Migration of Moroccan Jews to Israel: what Wikipedia removed
Moroccan Jews migrated to Israel after World War II amid rising pressure on the country’s Jewish communities. Through 2015 the opening said their conditions “were further exacerbated by the increasing terrorism in the country and the hostile attitude of the local (Muslim) population towards the Jews.” Today the opening cites riots and concerns about persecution, but the word terrorism appears nowhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that terrorism specifically was cited as one of the pressures driving Moroccan Jews to leave.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. 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 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 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 opening sentence was reworded from framing the migration as occurring ‘after the Holocaust’ to a longer account of postwar conditions.
- A sentence describing renewed attention to North African and Moroccan Jewish communities was removed.
- The statement that Moroccan Jews’ conditions were worsened by increasing terrorism and hostility from the local population was removed from the opening.
- A passage on Mohammed V’s return and Morocco’s declaration of independence was dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2015 (revision 655450539):
The migration of Moroccan Jews to Israel occurred after the Holocaust of European Jewry. The spotlight was turned to the North African; and particularly; Moroccan Jewish communities , constituting the largest of the Jewish communities in North Africa at the time. Their conditions were further exacerbated by the increasing terrorism in the country and the hostile attitude of the local (Muslim) population towards the Jews. This situation became even more acute upon the declaration of the establishment of the state of Israel , by the UN in 1947. Moroccan Jews were targeted in acts of violence and murder, by radical nationalists/ Islamists who wished to avenge the misfortunes of their Muslim bre…
2025 (revision 1298261246):
( Learn how and when to remove this message ) 20th-century population movement event An empty synagogue in Fes . Moroccan Jews have migrated to the Land of Israel over the centuries. They have been the founders of many pioneer neighborhoods in Jerusalem ( Mahane Israel in 1867), Tel Aviv, Haifa, Tiberias and others. Following World War II , especially after the establishment of Israel in 1948, Moroccan Jewish communities, which were the largest among Jewish communities in North Africa at the time, faced significant challenges. Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada during the 1948 Palestine war , coupled with concerns that Morocco’s eventual independence from France might result in the persec…
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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