Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for israeli premier league club maccabi bnei reine”. Today it says “professional footballer who plays as a left-back for israeli premier league club maccabi bnei reineh”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Palestinian association footballer”. It now reads “Footballer (born 1993)”.
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Abdallah Jaber ( Arabic : عَبْد الله جَابِر , Hebrew : עבדאללה ג'אבר ; born 17 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Bnei Reineh . Born in Israel, he represented the Palestine national team . He played for and captained the Palestine national team until he was banned from it due to him playing for an Israeli Premier League club in 2020. He is the youngest Palestinian footballer to amass 35 international caps , having started 35 of Palestine's 40 games between May 2014 and August 2018.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Abdullah Jaber (born 17 February 1993) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hilal Al-Quds .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Palestinian footballer Abdallah Jaber ( ; born 17 February 1993) is a Palestinian-Israeli professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Hadera .He was a member of the Palestine national team , until he returned to the Israeli Premier League.He is the youngest Palestinian footballer to amass 35 international caps, having started 35 of Palestine's 40 games between May 2014 and August 2018.
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Palestinian association footballer Abdallah Jaber ( , ; born 17 February 1993) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Bnei Reineh .He played for and captained the Palestine national team until he was banned from it due to him playing for an Israeli Premier League club in 2020. He is the youngest Palestinian footballer to amass 35 international caps, having started 35 of Palestine's 40 games between May 2014 and August 2018.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for israeli premier league club maccabi bnei reine”. Today it says “professional footballer who plays as a left-back for israeli premier league club maccabi bnei reineh”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Palestinian association footballer”. It now reads “Footballer (born 1993)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
palestinian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for israeli premier league club maccabi bnei reine
Now
professional footballer who plays as a left-back for israeli premier league club maccabi bnei reineh
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