Did Wikipedia remove the word "occupation" from the 2002 Arab League summit article?

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When did the 2002 Arab League summit article stop using the word "occupation"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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The opening as it read in 2005

The Arab Peace Initiative was floated by acting Saudi regent Crown Prince Abdullah as a potential solution to both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Arab-Israeli conflict . It was published on March 28, 2002 , during a summit meeting of the Arab League in Beirut , Lebanon . The document, considered a progressive proposal, calls for the state of Israel to withdraw all forces from the Occupied Territories and to recognize the Palestinian Authority as a sovereign nation with its capital in East Jerusalem . In exchange Abdullah suggested that Arab states would recognize the state of Israel, consider the Arab-Israeli conflict over and establish " normal relations " with Israel.¹

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The opening as it stood in 2010 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

The Beirut Summit (also known as the Arab Summit Conference ) was a meeting of the Arab League in Beirut , Lebanon in March 2002 to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . The meeting became especially noteworthy for the adoption, by the Arab states attending, of a proposal offering a comprehensive peace between the Arab countries and Israel , called the Arab Peace Initiative . Despite the efforts to form a peace plan, the Beirut summit unequivocally supported the Second Intifada .

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The opening as it stood in 2015 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear

The Beirut Summit (also known as the Arab Summit Conference ) was a meeting of the Arab League in Beirut , Lebanon in March 2002 to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . Yassar Arafat , the leader of Palestine, was under house-arrest in his Ramallah compound. The Israeli forces confined him and prevented him from attending the Beirut Summit. The meeting became especially noteworthy for the adoption, by the Arab states attending, of a proposal offering a comprehensive peace between the Arab countries and Israel , called the Arab Peace Initiative .

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The opening as it stood in 2020

The Beirut Summit (also known as the Arab Summit Conference ) was a meeting of the Arab League in Beirut , Lebanon in March 2002 to discuss the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . At the time Yassar Arafat , the leader of Palestine, was under house-arrest in his Ramallah compound. The Israeli forces confined him and prevented him from attending the Beirut Summit. The meeting became especially noteworthy for the adoption, by the Arab states attending, of a proposal offering a comprehensive peace between the Arab countries and Israel , called the Arab Peace Initiative .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

The Beirut Summit (also known as the Arab Summit Conference ) was a meeting of the Arab League in Beirut , Lebanon , in March 2002 to discuss the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . At the time Yasser Arafat , the Leader of Palestine, was under house-arrest in his Ramallah compound. The Israeli forces confined him and prevented him from attending the Beirut Summit. The meeting became especially noteworthy for the adoption, by the Arab states attending, of a proposal offering a comprehensive peace between the Arab countries and Israel , called the Arab Peace Initiative .

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