Israel–Palestine
UNRWA
1 question out of 3 has a compatible detail difference. Language openings emphasize different things.
Something to inspect — not a judgment of bias or bad faith.
Overview
Use this briefing to choose what to inspect. The tabs contain the underlying comparisons.
Open the live English Wikipedia article ↗L1 ran on this article and exact checking did not confirm a durable rewrite. This does not mean the article never changed.
Different websites cited: 59 → 91. We do not rate those sites. See Citations.
3 configured questions checked in more than one language. See Facts.
Did editors fight over it?
The page was not dominated by back-and-forth undoing. A quiet rewrite can still matter — it just means few people fought it on the page. About 1,877 recorded revisions in the measure.
Who wrote today’s text?
Half of the wording still on the page is about 5.9 years old or newer. 42.5% was written in the last 3 years. The ten most active accounts wrote 53.6% of what is there now (authorship is more spread out; 302 different accounts overall). Snapshot data on this page runs through 2026-07-01.This is background only — a small group of writers is common on specialist pages.
Available evidence: Rewrite (no candidate found), Citations, Framing, Facts, Versions.
Not available in this export: Vocabulary. Missing coverage is not a negative finding.
No candidate rewrite window was confirmed
The exact L1 check ran, but no candidate showed the required durable-spine drop. This is a completed negative result for that detector, not a claim that the article never changed.
Candidates and exact outcomes
The detector scored 47 interval rows and sent 2 candidate windows to exact checking: 0 confirmed, 2 rejected. A candidate window can span multiple interval rows, so rows marked as candidates do not equal the rewrite episode count.
Persistence-weighted changeThe share of wording lost, weighted so text that survived more snapshots counts more. by interval
Each row reports established wording lost, standing wording gained, and paired change as a replacement lead. The bar shows loss for continuity with earlier reports. Below-floor anomalies remain descriptive evidence but cannot receive exact confirmation. A coverage gap is shown descriptively but excluded from detector decisions. Candidate-window labels report the exact revision-level decision for the broader window containing that interval.
How the detector reached this state
- 1 · Coarse scanA snapshot comparison that finds candidate windows for closer inspection.Candidate signal foundThe coarse scan found a deletion-heavy window worth exact checking.
- 2 · Interval scoring47 intervals scoredThe bars below show persistence-weighted wording loss for each interval.
- 3 · Exact checkA revision-level test of whether a candidate window's durable spine collapsed.Candidates rejectedRevision-level checking did not find the required durable replacement.
- 2003-01-01Loss 1.8%4 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2004-01-01Loss 1.0%5 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2004-07-01Loss 9.3%73 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2005-01-01Loss 27.6%408 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2005-07-01Loss 36.0%1,319 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2006-01-01Loss 1.5%129 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2006-07-01Loss 1.3%195 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2007-01-01Loss 0.3%58 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2007-07-01Loss 3.1%878 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2008-01-01Loss 2.7%925 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2008-07-01Loss 13.6%5,574 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2009-01-01Loss 2.4%1,070 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2009-07-01Loss 4.3%2,200 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2010-01-01Loss 1.9%1,161 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2010-07-01Loss 1.9%1,323 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2011-01-01Loss 2.0%1,641 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2011-07-01Loss 0.4%404 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2012-01-01Loss 7.3%7,723 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2012-07-01Loss 1.1%1,265 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2013-01-01Loss 0.9%1,143 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2013-07-01Loss 1.7%2,427 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2014-01-01Loss 0.9%1,444 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2014-07-01Loss 0.1%87 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2015-01-01Loss 36.9%68,811 removed · 0 added PWRRejected candidate window: 2014-07-01 → 2015-01-01
- 2015-07-01Loss 3.9%5,442 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2016-01-01Loss 0.1%169 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2016-07-01Loss 1.1%2,128 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2017-01-01Loss 0.3%663 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2017-07-01Loss 3.9%9,058 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2018-01-01Loss 0.0%88 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2018-07-01Loss 1.1%3,191 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2019-01-01Loss 0.8%2,501 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2019-07-01Loss 0.3%998 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2020-01-01Loss 1.0%3,521 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2020-07-01Loss 0.4%1,501 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2021-01-01Loss 11.3%47,288 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2021-07-01Loss 1.5%6,021 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2022-01-01Loss 0.1%252 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2022-07-01Loss 0.3%1,251 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2023-01-01Loss 0.0%100 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2023-07-01Loss 0.2%853 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2024-01-01Loss 8.4%47,978 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2024-07-01Loss 6.1%34,284 removed · 0 added PWRRejected candidate window: 2024-01-01 → 2025-01-01
- 2025-01-01Loss 24.4%140,674 removed · 0 added PWRRejected candidate window: 2024-01-01 → 2025-01-01
- 2025-07-01Loss 0.5%2,124 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2026-01-01Loss 4.2%21,347 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
- 2026-07-01Loss 0.3%1,533 removed · 0 added PWRMeasured: no anomaly threshold crossed
Exact candidate decisions
Every coarse lead and its revision-level decision, including rejected candidates. RedlinesA before-and-after view showing wording removed and added. compare the full candidate window.
| Candidate window | Exact outcome | Coarse signal |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-01 → 2015-01-01Redline unavailable | Rejected: 0.0% durable-spine drop, below the required 20.0%Exact pair: 2014-07-06T14:08:44Z → 2014-07-06T14:12:19Z | coarse interval · 37% persistence-weighted loss · 68,811 PWR massThe absolute persistence-weighted amount of text lost. |
| 2024-01-01 → 2025-01-01Redline unavailable | Rejected: 0.0% durable-spine drop, below the required 20.0%Exact pair: 2024-01-04T20:44:49Z → 2024-01-07T22:31:13Z | rolling second pass · 28% persistence-weighted loss · 157,088 PWR massThe absolute persistence-weighted amount of text lost. |
How the footnotes changed
How the article's own footnotes changed across the rewrite: which websites and books were cited more or less. We only show the mix — we do not rate sources as good or bad.
Looking at 2013-01-01 → 2026-07-01 (across the L1 pivot ~2014-07-01): 84 websites were cited more (or newly), 26 less (or dropped). Number of footnotes: 96 → 258. Different websites: 59 → 91.
Mix of citation types: web 56%, news 24%, book 16%, journal 4% → web 78%, news 16%, journal 3%, book 2%, report 1%.
| cited more often | before → after |
|---|---|
| unrwa.org | 16 → 101 |
| theguardian.com | 0 → 14 |
| jpost.com | 2 → 15 |
| timesofisrael.com | 1 → 11 |
| un.org | 9 → 18 |
| al-monitor.com | 0 → 8 |
| aljazeera.com | 0 → 6 |
| reuters.com | 0 → 6 |
| mopanonline.org | 0 → 6 |
| apnews.com | 0 → 5 |
| middleeastmonitor.com | 0 → 4 |
| nytimes.com | 1 → 5 |
| cited less often | before → after |
|---|---|
| fr.jpost.com | 6 → 2 |
| news.bbc.co.uk | 4 → 2 |
| ochaopt.org | 2 → 0 |
| docs.google.com | 1 → 0 |
| youtube.com | 1 → 0 |
| cbsnews.com | 1 → 0 |
| electronicintifada.net | 1 → 0 |
| euobserver.com | 1 → 0 |
| fao.org | 1 → 0 |
| unrwace.org | 1 → 0 |
| timesonline.co.uk | 1 → 0 |
| facebook.com | 1 → 0 |
Counted from the article’s own footnotes. We list domains only — we do not call any source trustworthy or untrustworthy.
Cross-language lead comparison
How the opening of the article presents the topic in different languages. Disagreement is a reason to read carefully, not a final answer.
No edits occurred to the English lead's substantive content between the before and after revisions in this window (text identical), and the same holds for AR, DE, and HE leads, which also remained unchanged. Pre-existing cross-edition differences persisted throughout: the Arabic lead cites ~4.7 million refugees versus English's 5 million; the German lead omits refugee counts but adds headquarters history absent in English; and the Hebrew lead frames UNRWA's separation from UNHCR similarly to English but with less detail on numbers. No temporal divergence was introduced by English's edit in this window.
Compared matched historical revisions around the confirmed rewrite from 2014-07-01 to 2015-01-01.
Languages compared: en, ar, he, de.
Version receipts: en: en before / en after · ar: ar before / ar after · he: he before / he after · de: de before / de after
| topic | how they compare | English change | other language(s) change | languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refugee count figure | difference persisted | Before: 5 million registered Palestinian refugees “Today it provides education, health care, social services and military aid to 5 million registered Palestinian refugees” After: 5 million registered Palestinian refugees “Today it provides education, health care, social services and military aid to 5 million registered Palestinian refugees” | Before: حوالي 4.7 مليون لاجئ فلسطيني مسجلين “لحوالي 4.7 مليون لاجئ فلسطيني مسجلين لديها” After: حوالي 4.7 مليون لاجئ فلسطيني مسجلين “لحوالي 4.7 مليون لاجئ فلسطيني مسجلين لديها” | AR |
| Relation to UNHCR | difference persisted | Before: It is separate from UNHCR...dedicated to aiding all refugees in the world “no quotation” After: It is separate from UNHCR...dedicated to aiding all refugees in the world “no quotation” | Before: היא גוף של האומות המאוחדות שהוקם בנפרד מנציבות האו"ם לפליטים “היא גוף של האומות המאוחדות שהוקם בנפרד מנציבות האו"ם לפליטים” After: היא גוף של האומות המאוחדות שהוקם בנפרד מנציבות האו"ם לפליטים “היא גוף של האומות המאוחדות שהוקם בנפרד מנציבות האו"ם לפליטים” | HE |
| Headquarters location detail | difference persisted | Before: [No mention of headquarters location] “no quotation” After: [No mention of headquarters location] “no quotation” | Before: Der Hauptsitz des Hilfswerkes war zunächst Beirut, wurde 1978...nach Wien und 1996 weiter nach Gaza verlegt “Der Hauptsitz des Hilfswerkes war zunächst Beirut, wurde 1978 aufgrund der Unruhen im Libanon nach Wien und 1996 weiter nach Gaza verlegt” After: Der Hauptsitz des Hilfswerkes war zunächst Beirut, wurde 1978...nach Wien und 1996 weiter nach Gaza verlegt “Der Hauptsitz des Hilfswerkes war zunächst Beirut, wurde 1978 aufgrund der Unruhen im Libanon nach Wien und 1996 weiter nach Gaza verlegt” | DE |
Differences are invitations to read both sides — not a score of who is right.
Do the languages agree on basic facts?
Simple factual questions checked in several languages. Editions may agree, differ, contradict, or not say enough to tell. That is not a claim about who is right.
On the latest check, 3 questions produced: 0 contradict · 1 compatible difference · 2 agree · 0 not enough said.
| question | today |
|---|---|
| In what year was UNRWA established, and by which body? | agree |
| All editions agree: 1949, UN General Assembly, Resolution 302. | |
| How does UNRWA define a 'Palestine refugee', and does that definition include descendants? | differ |
| en and he give consistent definitions including descendants (he adds paternal line/adoption detail); ar states no definition given, which is insufficient rather than contradictory. | |
| Which populations and territories does UNRWA's mandate cover? | agree |
| All three list the same five areas: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank (incl. East Jerusalem), Gaza Strip. | |
These checks are starting points for a reader. They do not decide who is right.
Versions we used
These are the exact public Wikipedia versions behind the checks on this page. Open any link to read the original. Wikidata item: Q846656.
| language | comparison point | article title | version | when | text used (chars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| en | before | UNRWA | open version 622769287 | 2014-08-25T17:38:50Z | 1,417 |
| en | after | UNRWA | open version 622771670 | 2014-08-25T17:57:57Z | 1,417 |
| ar | before | وكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين | open version 13431941 | 2014-06-29T12:17:52Z | 396 |
| ar | after | وكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين | open version 14327254 | 2014-11-04T16:17:40Z | 396 |
| he | before | אונר"א | open version 15864742 | 2014-08-22T15:10:34Z | 328 |
| he | after | אונר"א | open version 15893490 | 2014-08-29T19:56:17Z | 328 |
| de | before | Hilfswerk der Vereinten Nationen für Palästina-Flüchtlinge im Nahen Osten | open version 133292185 | 2014-08-21T04:55:41Z | 516 |
| de | after | Hilfswerk der Vereinten Nationen für Palästina-Flüchtlinge im Nahen Osten | open version 142777197 | 2015-06-04T09:44:33Z | 516 |