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Alexander Zaïd

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the founders of the jewish defense organizations bar giora and hashomer”. Today it says “prominent russian zionist”.
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Alexander Zaïd ( Hebrew : אלכסנדר זייד ; Russian : Александр Зайд ; 1886 – 10 July 1938) was a prominent Russian Zionist . He was most known for co-founding several Jewish defense organizations, including Bar Giora and Hashomer .

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Then

one of the founders of the jewish defense organizations bar giora and hashomer

Now

prominent russian zionist

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