Quds News Network: what Wikipedia removed
Quds News Network is a Palestinian media outlet whose 2023 opening described it as “an independent Hamas- and Palestinian Islamic Jihad-affiliated Palestinian news agency.” Today’s opening calls it “a Palestinian youth news agency” known for its social media reach, with no mention of Hamas or Islamic Jihad, though jihad survives twice in the body. A reader today learns that QNN gained a following on social media and not that the article once described it as affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
The word “jihad” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| jihad | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| terror | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 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”- The description of QNN as ‘an independent Hamas- and Palestinian Islamic Jihad-affiliated’ news agency, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2020 (revision 934755519):
The Quds News Network (Arabic:شبكة قدس الإخبارية) (QNN, see Quds ) is one of the leading news agencies in Palestine . Its website is blocked by the Palestinian Authority. Twitter suspended its accounts in 2019. ^ “Leading Palestinian news site accounts suspended by Twitter: Three accounts belonging to the Quds News Network were suspended on Saturday” . Middle East Eye. 2 November 2019. ^ Mitnick, Joshua (26 October 2015). “Palestinian uprising: Upstart website feeds youth the news they want” . Christian Science Monitor. ^ Patel, Yumna (23 October 2019). “Palestinian Authority blocks dozens of websites critical of Abbas government” . Mondoweiss. ^ “Twitter suspends accounts of Palestinian Qud…
2025 (revision 1286642667):
Palestinian media outlet Not to be confused with Al-Quds TV . Quds News Network ( Arabic : شبكة قدس الإخبارية , romanized : Shabakat Quds al-Ikhbārīyah ; QNN ) is a Palestinian youth news agency founded in 2011. The agency is staffed with volunteer correspondents across Palestine. The network gained widespread following on social media around 2015 through its fast distribution video coverage of escalations in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , which had made it as popular as Al Jazeera , appealing particularly to young Palestinians. According to Mondoweiss , the Palestinian Authority blocked QNN’s website in 2019 as part of a crackdown on dissent. Some of its pages were also blocked by some …
Related
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