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Basic Law: The Knesset
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “part of the basic laws of israel that governs the process of elections in the israeli parliament or the knesset”. Today it says “one of fifteen quasi-constitutional basic laws of israel”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Basic Law: The Knesset is the part of the Basic Laws of Israel that governs the process of elections in the Israeli parliament or the Knesset . The law was created in 1958 and updated in 1987.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “part of the basic laws of israel that governs the process of elections in the israeli parliament or the knesset”. Today it says “one of fifteen quasi-constitutional basic laws of israel”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
part of the basic laws of israel that governs the process of elections in the israeli parliament or the knesset
Now
one of fifteen quasi-constitutional basic laws of israel
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