In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chief operations officer of the irgun”. Today it says “israeli businessman who served as chief operations officer of the irgun during the mandate era”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Amichai Paglin , codename "Gidi" ( Hebrew : עמיחי פאגלין ; December 1, 1922 – February 25, 1978) was an Israeli businessman who served as Chief Operations Officer of the Irgun during the Mandate era . He planned and personally led numerous attacks against the British during the Jewish insurgency in Palestine , including the notorious King David Hotel bombing , commanded the battle to conquer Jaffa in the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine , and participated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . Following independence, he ran an industrial oven factory together with his father, and was later appointed Prime Minister Menachem Begin 's counter-terrorism adviser. Only a few months after his appointment, however, Paglin died in a car crash.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Amichai Paglin Amichai Paglin Amichai Paglin , code name “Gidi” (December 1, 1922 - February 26, 1978), was the Chief Operations Officer of the Irgun , the commander of the battle to conquer Jaffa in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , and, following independence, Prime Minister Menachem Begin ’s counter-terrorism advisor.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Amichai Paglin Amichai Paglin , code name "Gidi" (December 1, 1922 – February 26, 1978), was an Israeli businessman who served as Chief Operations Officer of the Irgun during the Mandate era .He planned and personally led numerous attacks against the British during the Jewish insurgency in Palestine , commanded the battle to conquer Jaffa in the 1947-48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine , and participated in the Israeli War of Independence .Following independence, he ran an industrial oven factory together with his father, and was later appointed Prime Minister Menachem Begin 's counter-terrorism adviser.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Amichai Paglin , code name "Gidi" ( ;1922–1978) was an Israeli businessman who served as Chief Operations Officer of the Irgun during the Mandate era . He planned and personally led numerous attacks against the British during the Jewish insurgency in Palestine , commanded the battle to conquer Jaffa in the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine , and participated in the Israeli War of Independence . Following independence, he ran an industrial oven factory together with his father, and was later appointed Prime Minister Menachem Begin 's counter-terrorism adviser.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Head of the Israeli paramilitary group Irgun Amichai Paglin , codename "Gidi" ( ; December 1, 1922 – February 25, 1978) was an Israeli businessman who served as Chief Operations Officer of the Irgun during the Mandate era . He planned and personally led numerous attacks against the British during the Jewish insurgency in Palestine , commanded the battle to conquer Jaffa in the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine , and participated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . Following independence, he ran an industrial oven factory together with his father, and was later appointed Prime Minister Menachem Begin 's counter-terrorism adviser. Only a few months after his appointment, however, Paglin was killed in a car crash.
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chief operations officer of the irgun
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israeli businessman who served as chief operations officer of the irgun during the mandate era
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