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History of the Israel Defense Forces: what Wikipedia removed

This article covers the founding and history of the Israel Defense Forces. Through 2005 the opening quoted the IDF’s mandate “to protect the inhabitants of Israel and to combat all forms of terrorism which threaten daily life.” Today the opening carries none of that founding mandate; the word survives eight times in the body. A reader today learns only that the IDF’s history is intertwined with the Haganah’s, and not that combating terrorism was written into the IDF’s own stated founding purpose.

The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 8. 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 sentence was reworded rather than removed, keeping the same claim in shorter form.
  • The IDF’s own founding mandate to combat all forms of terrorism threatening daily life is gone from the opening, though it survives eight times in the body.

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 16201597):

Main article: Israel Defense Forces . The history of the Israel Defense Forces is intertwined with history of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 . The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were formed following the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948 to “defend the existence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state of Israel” and “to protect the inhabitants of Israel and to combat all forms of terrorism which threaten daily life”. The predecessors to the IDF were the Haganah (in particular, its operative detachment, the Palmach ) and the British armed forces, in particular the Jewish Brigade that fought as part of the British army during World…

2025 (revision 1296744575):

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 the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ) intertwines in its early stages with history of the Haganah .

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