History of Israel: what Wikipedia removed
History of Israel is the overview article covering the country’s history from prehistory to the present. Through 2010 the opening said Israel’s democracy “prospered despite war, ethno-religious conflict, boycotts, mass immigration and terror attacks.” Today the opening carries no such summary sentence, and the word appears nowhere in the article. A reader today learns Israel’s history spans Ottoman rule, the British Mandate and independence, and not that its overview once explicitly named terror attacks among the hardships its democracy survived.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| antisemitism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 summary statement that Israel prospered despite war, conflict, boycotts and terror attacks is gone from the opening and nowhere else in the article.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17878453):
Main article: Israel . This article discusses the history of the modern State of Israel , from its inception in 1948 to the present. See also History of Palestine for history of the region from approximately 600 BCE to 1948 CE, and History of ancient Israel and Judah for prior history. See Zionism and Timeline of Zionism for issues pertaining the history of the Zionist movement.
2025 (revision 1298011770):
This article is about the history of Israel from pre-historic times to the present. For the history of the modern-day state, see History of Israel (1948–present) . Visual History of Israel by Arthur Szyk , 1948 Second Temple period Timeline Rabbinic period and the Middle Ages Modern era Timeline 1517–1948: Ottoman rule Old Yishuv Zionism Yishuv OETA British Mandate Balfour Declaration 1948–present : State of Israel years Independence Arab–Israeli conflict Iran–Israel proxy conflict By topic Demographics Judaism Leaders Warfare Zionism Jerusalem Related Jewish history Hebrew calendar Archaeology Museums Maps Travelogues Israel portal v t e The history of Israel covers an area of the Southern …
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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