Muhammad al-Qiq: what Wikipedia removed
Muhammad al-Qiq is a Palestinian journalist known for hunger strikes while held in Israeli administrative detention. Through 2020 the opening quoted the Associated Press reporting that “Israel’s Shin Bet security service says al-Qeq is involved in terrorism activities linked to the militant Hamas movement.” Today’s opening describes him only as a journalist and hunger striker, with no mention of the Shin Bet allegation, though the word survives once in the body. A reader today does not learn that Israeli security services said al-Qiq was tied to Hamas terror activity.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. 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 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 1 | 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 identification line, reworded without substantive change to his description.
- The Shin Bet’s reported allegation that al-Qiq was involved in terrorism activity linked to Hamas, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2020 (revision 951370007):
Muhammad al-Qiq or Mohammed al-Qeeq ( Template:Lang-ar ) is a Palestinian Journalist, Correspondent and reporter at the Saudi News Agency Almajd TV Network . He went on a hunger strike in protest against his being incarcerated under Israeli administrative detention (internment without trial or charge). The Associated Press reported: “Israel’s Shin Bet security service says al-Qeq is involved in terrorism activities linked to the militant Hamas movement.” Likewise, AFP reported: “Shin Bet, the Israeli domestic security service, said Qiq was arrested for ‘terror activity’ as part of the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip.” Muhammad al-Qiq, born 1982, married and father of two …
2025 (revision 1289569990):
Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq or Mohammed al-Qeeq ( Arabic : محمد القيق ) is a Palestinian journalist, correspondent and reporter for Saudi News Agency Almajd TV Network . Al-Qiq received international attention in 2015 when he began a hunger strike in protest of him being incarcerated under Israeli administrative detention (internment without trial or charge). He was released on May 19, 2016, after enduring a 94-day hunger strike. Al-Qiq was detained again on January 16, 2017, and subsequently began a new hunger strike, ending after 32 days. Al-Qiq lives in Abu Qash in the Ramallah District in Palestine . He has a master’s degree in Contemporary Arab Studies from Birzeit University…
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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