Israel

B-Class

Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Sep 20, 2026

23,991

Total Edits

5,855

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

3,201

Watchers

23%

Minor Edits

320K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 2% of the reported 23,991 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Oct 5, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC. Totals and pageviews are source-provided; the activity signal and section list are derived from the retrieved window.

What this edit history shows

The Wikipedia article on Israel has been edited 23,991 times since it was created in 2001, by 5,855 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That works out to roughly 964 recorded changes a year — an article being rewritten in small pieces almost every hour of the day.

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, the ten busiest contributors account for about 43% of the changes, with the rest spread across a long tail of occasional editors. That is a fairly typical mix of regular maintainers and passing corrections. In the same window, about 5% of the retrieved revisions came from bot accounts, which handle routine work such as link repair and reference formatting.

Within the retrieved window, 2026 carries the most recorded activity, with 260 changes. The page is currently busy: 84 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 15 days ago.

Readership is cooling: the last three months of pageviews run about 41% below the preceding period. The clearest peak in that record falls in June 2025. Traffic spikes and editing spikes often line up, but the revision record alone cannot tell you which one caused the other, or whether an outside event drove both.

This report is built from the 500 most recent revisions retrieved from Wikipedia, about 2% of the 23,991 recorded edits. Figures drawn from that window describe the window only, and the report cannot establish why a change was made or whether it was correct. For older revisions, talk-page discussion and full context, follow the source history on Wikipedia.

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Most Edited Sections

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topBritish Mandate for Palestine21st centuryHistory

Recent Changeslast 90 days

Hddtymove note
Sep 20, 2026
1keyhole[[Wikipedia:MOSNUMscript|script]]-assisted date audit and style fixes per [[MOS:NUM]]
Sep 20, 2026
JaredMcKenzieAdd Balfour's acknowledgement of Palestine's "unique situation" and that the Zionist programme excluded numerical self-determination.
Sep 19, 2026
Maxeto0910no sentences
Sep 19, 2026
IOHANNVSVERVSWe can link both of these
Sep 18, 2026
Triggerhippie4More comprehensive hatnote for the section covering multiple decades.
Sep 18, 2026
IOHANNVSVERVSRestore "1948 war and establishment of State of Israel" as heading.
Sep 17, 2026
Triggerhippie4Move heading from 1947 to 1948 for clearer chronology. Trim hatnotes.
Sep 17, 2026
E247GTagged [[WP:DUPREF|duplicate citations]] using [[User:Polygnotus/DuplicateReferences|DuplicateReferences]]
Sep 17, 2026
Tpbradburyactually the next section on 1948 is twice as long
Sep 16, 2026
JaredMcKenzieadd context that most of that 33% were recent immigrants. When 1917 Balfour declaration was made - it was only 8% so the increase was very sharp and new.
Sep 10, 2026
JaredMcKenzieAdded to the body that Arab leaders argued that Arabs were the majority who wanted the country to remain united and undivided, and that partition violated the principle of self-determination. From UN source.
Sep 10, 2026
JaredMcKenzieTheir exact words were not reject - but "refuse to be bound to any resolution". This is a meaningful distinction, as the latter is broader than simply rejecting the plan: it means they refused to accept that any UN resolution could obligate them.
Sep 10, 2026
JaredMcKenzieCite from The Question of Palestine - UN , an authoritive source.
Sep 10, 2026
JaredMcKenzieRather than making readers speculate wildly on the reasons for the rejection, it takes only a few extra words to state the given reason, which is historically significant and supported by RS. This content is policy-compliant, so it should not be removed simply because someone dislikes its inclusion; removal requires a substantive editorial or policy-based rationale.
Sep 10, 2026
Snackbar.me3Removed disputed detail pending consensus. See relevant talk page discussion
Sep 10, 2026
SmallangryplanetTypofix (via [[WP:JWB]])
Sep 9, 2026
Snackbar.me3Moving the citation back to its place
Sep 9, 2026
Snackbar.me3/* */
Sep 9, 2026
Snackbar.me3Fixed the sentences not connecting well
Sep 9, 2026

Common questions about Israel on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Israel been edited?

Wikipedia records 23,991 edits to Israel since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 5,855 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Israel the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is Triggerhippie4, with 92 edits. A high edit count reflects recorded activity in this window only; it does not imply ownership of the article or that the edits were accepted unchanged.

When was the Wikipedia article on Israel created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Israel is dated November 14, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Israel edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2026 holds the most recorded changes, at 260. Because the report covers a retrieved window rather than the entire history, an earlier year outside that window could have been busier.

How do I see the full edit history of Israel on Wikipedia?

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