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Anti-Jewish boycotts

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “organized boycotts directed against jewish people to exclude them economic”. Today it says “organized efforts to exclude jews”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023

Economic, political, and cultural boycotts of Jewish people or businesses ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Anti-Jewish boycotts are organized boycotts directed against Jewish people to exclude them economical, political or cultural life. Antisemitic boycotts are often regarded as a manifestation of popular antisemitism .

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “organized boycotts directed against jewish people to exclude them economic”. Today it says “organized efforts to exclude jews”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

organized boycotts directed against jewish people to exclude them economic

Now

organized efforts to exclude jews

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