Did Wikipedia remove the word "occupation" from the Ometz LeSarev article?

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When did the Ometz LeSarev article stop using the word "occupation"?

The word appeared 2 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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What did Wikipedia remove from the Ometz LeSarev article?

The opening as it read in 2005

Ometz Le'sarev ( Hebrew : "Courage to Refuse") is an organization of Zionist reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who refuse to serve beyond the 1967 borders, but "shall continue serving in the Israel Defense Forces in any mission that serves Israel's defense." The movement began as a nucleus of 51 reserve officers and soldiers, who in January 2002 published an ad in the Israeli daily Ha'aretz , which would later come to be known as "The Combatants' Letter".¹ Three years later the number of signatories had reached well over 600. At first, the IDF responded by sentancing any refusenik who refused to serve in the Occupied Territories to jail. Seeing that this was not a deterrent, and only raised awareness of refusal within the populace, it has stepped down its efforts, and has simply stopped calling on the refuseniks, or sending them to alternate duties within the 1967 borders, meaning, those borders that existed prior to the 1967 Six-Day War . There are differing opinions in the Israeli public regarding the organization. The right wing opposes the movement up to calling their activity a treason during wartime and claim that their refusal encourage the Palestinians to step up suicide bombings in order to break the Israeli society. The left wing , which opposes the occupation, is split between those who see refusal as a legitimate political tool, and those who believe that it is unlawful and only serves to undermine the IDF 's and the Israeli peace camp standing within the populace.² However, the majority of the Israeli public rejects refusal to serve as a legitimate mean and thinks the refusniks only causing damage and undermining democracy. Israeli Zionist left wing activists proffesor Amnon Rubinstein warned that refusal in the left will lend legitimacy to refusal to remove Israeli settlements in the right.³

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The opening as it stood in 2010 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Ometz LeSarev ( , Courage to Refuse ) is an organization of reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who refuse to serve beyond the 1967 borders, but "shall continue serving in the Israel Defense Forces in any mission that serves Israel's defense." These conscientious objectors refer to themselves as refuseniks a reference to the refusenik Jews of Soviet Russia. The movement began as a nucleus of 51 reserve officers and soldiers, who in January 2002 published an ad in the Israeli daily Haaretz , which would later come to be known as "The Combatants' Letter". Three years later the number of signatories had reached well over 600. At first, the IDF responded by sentencing any refusenik who refused to serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to jail. Seeing that this was not a deterrent, and only raised awareness of refusal within the populace, it has stepped down its efforts, and has simply stopped calling on the refuseniks, or sending them to alternate duties within the 1967 borders, meaning, those borders that existed prior to the 1967 Six-Day War . There are differing opinions in the Israeli public regarding the organization. The right wing opposes the movement up to calling their activity a treason during wartime and claim that their refusal encourage the Palestinians to step up suicide bombings in order to break the Israeli society. The left wing , which opposes the occupation, is split between those who see refusal as a legitimate political tool, and those who believe that it is unlawful and only serves to undermine the IDF's and the Israeli peace camp standing within the populace. Israeli left-wing activist professor Amnon Rubinstein has warned that the refusal to serve by soldiers on the left could encourage the refusal by soldiers on the right to remove Israeli settlements .

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The opening as it stood in 2015 8 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Ometz LeSarev ( , Courage to Refuse ) is an organization of reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who refuse to serve beyond the 1967 borders, but "shall continue serving in the Israel Defense Forces in any mission that serves Israel's defense." These conscientious objectors refer to themselves as refuseniks a reference to the refusenik Jews of Soviet Russia. In 2004, Courage to Refuse and one of its founders, David Zonshein, were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by 1992 winner Rigoberta Menchú and 1996 winner Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Ometz LeSarev ( , Courage to Refuse ) is an organization of reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who refuse to serve beyond the 1967 borders, but "shall continue serving in the Israel Defense Forces in any mission that serves Israel's defense." These conscientious objectors refer to themselves as refuseniks , a reference to the refusenik Jews of Soviet Russia. In 2004, Courage to Refuse and one of its founders, social activist David Zonsheine, were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by 1992 winner Rigoberta Menchú and 1996 winner Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Organization of Israeli military personnel refusing to serve beyond the 1967 borders Ometz LeSarev ( Hebrew : אומץ לסרב , Courage to Refuse ) is an organization of reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who refuse to serve beyond the 1967 borders, but "shall continue serving in the Israel Defense Forces in any mission that serves Israel's defense." These conscientious objectors refer to themselves as refuseniks , a reference to the refusenik Jews of Soviet Russia. In 2004, Courage to Refuse and one of its founders, social activist David Zonsheine, were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by 1992 winner Rigoberta Menchú and 1996 winner Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo .

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