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Prevention of Infiltration Law: what Wikipedia removed

The Prevention of Infiltration Law is a 1954 Israeli law targeting the entry of Palestinian fedayeen into Israel. Through 2015 the opening said the law allowed expulsion “for fear of terrorism.” Today’s opening says only that it aimed “to prevent the entry of Palestinian fedayeen… and allows for their expulsion,” terror appearing once in the body but not in this clause. A reader today does not learn that the law’s own stated purpose, per the article’s earlier opening, was fear of terrorism.

The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. 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

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

What was taken out

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  • The image caption identifying a detained infiltrator from Gaza, reworded without changing its substance.
  • The clause on the timing of deportation authority (‘before or after their conviction’) was condensed.
  • The law’s stated rationale, fear of terrorism, dropped from the opening.
  • The parenthetical noting the Israeli name for the 1948 war (‘War of Independence’) was condensed.
  • A sentence stating the Israeli government’s own rationale for enacting the law, dropped from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 369399618):

The Prevention of Infiltration Law is an Israeli law enacted in 1954 , in large, to prevent Palestinian refugees re-entry into Israel and allow for their re-expulsion, and in the case of Palestinians who were internally displaced within what became Israel, to allow for their expulsion from Israel if they attempted to return to their villages and towns. After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War (known to Israelis as the “War of Independence” and to Palestinians as Al-Nakba , or “The Catastrophe”) and the 1948 Palestinian exodus , many Palestinians who either fled or were expelled from their towns and villages, whether they had had altogether ventured beyond what became Israel (largely into the neighbou…

2025 (revision 1292507266):

1954 Israeli law An Arab man from the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip being detained by Israeli soldiers, 10 May 1954 The Prevention of Infiltration Law ( Hebrew : חוק למניעת הסתננות (עבירות ושיפוט) ) is a 1954 Israeli law that deals with the offense of unauthorized entry by armed and unarmed foreigners into Israel . It authorizes the Minister of Defense to order the immediate deportation of any detained infiltrator before or after their conviction. One of the primary objectives of the law was to prevent the entry of Palestinian fedayeen into Israel’s territory, as defined by the 1949 Armistice Agreements , and allows for their expulsion. After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the 1948 Palestinian…

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