Did Wikipedia remove the word "massacre" from the Anastas Hanania article?

Yes. "massacre" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2010 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

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The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2010. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-01.

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Anastas Hanania

Anastas Hanania was a Palestinian-Jordanian lawyer, judge, and diplomat who left Palestine in 1948. Through 2010 the opening said, "After the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre, Hanania and his family left Palestine for Amman." Today the word appears nowhere in the article, and the opening gives no reason at all for his departure from Palestine. A reader today does not learn that Hanania's family fled Palestine because of the Deir Yassin massacre.

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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “massacre” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1.

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The opening as it read in 2010

Anastas Hanania (1899[?]-1995) was a Jordanian - Palestinian lawyer, judge, official and diplomat.¹ Born in Jerusalem at around the turn of the century, Hanania was educated at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut(now known as AUB) and the Law College in Jerusalem . He entered Palestinian politics in the late 1930s and 1940s.² After the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre , Hanania and his family left Palestine for Amman . During the 1950's, Hanania held several cabinet positions in the Jordanian government including Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Foreign Minister. He was one of the original signatories to the Jordanian Constitution of 1952, which remains the law of the land today. Between 1960-1966, Hanania was Jordan's Ambassador to the United Kingdom and between 1968-1989, he was a Senator in Jordan's Upper House of Parliament. Hanania's wife Claire Nashawati died in 2002. They are survived by a son (heart surgeon Daoud Hanania ) and four daughters (May, Lyne, Louly and Myr). v t e v t e³

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Today

“massacre” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1. Read the current article and compare.

Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
	2010	2015	2020	Oct '23	2025
massacre	1	0	0	0	0

What Wikipedia says this is

Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined between 2010 and 2025.

Then

jordanian - palestinian lawyer

Now

palestinian-jordanian lawyer

1. Removed: “Anastas Hanania (1899[?]-1995) was a Jordanian - Palestinian lawyer, judge, official and…” In the article until 2020 (rev), gone by October 6, 2023 (rev).

The birth year was corrected from an uncertain 1899 to 1903, and his identity was reordered from 'Jordanian-Palestinian' to 'Palestinian-Jordanian.'

2. Rewrote 2 sentences: “Born in Jerusalem at around the turn of the century, Hanania was…” Changed after our 2025 snapshot. Now reads: “Hanania was educated at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut (now the AUB) and the Law College in Jerusalem .”

The detail that he was born in Jerusalem around the turn of the century was reworded or dropped; today's opening does not state his birthplace.

3. Removed 6 sentences: “After the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre , Hanania and his family left Palestine…” In the article until 2010 (rev), gone by 2015 (rev).

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