Textbooks in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: what Wikipedia removed
In 2020 the opening carried Israel’s charge that Palestinian textbooks instill “anti-Semitic attitudes” and incite children to violence, with antisemitism mentioned 5 times. Today it opens with Israeli textbooks that “dehumanize Palestinian Arabs”, and antisemitism is down to 2.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 5 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 2026-08-02.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| terror | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| jihad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| massacre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| martyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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 charge that Palestinian textbooks incite to violence, martyrdom and jihad, with the EU-commissioned study behind it, removed.
- The finding connecting textbook material to Palestinian terrorism, removed.
- The condition that aid depend on removing antisemitic content was reworded.
- The cited report that textbook reform failed, removed.
- The framing sentence was rewritten; today the opening leads with Israeli textbooks.
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:
- 2025-01-03, Iskandar323, edit summary: “Summarising/balancing the lead without needless specifics and attributed content” (see the diff)
- 2025-01-03, Iskandar323, edit summary: “Summarising/balancing the lead without needless specifics and attributed content” (see the diff)
- 2025-01-03, Iskandar323, edit summary: “Summarising/balancing the lead without needless specifics and attributed content” (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 363202135):
Israel has frequently accused Palestinian textbooks of instilling anti-Semitic attitudes and inciting Palestinian children to commit violence or terrorism . As a result of these accusations, analyses of Palestinian textbooks have been performed by various research institutions. The U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem commissioned studies from the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information ( IPCRI ). In Europe the Georg Eckert Institute performed research. The Hebrew University ‘s Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace has also published papers on this issue. A U.S. Senate subcommittee and the Political Committee of the European Parliament have both held hea…
2026 (revision 1357164107):
Textbooks in Israel and Palestine have emerged as an issue within the larger Israeli–Palestinian conflict . Textbooks in Israel have been found to contain narratives that dehumanize Palestinian Arabs, or provide justification for or skip over historical topics related to Israeli occupation of Palestine , such as war crimes like the Deir Yassin massacre . Studies on Palestinian textbooks have highlighted hateful imagery and content. In response to such findings, from 2019 to 2023 the European Parliament passed four resolutions denouncing the Palestinian Authority for the content of its textbooks and stipulating that any future financing for education be conditioned on improvements. Israel has…
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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