In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “border crossing on the gaza strip - israel - egypt border managed by the israel airports authority”. Today it says “border crossing at the junction of two border sections”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2025 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2025
Border crossing at the Egypt–Gaza–Israel junction point Cargo entering Gaza at Kerem Shalom crossing Kerem Shalom border crossing ( Hebrew : מעבר כרם שלום , "Vineyard of Peace"; Arabic : معبر كرم أبو سالم , Karem Abu Salem ) is a border crossing at the junction of two border sections: one between the Gaza Strip and Israel, and one between the Gaza Strip and Egypt . It is used by trucks carrying goods from Israel or Egypt to the Gaza Strip. Douglas Hamilton, Israel boosts Gaza freight flow as blockade eases , Reuters (21 June 2010).
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1298147832.
The opening as it stood in 2015
Cargo entering Gaza at Kerem Shalom crossing Kerem Shalom border crossing is a border crossing on the Gaza Strip - Israel - Egypt border managed by the Israel Airports Authority .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 619460679.
The opening as it stood in 2020
Cargo entering Gaza at Kerem Shalom crossing Kerem Shalom border crossing ( , ) is a border crossing at the junction of the Gaza Strip – Israel border and the Gaza–Egypt border .It is managed by the Israel Airports Authority , and is used by trucks carrying goods from Israel or Egypt to the Gaza Strip .Egypt's holy war against Sinai jihadists leaves many questions unanswered Yaakov Katz and Shelly Paz (8 July 2008).
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 960016945.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Border crossing at the Egypt–Gaza–Israel junction point Cargo entering Gaza at Kerem Shalom crossing Kerem Shalom border crossing ( , ) is a border crossing at the junction of the Gaza Strip – Israel border and the Gaza–Egypt border . It is managed by the Israel Airports Authority , and is used by trucks carrying goods from Israel or Egypt to the Gaza Strip . Egypt's holy war against Sinai jihadists leaves many questions unanswered Yaakov Katz and Shelly Paz (8 July 2008).
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1168464414.
Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “border crossing on the gaza strip - israel - egypt border managed by the israel airports authority”. Today it says “border crossing at the junction of two border sections”. Read the current article and compare.
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2015, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
border crossing on the gaza strip - israel - egypt border managed by the israel airports authority
Now
border crossing at the junction of two border sections
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
