Migdalim: what Wikipedia removed
Migdalim is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank whose resident, Eldad Abir, was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in 2006. Through 2015 the opening said Abir “was shot at point blank range and killed by Palestine Arab terrorists while working in the local gas station,” and that the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Terrorists Brigades claimed responsibility. Today the opening covers only the settlement’s location, population and legal status, and terror appears zero times in the opening though it survives twice in the article. A reader today learns the settlement’s population and legal status, and not that a resident was murdered there by Palestinian terrorists in 2006.
The word “terror” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| martyr | 0 | 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
Section titled “What was taken out”- The settlement’s basic description as an Israeli settlement organized as a communal settlement, reworded in the current opening.
- The description of the village lying adjacent to the Palestinian hamlet of Qusra, reworded in the current opening.
- The 2015 population figure of 37 families, replaced by a 2024 population figure in the current opening.
- The account of resident Eldad Abir being shot and killed by Palestinian Arab terrorists, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 329325259):
Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Migdalim ( Template:Lang-he-n ) is a village and an Israeli settlement located 45 kilometres east of Tel Aviv in the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council in the northern West Bank . It is situated on road 505, otherwise known as the Trans-Samaria Highway . The village lies adjacent to the Palestinian hamlet of Kutzra . The population of Migdalim is 37 families. Migdalim was first established on 1984 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1986 to non- Orthodox Jewish Israelis . One of the reasons for choosing this location was to provide a continuity of settlements along the Trans-Samar…
2025 (revision 1273754383):
Israeli settlement in the West Bank Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria Area Migdalim ( Hebrew : מִגְדָּלִים ) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank . Located 45 kilometres east of Tel Aviv on road 505 and adjacent to the Palestinian village of Qusra , it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 790. 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 . …
Related
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- 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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