Israel Eldad: what Wikipedia removed
Israel Eldad was the chief ideological strategist of Lehi, the Jewish paramilitary group known as the Stern Gang. Through 2010 the opening described Lehi as “a militant Jewish paramilitary group ( the Stern gang ).” Today the opening calls it only “the Jewish underground group Lehi,” militant surviving once in the body but not the opening. A reader arriving now learns Lehi was an underground group and not that it was a militant paramilitary force.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. 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 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 1 | 0 | 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 clause identifying Lehi as “a militant Jewish paramilitary group” is gone, softened in the current opening to “underground group.”
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 365174083):
Israel Eldad Israel Eldad ( Hebrew : ישראל אלדד) (born 1910 as Israel Scheib in Podvolochisk, Galicia – 1996), was a noted Israeli independence fighter and Revisionist Zionist philosopher. He was an early member and later chief ideological strategist of the Lehi (Fighters for the Freedom of Israel) , a militant Jewish paramilitary group ( the Stern gang ). ^ Daves, Bryan. “Natan Yellin-Mor” . Answers.com . Retrieved 6 June 2008 .
2025 (revision 1296809943):
Israeli Revisionist Zionist philosopher (1910–1996) Israel Eldad ( Hebrew : ישראל אלדד ; born Israel Scheib ; 11 November 1910 – 22 January 1996), was an Israeli Revisionist Zionist philosopher and member of the Jewish underground group Lehi in Mandatory Palestine .
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