Did Wikipedia remove the word "terror" from the Middle East Illusions article?

Yes. "terror" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2015 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Middle East Illusions article stop using the word "terror"?

The word appeared 2 times in the opening at its peak in 2015. It appears nowhere in the article today, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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What did Wikipedia remove from the Middle East Illusions article?

The opening as it read in 2015

Reflections on Justice and Nationhood is a 2003 book by Noam Chomsky . It includes a collection of essays about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict written during the past thirty years.¹ An Introduction Decoding Chomsky Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent The Anti-Chomsky Reader The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky The Kingdom of Speech Filmography Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) Last Party 2000 (2001) Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (2002) Distorted Morality – America's War on Terror? (2013) Family William Chomsky (father) Carol Chomsky (deceased wife) Valeria Wasserman (wife) Aviva Chomsky (daughter) Related Chomsky–Foucault debate v t e²

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The opening as it stood in 2010

Reflections on Justice and Nationhood is a 2003 book by Noam Chomsky . It includes a collection of essays about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict written during the past thirty years. v t e

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Reflections on Justice and Nationhood is a 2003 book by Noam Chomsky . It includes a collection of essays about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict written during the past thirty years. An Introduction Decoding Chomsky Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent The Anti-Chomsky Reader The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky The Kingdom of Speech Filmography Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) Last Party 2000 (2001) Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (2002) Distorted Morality – America's War on Terror? (2013) Family William Chomsky (father) Carol Chomsky (deceased wife) Valeria Wasserman (wife) Aviva Chomsky (daughter) Related Chomsky–Foucault debate v t e

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

2003 book by Noam Chomsky First edition (publ. Reflections on Justice and Nationhood is a 2003 book by Noam Chomsky . It includes a collection of essays about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict written during the past thirty years. Reflections on Justice and Nationhood .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

2003 book by Noam Chomsky First edition (publ. Reflections on Justice and Nationhood is a 2003 book by Noam Chomsky . It includes a collection of essays about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict written between 1969 and 2002. Reflections on Justice and Nationhood .

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