Iran–Israel proxy conflict: what Wikipedia removed

“Terror” ran at 3 mentions in this opening and appears 0 times today, while genocide entered at 3 and occupation at 1.

The word “terror” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

word	2015	2020	6 October 2023	2025	2026
terror	2	1	3	0	0
militant	1	1	0	2	0
islamist	0	0	2	2	2
jihad	1	4	6	4	4
antisemitism	0	0	1	0	0
genocide	0	0	1	3	3

Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

The passage on antisemitic rhetoric in the conflict, removed.
The finding that Iranian declarations reflect a fundamentalist and apocalyptic worldview, removed.

Who made the cuts

Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:

2024-01-14, PrimaPrime, edit summary: “Lede revamp” (see the diff)
2023-12-12, Durranistan, edit summary: “Hamas stopped opposing the houthis per https://www.jns.org/hamas-awards-shield-of-honor-to-houthi-representative-in-yeme” (see the diff)
2024-04-17, Asarlaí, edit summary: ”/* top */ the sources do not say these are proxies, and the others are only alleged” (see the diff)
2023-11-18, Amigao, edit summary: “need a reliable and non-deprecated source for factual claims, not Al Mayadeen (see: [[WP:RSP]])” (see the diff)
2026-02-28, Surtsicna, edit summary: “Can we not do better than “Iran–Israel proxy conflict is a proxy conflict between Iran and Israel”? Please? This is quit” (see the diff)
2025-06-14, Vice regent, edit summary: “go back to older lead because the first paragraph needs to introduce the topic and history should come i subsequent para” (see the diff)
2024-01-14, PrimaPrime, edit summary: “Lede revamp” (see the diff)

How it opened then, and now

2015 (revision 669082029):

Belligerents Iran Proxies: Hezbollah Hamas (2006-2011) PIJ File:Pflp logo.gif PFLP (2013-present) Supported by : Syria Sudan (2005-2015) Israel Proxies: Jundullah MEK PJAK Supported by: United States Azerbaijan Commanders and leaders Ali Khamenei (2005-present) Hassan Rouhani (2013-present) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013) Qasem Soleimani (2005-present) Hassan Nasrallah (2005-present) Benjamin Netanyahu (2009-present) Ariel Sharon (2005-2006) Ehud Olmert (2006-2009) The Israel–Iran proxy conflict or Israeli-Iranian proxy war is the ongoing indirect conflict between Israel and Iran . The conflict is bound in the political struggle of Iranian leadership against Israel and the counter aim of Isr…

2026 (revision 1366627471):

Belligerents Iran Proxies : Hezbollah Hamas (2006–2011; 2017–present) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (2013–present) Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP–GC) (2013–present) Sabireen Movement (until 2019) Houthis Popular Mobilization Units Islamic Resistance in Iraq PKK ( 1982–1992 ) Liwa Fatemiyoun Husseiniyoun Liwa Zainebiyoun Al-Ashtar Brigades Israel Proxies: South Lebanon Army (until 2000) Fursan al-Joulan (2013–19) Popular Forces of Palestine (2024–present) Commanders and leaders Ali Khamenei X Masoud Pezeshkian ( WIA ) Mohammad Mokhber Ebrahim Raisi Hassan Rouhani Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Naim Qassem Hassa…

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