Hish (Haganah corps): what Wikipedia removed
Hish was the Haganah’s main surface corps, the pre-state Jewish defense militia in Mandatory Palestine. Through 2010 the opening said its Plugot Meyuhadot special companies were formed “to wage a counter terror war against the Arabs.” Today the opening carries no mention of that counter-terror mission; the word survives once elsewhere in the article. A reader today learns Hish was the Haganah’s main surface corps alongside Him and the Palmach, and not that its special units were created specifically to counter terror attacks.
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 | 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 spelled-out Hebrew abbreviation for the corps’ name is gone, a stylistic trim retained elsewhere in the sentence.
- The description of Hish as the Haganah’s main surface corps was reworded, not removed.
- The description of the Special Companies waging a counter-terror war against the Arabs is gone from the opening, though the word survives once in the body.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 358644369):
The Hish ( Template:Lang-he , an abbreviation of Heil HaSadeh ( Template:Lang-he ), lit. Field Corps ) was a corps formed by the Haganah in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1939 following the disbandment of the smaller mobilized force known as the Fosh . It was the Haganah’s main surface corps, alongside Him and the Palmach . 1939 was a turning point for the Jewish Defence forces. Orde Wingate was transferred out of Palestine and the Fosh was replaced by a less mobile but permanent “Field Force/Corps”, Heil Sadeh or the acronym Hish. The forces were formed with men with basic military training into Home Guard units, Heil Mishmar , Him. With Plugot Meyuhadot (Pum) as covert “Special Compan…
2025 (revision 1285152740):
Corps of the Haganah in Mandatory Palestine For the village in Iran, see Hish, Iran . Military unit Hish ( Hebrew : חי”ש , a Hebrew acronym for Heil HaSadeh ( Hebrew : חיל השדה ), lit. Field Corps ) was a corps formed by the Haganah in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1939, following the disbandment of the smaller mobilized force known as the Posh . It was the Haganah’s main surface corps, alongside Him and the Palmach . ^ The Origins of the Israel Defense Forces
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