If Americans Knew: what Wikipedia removed
If Americans Knew is a nonprofit critical of US financial and military support for Israel. Through October 6, 2023 the opening said it has been denounced as antisemitic by both pro- and anti-Israel groups. Today that sentence is gone from the opening, though antisemitism survives eight times in the body. A reader arriving now learns the group’s positions on US media coverage and not that it has been denounced as antisemitic by groups on both sides of the Israel debate.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. 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
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 statement that the organization has been denounced as antisemitic by both pro- and anti-Israel groups, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16564335):
If Americans Knew is a non-profit organization which focuses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict , United States foreign policy regarding the Middle East , and media coverage of these issues. The group is highly critical of US support, especially US financial support, for Israel. If Americans Knew was founded by an American freelance journalist, Alison Weir, who traveled throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip in February and March of 2001. The organization produces informational materials, assists in organizing public forums, and provided speakers and written materials to hundreds of venues across the United States, among them Harvard Law School , Stanford University , Columbia University ,…
2025 (revision 1288435948):
American nonprofit organization If Americans Knew logo If Americans Knew is a nonprofit organization based in Riverside County in Southern California that focuses on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the foreign policy of the United States regarding the Middle East , offering analysis of American media coverage of these issues. The group’s website declares its aim is to provide “what every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine.” The site is critical of U.S. financial and military support of Israel. It has accused The New York Times and other mainstream news organizations of being biased in favour of Israel. In addition to its founder, the freelance journalist Alison Weir , board m…
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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