Did Wikipedia remove the word "" from the Binyamin Ben-Eliezer article?

Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "israeli politician and soldier". Today it says "iraqi-born israeli politician and general". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 6 moments between 2005 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Binyamin Ben-Eliezer article stop using the word ""?

The word appeared 0 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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Binyamin Ben-Eliezer

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli politician and soldier”. Today it says “iraqi-born israeli politician and general”.

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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli politician and soldier”. Today it says “iraqi-born israeli politician and general”.

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The opening as it read in 2005

Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer (born February 2 , 1936 ) is an Israeli politician and soldier . Born in Iraq , Ben-Eliezer made aliyah in 1950 . Ben-Eliezer entered the army in 1954 and became military governor of the West Bank. Elected to the Knesset in 1984 , Bel-Eliezer was the Minister of Housing and Construction, the Minister of Communications, the Minister of Defense, and the Deputy Prime Minister. He is currently a member of the Labor-Meimad parliamentary group. He lives in Rishon LeZion , Israel and is married with five children.¹

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 17002317.

Today

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli politician and soldier”. Today it says “iraqi-born israeli politician and general”. Read the current article and compare.

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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

israeli politician and soldier

Now

iraqi-born israeli politician and general

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