Judea and Samaria Division: what Wikipedia removed
The Judea and Samaria Division is the IDF regional command responsible for the West Bank. The 2010 opening described its mission as fighting Palestinian political violence ‘as well as against attempts by Palestinian militants to infiltrate Israel to commit suicide attacks.’ Today’s opening drops that mission description entirely, saying only that the division is ‘responsible for Israeli military activity in the Judea and Samaria Area,’ and cites a 2023 story about the division head addressing settler violence. A reader today does not learn that the division’s stated purpose was stopping suicide-bombing infiltrations.
The word “militant” 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 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 clause naming the division’s fight against Palestinian militants attempting to infiltrate Israel and carry out suicide attacks was cut from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 333784370):
The Israel Defense Forces West Bank Division ( Template:Lang-he , Ugdat Ezor Yehuda VeShomron , “Judea and Samaria Area Division”) is a regional division in the Israeli Central Command which serves as the command level for activities in Judea and Samaria . The division engages in an ongoing fight against Palestinian political violence within the Palestinian National Authority -administered territory , as well as against attempts by Palestinian militants to infiltrate Israel to commit suicide attacks . This active level of operations often relies on Sayeret (Israeli special forces), units from the Central Command, the Duvdevan unit, and the Israel Border Police ‘s Yamam .
2025 (revision 1288814936):
( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Military unit The Israeli 877th “Judea and Samaria” Division ( Hebrew : אוּגְדָּת אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן , Ugdat Ezor Yehuda VeShomron ; also known as the West Bank Division) is a regional division of the Central Command . It is responsible for Israeli military activity in the Judea and Samaria Area . ^ Fabian, Emanuel (24 August 2023). “Head of IDF West Bank division: We won’t be silent on settler violence” . Times of Israel . Retrieved 5 April 2024 .
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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