How can I verify what Wikipedia's Ireland–Israel relations article used to say?

Each snapshot on this page links the Wikipedia revision it came from, so you can open their own history and compare. We also keep our own copy of the text, which stays readable if the article changes again.

How Wikipedia rewrote the Ireland–Israel relations article

Q: How has Wikipedia's Ireland–Israel relations article changed?

0 accusation words in the opening on October 6 2023. Today: 2 today. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read "Diplomatic relations between Ireland and the State of Israel Bilateral relations Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with Simon Coveney , 2017". It now reads "Bilateral relations Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney in Jerusalem , 2017". We saved the article's opening at 5 moments between 2025 and 2025, and every claim links the exact revision.

The opening as it read in 2025

Relations between the two countries have been complex and generally strained due to their conflicting positions on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . Relations between the two countries soured during the Gaza war . In late 2024, Israel closed its embassy in Dublin, citing Ireland's "anti-Israel" stance. In January 2025, Ireland announced it would join South Africa's Gaza genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice . United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL) (Press release) .

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1292969760.

The opening as it stood in 2010

Bilateral relations Ireland–Israel relations are foreign relations between Ireland and Israel . Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1975 . Since January 25, 1996, Ireland has an embassy in Tel Aviv . Israel has an embassy in Dublin . Both countries are full members of the Union for the Mediterranean . On 5 June 2010, an Irish humanitarian aid vessel MV Rachel Corrie heading for Gaza , was intercepted and seized by Israeli commandos . This caused political tension between Ireland and Israel.

Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 368008356.

The opening as it stood in 2015 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Bilateral relations Ireland–Israel relations are foreign relations between Ireland and Israel . Since 25 January 1996, Ireland has an embassy in Tel Aviv and Israel has an embassy in Dublin . The Israeli ambassador to Ireland is Boaz Moda'i and the Irish ambassador to Israel is Eamonn C.

Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 665608087.

The opening as it stood in 2020 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Diplomatic relations between Ireland and the State of Israel Bilateral relations Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with Simon Coveney , 2017 Ireland–Israel relations are foreign relations between Ireland and Israel .

Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 962752591.