Palestinian views on the peace process: what Wikipedia removed
On October 6, 2023 the article said “widespread anti-Semitic sentiments in Palestinian society and Palestinian militancy have hindered the peace process”. That sentence, and every mention of antisemitism, is now gone from the entire article.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| terror | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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”- After October 7, the sentence saying antisemitism in Palestinian society hindered peace was taken out.
Who made the cuts
Section titled “Who made the cuts”Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:
- 2025-02-09, Rainsage, edit summary: “remove sentence from lede that does not reflect the body and is an opinion that should not be stated in wikivoice” (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 15921739):
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict , there are a variety of Palestinian views of the peace process . Some Palestinian leaders have said that the peace process is intended to achieve a permanent peace with the State of Israel ; other Palestinians have maintained, throughout the entire process, the goal of destroying Israel. This article discusses the views held by important Palestinian figures as documented in interviews or in other sources, and by the general population as documented by polls.
2026 (revision 1357148415):
For alternative views, see Israeli views on the peace process . Palestinians hold a diverse range of views on the peace process with Israel , though the goal that unites them is the end of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank . Some Palestinians accept a two-state solution , with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip forming a distinct Palestinian state , whereas other Palestinians insist on a one-state solution (Palestinian or binational) with equal rights for all citizens whether they are Muslims, Christians or Jews. In this scenario, Palestinian refugees may be allowed to resettle the land they were forced to flee in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight . ^ “A history of conflict betwe…
Related
Section titled “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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