Where this comes from

We saved this article’s opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2010 and 2025. Everything below is Wikipedia’s own text, quoted from those saved copies. The interactive version, with every snapshot side by side and each removal marked in place, is at ilroot.com/case/committee-for-charity-and-support-for-the-palestinians.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

word	2010	2015	2020	6 October 2023	2025
terror	0	0	2	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

• The named president changed from Khalid Al-Shuli to Mahmood Zuheir, a leadership update rather than a designation.
• The sentence stating the US Treasury designated CBSP a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization, and that it was accused of raising funds for Hamas, was dropped from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

2010 (revision 365931177):

Committee for Charity and Support for the Palestinians (CBSP) or Comité de Bienfaisance et de Secours aux Palestiniens (CBSP) is a French-based registered charitable organization that was founded in 1990. Its current president is Khalid Al-Shuli. The CBSP’s states its humanitarian mission is to provide emergency assistance and develop sustainable economic and social programs in partnership with local organizations so as to assist the most needy segments of the Palestinian population in Gaza , the West Bank , and Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon . ^ Comité de Bienfaisance et de Secours aux Palestiniens (CBSP). Available in French [1]

2025 (revision 1296502967):

CBSP at an expo Committee for Charity and Support for the Palestinians (CBSP) or Comité de Bienfaisance et de Secours aux Palestiniens (CBSP) is a French-based registered charitable organization that was founded in 1990 to provide aid to vulnerable Palestinians. Its current president is Mahmood Zuheir. The CBSP’s states its humanitarian mission is to provide emergency assistance and develop sustainable economic and social programs in partnership with local organizations so as to assist the most needy segments of the Palestinian population in Gaza , the West Bank , and Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon . In 2010 the organization had around 30 employees and 350 volunteers and rec…

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