Zionist political violence: what Wikipedia removed
Published because the measurement runs both ways. This article’s “terror” count fell from 7 to 3 across the same period that the same word was being cut from Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad articles. Where the encyclopedia softens, we report it in every direction.
The word “terror” appeared 7 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| militant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| resistance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| hostage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 article opened by defining its subject as violence or terrorism motivated by Zionism. That line was rewritten.
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:
- 2026-03-05, Daddynnoob, edit summary: ”/* top */WP:SDNONE” (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17984860):
Template:Totallydisputed Organizational structures Financing Fronting Radicalization ( online ) Training camp Death squad Clandestine cell system Leaderless resistance Lone wolf Domestic Methods Tactics Agro-terrorism Aircraft hijacking list Beheading Guillotine #Reign of Terror Islamic views Salafi Bombing Animal-borne Car list Improvised Letter Proxy Threat Bioterrorism Cyberterrorism Dry run Environmental Hostage-taking Incitement to terrorism Individual terror Insurgency Kidnapping Nuclear Paper Piracy Propaganda of the deed Shooting School Spree Stabbing Stochastic Suicide attack Country categories Rockets and mortars Urban terrorism Vehicle-ramming Relationship to states Response to te…
2026 (revision 1364985971):
Aftermath of the King David Hotel bombing , blown up by the Irgun after Operation Agatha in 1946 Zionists committed a number of acts of political violence in support of establishing and maintaining a Jewish state in Palestine . These actions have been carried out by individuals, paramilitary groups, and the State of Israel and its military forces since the early 20th century against British rule and as part of the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict . In the pre-state period (1920s–1940s), Zionist paramilitaries such as the Irgun , Lehi , Haganah and Palmach engaged in violent campaigns against British authorities , Palestinian Arabs , and more moderate Jews to advance their political goals…
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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