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Anglican Friends of Israel

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pressure group that aims to move the church of england and other christian groups into a position that is frien”. Today it says “group of anglican christians who support israel”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Anglican Friends of Israel (formerly Anglicans for Israel ) is a group of Anglican Christians who support Israel . The group, headed by Belfast-born Simon McIlwane, opposes attempts to single out Israel for criticism without placing its actions in context while ignoring the Palestinian contributions to the conflict.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pressure group that aims to move the church of england and other christian groups into a position that is frien”. Today it says “group of anglican christians who support israel”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

pressure group that aims to move the church of england and other christian groups into a position that is frien

Now

group of anglican christians who support israel

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