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Ma'on, Har Hevron: what Wikipedia removed

Ma’on is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a moshav shitufi under the Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2010 the opening paragraph carried a quote from the farm’s founder defending an act of settler violence: “The Torah says we should kill all the Arabs,” adding “Not just Arabs who maybe help terrorists.” Today the opening carries none of it, describing only the settlement’s population and its status under international law, though the word survives twice in the body. A reader arriving now learns the settlement’s population and legal status and not that its founder was quoted endorsing violence against Arabs.

The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. 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

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

What was taken out

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  • The settlement’s basic description as an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi, reworded in the current opening.
  • The direct statement that Ma’on falls under the Har Hevron Regional Council, dropped and later restated elsewhere.
  • The farm founder’s quoted defense of violence against Arabs, including his reference to ‘terrorists,’ dropped from the opening paragraph.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 369254533):

Ma’on ( Template:Lang-he-n ) is an Israeli settlement and a moshav shitufi in the Judean Hills of the West Bank , located south of Hebron and north of Beersheba . It is part of the Har Hebron Regional Council . The settlement was first established in 1981 as a paramilitary Nahal outpost. The first civilian population, members of the Orthodox Zionist youth movement Bnei Akiva settled there in 1982. The settlement is named for the biblical town of the same name, which was situated nearby at the site of modern Ma’in . Ma’on and nearby village Carmel jointly operate a dairy with about four hundred cows. The average daily production per head is about 38 litres of milk. Adjacent to Ma’on is the Is…

2025 (revision 1296660713):

Israeli settlement in the West Bank Moshav shitufi in Judea and Samaria Area Ma’on ( Hebrew : מָעוֹן ) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank . Located in the Judean Hills south of Hebron and north of Beersheba , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council . In 2024, it had a population of 769. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. ^ “Regional Statistics” . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Retrieved 21 March 2026 . ^ “The Geneva Convention” . BBC News . 10 December 2009 . Retrieved 27 November 2010 .

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