In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “left-wing news and opinion webzine”. Today it says “israeli left-wing news and opinion online magazine”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
+972 Magazine is a left-wing news and commentary group blog that was established independently in August 2010 by a group of writers based in Israel and Palestine , though now includes North American writers. +972 has regular writers but also publishes guest contributors. The enterprise is jointly owned by the authors and editorial team and is non-profit . The content on +972 Magazine represents a point of view that is left wing and progressive .1Writer Noam Sheizaf, +972 chief executive officer , described the impetus for +972 as a "will to sound a new and mostly young voice which would take part in the international debate regarding Israel and Palestine." The name of the magazine is derived from the 972 international dialing code that is shared by Israel and the Palestinian territories .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
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The opening as it stood in 2020 3 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
+972 Magazine is a left-wing news and opinion webzine established in August 2010 by a group of four Israeli writers in Tel Aviv .Noam Sheizaf , a co-founder and the +972 chief executive officer , said they wanted to express a new "and mostly young voice which would take part in the international debate regarding Israel and Palestine".They named the website in reference to the 972 international dialing code , which is shared by Israel and the Palestinian territories .The articles are written mostly in English to reach an international audience.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israel-based digital magazine +972 Magazine is a left-wing news and opinion webzine, established in August 2010 by a group of four Israeli writers in Tel Aviv . Noam Sheizaf, a co-founder and the +972 chief executive officer , said they wanted to express a new "and mostly young voice which would take part in the international debate regarding Israel and Palestine". They named the website in reference to the 972 international dialing code , which is shared by Israel and the Palestinian territories . The articles are written primarily in English to reach an international audience.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israel-based digital magazine +972 Magazine is an Israeli left wing news and opinion online magazine , established in August 2010 by a collective of four Israeli writers in Tel Aviv . Noam Sheizaf, a co-founder and the +972 chief executive officer , said they wanted to express a new and "mostly young voice which would take part in the international debate regarding Israel and Palestine". They named the website in reference to the 972 international dialing code , which is shared by Israel and by some of the population in the Palestinian territories .The articles are written by a collection of bloggers primarily in English to reach an international audience.
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “left-wing news and opinion webzine”. Today it says “israeli left-wing news and opinion online magazine”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
left-wing news and opinion webzine
Now
israeli left-wing news and opinion online magazine
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