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David Raziel: what Wikipedia removed

David Raziel was a founder of the Irgun in British Mandatory Palestine. Through 2010 the opening said that when the 1929 Hebron massacre broke out, he joined the Haganah in Jerusalem. Today the opening moves directly from his birth to his founding of the Irgun and wartime activity, with the Hebron massacre gone from the opening though the word survives once in the body. A reader today does not learn what prompted his entry into Zionist defense organizations.

The word “massacre” 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

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The opening’s original name-and-dates sentence was rewritten into the current summary line.
  • The statement that he joined the Haganah when the 1929 Hebron massacre broke out was dropped from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 16651903):

David Raziel ( December 19 , 1910 - May 17 , 1941 ) was a fighter of the Jewish underground during the British Mandate of Palestine , and one of the founders of the Irgun . Born in Vilna district in the Russian Empire , he immigrated with his family at the age of three to the Land of Israel , where his father became a Hebrew teacher at a Tel-Aviv elementary school. When the 1929 Arab riots broke out, he joined the Haganah in Jerusalem , where he was studying philosophy and mathematics at the Hebrew University . When the Irgun was established, he was one of its first members, and displayed outstanding military skills. In 1937 he was appointed Irgun Commander of Jerusalem District and a year l…

2025 (revision 1296807432):

Irgun leader (1910–1941) David Raziel ( Hebrew : דוד רזיאל ‎; 19 November 1910 – 20 May 1941) was a leader of the Zionist underground in British Mandatory Palestine and one of the founders of the Irgun . During World War II , Irgun entered a truce with the British so they could collaborate in the fight against “the Hebrew’s greatest enemy in the world – German Nazism”. Raziel was released from prison after agreeing to work with the British. He was killed in action in Iraq in 1941. ^ “David Raziel” . The Etzel Website . Archived from the original on 27 March 2010 . Retrieved 7 December 2013 . ^ פלד, מיכל (2016-05-13). “David Raziel: A Pre-State Hero’s Story of Final Rest” . The Schechter Inst…

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