Metzer: what Wikipedia removed

Metzer is a kibbutz where, in November 2002, a Palestinian terrorist killed five residents. Through 2015 the opening said, “In November 2002, a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz and murdered 5 people including a mother and her two sons.” Today the opening carries only population and jurisdiction data, though terror survives ten times in the body. A reader who stops at the opening today does not learn that this attack happened at all.

The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 10. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

Where this comes from

We saved this article’s opening paragraph at 6 moments between 2005 and 2025. Everything below is Wikipedia’s own text, quoted from those saved copies. The interactive version, with every snapshot side by side and each removal marked in place, is at ilroot.com/case/metzer.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

word	2005	2010	2015	2020	6 October 2023	2025
terror	0	1	1	0	0	0

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

What was taken out

• The literal Hebrew translation of the name Metzer (‘border’) was dropped from the opening’s parenthetical.
• A description locating Metzer within the Israeli Arab-dominated Triangle area was removed.
• The account of the November 2002 attack, in which a Palestinian terrorist murdered five residents including a mother and her two sons, was removed from the opening entirely.

How it opened then, and now

2005 (revision 17289887):

Metzer is a kibbutz in Israel . It is located near Misr , an Arab village. Relations between the two neighboring communities have always been peaceful and friendly. v t e

2025 (revision 1290971691):

Place in Haifa, Israel Metzer ( Hebrew : מֶצֶר , lit. Border) is a kibbutz in northern Israel . Located near the Green Line to the north of Baqa al-Gharbiyye , it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 461. ^ “Regional Statistics” . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Retrieved 21 March 2026 .

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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