The Alexandroni Brigade is an Israel Defense Forces brigade that has fought in many of Israel's wars. The opening carried this line in 2005 and still carried it as of the October 6, 2023 snapshot: Teddy Katz received an A+ grade from Haifa University in 1998 for a thesis which claimed that the Alexandroni Brigade committed a massacre in the Arab village of Tantura during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Today the opening carries none of this, though the word survives 17 times elsewhere in the article. A reader arriving now learns only that the brigade fought in Israel's wars, and not that a Haifa University thesis alleged it committed a massacre at Tantura.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Alexandroni Brigade ( the 3rd Brigade ) was an Israeli brigade that fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war .1In 1998 , Teddy Katz received an A+ grade from Haifa University for a master's thesis which claimed that the Alexandroni Brigade committed a massacre in the Arab village of Tantura during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . The veterans of the brigade sued Katz for libel . During the court hearing Katz conceded by issuing a statement withdrawing his own work. He then tried to withdraw his statement, but the court disallowed it and ruled against him. Some of Katz's legal costs were paid by the Palestinian Authority . Meanwhile a committee at Haifa University found serious problems with the thesis, including "quotations" that were contradicted by Katz's records of interview. The university suspended his degree and asked him to resubmit his thesis. The new thesis was given a "second-class" pass.2
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Brigade emblem Alexandroni Brigade Memorial in Netanya The Alexandroni Brigade ( 3rd Brigade ) is an Israel Defense Forces brigade that fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war .Along with the 7th Armoured Brigade both units had 139 killed during the first battle of Latrun - Operation Ben Nun Alef (an attempt to conquer the Latrun area).The unit is currently a reserve unit.
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Military unit Alexandroni Brigade monument Alexandroni Brigade Memorial in Netanya A mass grave of 87 fallen soldiers of Alexandroni Division in " Faluja Pocket " in the Independence War The Alexandroni Brigade ( 3rd Brigade ) is an Israel Defense Forces brigade that fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . Along with the 7th Armoured Brigade both units had 139 killed during the first battle of Latrun - Operation Ben Nun Alef (an attempt to conquer the Latrun area). The unit is currently a reserve unit.
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Military unit The Alexandroni Brigade ( 3rd Brigade ) is an Israel Defense Forces brigade that fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Military unit The Alexandroni Brigade ( 3rd Brigade ) is an Israel Defense Forces brigade that has fought in multiple Israeli wars.During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the Alexandroni Brigade was involved in the Tantura massacre of around 40-200 Palestinian villagers.
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Israeli military unit Military unit The 3rd "Alexandroni" Brigade ( Hebrew : חטיבת אלכסנדרוני , Hativat Aleksandroni ) is an Israel Defense Forces brigade which has fought in many of Israel's wars.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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israeli brigade that fought in the 1948 arab-israeli war
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israel defense forces brigade which has fought in many of israel's wars
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“massacre” now appears 4× under Role in Tantura massacre, 33% of the way down the article
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