History of Hamas: what Wikipedia removed
Islamist fell from 3 mentions to 1 and antisemitism from 2 to 0, while occupation entered at 2 and resistance holds at 2. The organization’s history now opens through its own name for itself.
The word “islamist” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| islamist | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| terror | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| jihad | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| antisemitism | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| resistance | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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 cited study of antisemitic motifs in Hamas ideology, removed.
Who made the cuts
Section titled “Who made the cuts”Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:
- 2024-06-03, Nishidani, edit summary: “webman as on Hamas page a pamphlet, and the points made are those common to most sources.” (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 369343864):
Main article: Hamas The History of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian Sunni Islamic organization.
2026 (revision 1361632077):
The history of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian nationalist and Islamist – described by some as fundamentalist – socio-political organization based in the Gaza Strip with an associated paramilitary force, the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades . Hamas ( حماس ) Ḥamās is an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah , meaning “Islamic Resistance Movement”. Hamas was established during the First intifada against the Israeli occupation in 1987, and has its origins in Egypt ‘s Muslim Brotherhood movement, which had been active in the Gaza Strip since the 1950s and gained influence through a network of mosques and various charitable and social organizations. In the 1980s …
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- 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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