The 2009 dispute in which Hamas, which governs Gaza, denounced UNRWA's plan to teach Holocaust history, calling the Holocaust "a lie made up by the Zionists." Through October 6 2023 the opening called it the "Militant Islamic movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip." The word appears nowhere in the article today; the opening now calls Hamas "the Palestinian nationalist and Islamist movement... the de-facto government in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip." A reader today learns Hamas is described as Gaza's government and not that Wikipedia's own opening once called it a militant movement.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Hamas–UNRWA Holocaust dispute erupted on 31 August 2009 following a perception in the Gaza Strip that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) planned to include a course on human rights that speaks about the Holocaust in the eighth-grade curriculum of preparatory schools it runs in the territory. Militant Islamic movement Hamas , which controls the Gaza Strip , protested, calling the Holocaust "a lie made up by the Zionists " and demanding the removal of the offending content from the curriculum.1 The United Nations agency responded by denying that it teaches the subject of the Holocaust in its schools or that it plans to teach it in its new curriculum. This denial drew criticism from various goups and individuals.2
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Hamas–UNRWA Holocaust dispute erupted on 31 August 2009 following a perception in the Gaza Strip that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) planned to include a course on human rights that speaks about the Holocaust in the eighth-grade curriculum of preparatory schools it runs in the territory. Militant Islamic movement Hamas , which controls the Gaza Strip , protested, calling the Holocaust "a lie made up by the Zionists " and demanding the removal of the offending content from the curriculum. Some officials of the United Nations agency initially responded by denying that it teaches the subject of the Holocaust in its schools or that it plans to teach it in its new curriculum. This denial drew criticism from various groups and individuals.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Hamas–UNRWA Holocaust dispute erupted on 31 August 2009 following a perception in the Gaza Strip that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) planned to include a course on human rights that speaks about the Holocaust in the eighth-grade curriculum of preparatory schools it runs in the territory. Militant Islamic movement Hamas , which controls the Gaza Strip , protested, calling the Holocaust "a lie made up by the Zionists " and demanding the removal of the offending content from the curriculum. Some officials of the United Nations agency initially responded by denying that it teaches the subject of the Holocaust in its schools or that it plans to teach it in its new curriculum. This denial drew criticism from various groups and individuals. "Hamas, UNRWA argue over "Holocaust" lessons in Gaza" ."Hamas slams UN over "Holocaust classes" in Gaza" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
2009 dispute over Holocaust education The Hamas–UNRWA Holocaust dispute erupted on 31 August 2009 following a perception in the Gaza Strip that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) planned to include a course on human rights that speaks about the Holocaust in the eighth-grade curriculum of preparatory schools it runs in the territory. Militant Islamic movement Hamas , which controls the Gaza Strip , protested, calling the Holocaust "a lie made up by the Zionists " and demanding the removal of the offending content from the curriculum. Some officials of the United Nations agency initially responded by denying that it teaches the subject of the Holocaust in its schools or that it plans to teach it in its new curriculum. This denial drew criticism from various groups and individuals. "Hamas, UNRWA argue over "Holocaust" lessons in Gaza" . "Hamas slams UN over "Holocaust classes" in Gaza" .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
2009 dispute over Holocaust education The Hamas–UNRWA Holocaust dispute erupted on 31 August 2009 following a perception in the Gaza Strip that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) planned to include a course on human rights that speaks about the Holocaust in the eighth-grade curriculum of preparatory schools it runs in the territory. The Palestinian nationalist and Islamist movement Hamas , which is the de-facto government in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip , protested, calling the Holocaust "a lie made up by the Zionists " and demanding the removal of the offending content from the curriculum. Some officials of the United Nations agency initially responded by denying that it teaches the subject of the Holocaust in its schools or that it plans to teach it in its new curriculum. This denial drew criticism from various groups and individuals. "Hamas, UNRWA argue over "Holocaust" lessons in Gaza" . "Hamas slams UN over "Holocaust classes" in Gaza" .
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