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Qawasameh tribe: what Wikipedia removed

The Hebron clan behind a run of suicide bombings; the 2005 article named its “suicide bomber of Jerusalem bus 2 massacre”. Massacre now appears 0 times in the article.

The word “massacre” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. 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

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word20052010201520206 October 202320252026
massacre3331000
terror1132222
militant1111111

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 clan’s central fact, that it supplied Hebron’s suicide bombers, was removed.
  • The member-by-member record tying named men to named attacks is gone, and the bus 2 massacre with it.
  • The Israeli response is no longer described.
  • The firefight went passive in the rewrite; who shot first got vaguer.
  • The criticism of Israel survived the rewrite. The reason for the raid did not.
  • The succession of commanders, each tied to attacks, was removed.
  • The 2004 Beersheba bombing lost its detail.
  • Even the softened version of the clan’s role was softened again.
  • The surrender account was rewritten, which changes how the killing that followed reads.

Who made the cuts

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Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:

  • 2014-07-05, Nbauman, edit summary: “Summarize J.J. Goldberg’s column in the Forward. This is a [[WP:RS” (see the diff)
  • 2019-07-24, Nosebagbear, edit summary: “Removed multiple unsources extremely controversial paragraphs. added former Hebron mayor, rephrased some content” (see the diff)
  • 2005-08-19, Cheese Sandwich, edit summary: “Some language & style edits, + some linkification” (see the diff)
  • 2019-07-24, Nosebagbear, edit summary: “Removed bader paragraph - a photo can’t act as a reference, and even if it could be reliable, sigcov and independent, it” (see the diff)
  • 2014-01-28, Anomalocaris, edit summary: “update URL; {{cite news}}; move inline links to ; commas; avoid all caps” (see the diff)

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 16259013):

Many Hamas activists and suicide bombers in Hebron came from the local Qawasameh tribe (also spelled: Qawasmeh or Kawasmeh in English). Notable Qawasameh Hamas members: Mahmud Amaran Qawasameh ( suicide bomber in Haifa bus 37, dead) Hazem Qawasameh (committed shooting attack in Qiryat Arba , dead) Fuad Qawasameh (suicide bomber in Gros square in Hebron, dead) Hamza Qawasameh (murdered Netanel Uzari, dead) Muhasan Qawasameh (committed attack on Negoa settlement, dead) Raad Misk Qawasameh (suicide bomber of Jerusalem bus 2 massacre , dead) Abbedallah Qawasameh (leader, dead) Bassal Qawasameh (leader, dead) Ahmed Abed Qawasameh (suicide bomber in Beersheba , dead) Imad Qawasameh (leader, arrest…

2026 (revision 1357151282):

Qawasameh tribe ( Arabic : القواسمة , also spelled: Qawasmeh or Kawasmeh in English), is a major clan primarily based in Hebron , with roughly 10,000 members. Although many of the Qawasmeh were originally pro-peace moderates and supporters of a two-state solution, they were radicalised. One tribe faction, numbering several hundred, dominates Hamas ’ branch in Hebron and is a radical opposition faction within Hamas, which frequently sabotages Hamas cease fires with bombings and attacks, provoking Israeli retaliation. The Shin Bet has accused them of kidnapping the Yeshiva students. Marwan Qawasameh is suspected of being one of two terrorists involved in the kidnapping and murder of three Isra…

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