Killing of Raed Zeiter: what Wikipedia removed
Raed Zeiter, a Jordanian judge, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in 2014 at the Allenby Bridge crossing, an incident Israel later called a matter of regret. Through October 2023 the opening quoted Israeli soldiers stating he was a ‘terrorist’, asserting he had tried to snatch a weapon and attacked them with a metal pole. Today the word terror is gone from the article entirely, though the soldiers’ account of the alleged weapon grab and pole attack survives. A reader arriving now learns what the soldiers said he did, not that they themselves used the word terrorist to describe him.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. 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 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| disputed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 soldiers’ own quoted word ‘terrorist’ for Zeiter is gone from the opening, though their account of the alleged weapon grab and pole attack remains.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2015 (revision 643478803):
( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Raed Zeiter was a Palestinian individual with Jordanian citizenship who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on 10 March 2014 at the Allenby Bridge border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan . The Israeli soldiers later stated that he was a “terrorist”, asserting that he had tried to snatch a weapon from a soldier and had also attacked them with a metal pole. The Israeli military ‘s accounting for the incident was disputed both by a witness speaking to the international news media as well as representatives of the government of Jordan , among others. The event became an international incident, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for…
2025 (revision 1286474974):
Raed Zeiter (c. 1976 – 10 March 2014) was a Jordanian judge who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on 10 March 2014 at the Allenby Bridge border crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan . Involved Israeli soldiers claimed that Zeiter had tried to snatch a weapon from a soldier and had also attacked them with a metal pole, an account that was disputed by a witness speaking to the international news media as well as representatives of the government of Jordan , among others. The event became an international incident, with Israel formally issuing a statement of regret. ^ Cite error: The named reference global was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). ^ Cite error: Th…
Related
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- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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