Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: what Wikipedia removed
The 2004 International Court of Justice advisory opinion addressed the legality of Israel’s West Bank barrier. Through October 2023 the opening said Israel argued that the barrier was necessary to keep out West Bank militants and avert more suicide attacks against its citizens. Today that sentence is gone from the opening, which now runs a single sentence naming only the case and date, though militant survives twice in the body. A reader arriving now learns the ICJ issued an advisory opinion on the barrier, not that Israel argued the barrier was built to stop militants and suicide attacks.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 2. 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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 sentence stating Israel argued the barrier was necessary to keep out West Bank militants and avert suicide attacks is gone from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 141427500):
Redirect to: Israeli West Bank barrier#United Nations and International Court of Justice
2025 (revision 1275195415):
Not to be confused with ICJ case on Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories . Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice The Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (commonly known as the Israeli Wall advisory opinion ) of 9 July 2004 is an advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in relation to the Israeli West Bank barrier . ^ Crawford, James (2012). Brownlie’s Principles of public international law (8 ed.). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. pp. 61, 156, 578, 592, 643, 646, 653, 701, 757 & 759. ISBN 978-0199699698 .
Related
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