Meir Kahane: what Wikipedia removed
Meir Kahane founded Kach, the party whose follower carried out the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre. Through 2010 the opening said, “In 1994, following the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre perpetrated by a Kahane follower, Kach was outlawed completely.” Today the opening omits this entirely, though massacre survives twice elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that Kach was banned specifically because a Kahane follower carried out a massacre.
The word “massacre” 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
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| massacre | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| terror | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| militant | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| antisemitism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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”- Kahane’s pen names, Benyac and David Sinai, were dropped from the opening.
- A sentence noting his ordination as a rabbi and later Knesset membership was condensed out of the opening.
- A description of Kahane’s reputation for political activity in both the United States and Israel was removed.
- The specific detail of his 1984 election to the Knesset was dropped from the opening.
- The fact that Israel’s government formally banned Kach as racist in 1988 was removed from the opening.
- The sentence tying Kach’s 1994 outlawing to the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre committed by a Kahane follower was removed from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17857274):
Meir David Kahane ( Hebrew : מאיר דוד כהנא, Kahane being a variation on Cohen or priest) ( August 1 , 1932 – November 5 , 1990 ), Rabbi and member of the Israeli Knesset was famed first and foremost for his strong views and activities. Among those are the establishment of the Kach party in Israel and of the Jewish Defense League in the United States . File:Meir Kahane lg.gif Rabbi Meir Kahane.
2025 (revision 1295886570):
American-Israeli politician (1932–1990) For head of Ashkelon rabbinical court, see Meir Kahana . Meir David HaKohen Kahane ( / k ə ˈ h ɑː n ə / kə- HAH -nə ; Hebrew : רבי מאיר דוד הכהן כהנא ; born Martin David Kahane ; August 1, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an American-born Israeli Orthodox ordained rabbi , writer and ultra-nationalist politician. Founder of the Israeli political party Kach —whose legacy continues to influence militant and far-right political groups active today in Israel —he was convicted of multiple acts of terrorism in the United States and in Israel. Born in 1932 in Brooklyn , New York City, to an Orthodox Jewish family, Kahane received his education there, starting with…
Related
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