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Abdul Fatah Dukhan

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian militant and a co-founder of hamas”. Today it says “palestinian politician”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Abdul Fatah Hasan Dukhan ( Arabic : عبد الفتاح دخان ‎; 1936 – 11 October 2023), also known as Abu Osama , was a Palestinian militant and a co-founder of Hamas . He was the leading figure in the drafting of the Hamas Charter in 1987.

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Today
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Then

palestinian militant and a co-founder of hamas

Now

palestinian politician

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