In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “member of knesset”. Today it says “israeli orthodox rabbi and politician who served as a member of the knesset for moledet and the national union”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Binyamin "Benny" Elon (1954-) is a Member of Knesset . Elon is ninth-generation Jerusalemite and has resided in Beit El for 20 years. Before becoming a Member of Knesset he was the Dean of Talmudic College ”Beit Orot”. Binyamin Elon served two terms as Tourism Minister of the State of Israel and is also the chairman of the small right-wing Moledet party. Elon replaced the assassinated Moledet leader Rehavam Zeevi , who also held the post of Tourism Minister. Elon rejects the mainstream efforts for establishing peace in the middle east (see Road map for peace ). Instead he suggests an alternative proposal he calls The Right Road to Peace , centering around transfer of Israeli Arabs . He is the author of God's Covenant with Israel: Establishing Biblical Boundaries in Today's World (2005).1
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Rabbi Binyamin "Benny" Elon ( , born 10 November 1954) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009.A ninth-generation Jerusalemite , Elon has lived in Beit El , an Israeli settlement in the West Bank for the last twenty years.His father Menachem Elon was the former Deputy Chief Justice of Israel and his brother, Rabbi Mordechai Elon , is a prominent figure in the Religious Zionist Movement .
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member of the Knesset Rabbi Binyamin "Benny" Elon ( , born 10 November 1954) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009. A ninth-generation Jerusalemite , Elon has lived in Beit El , an Israeli settlement in the West Bank , for the last twenty years and is married to author and journalist Emuna Elon . His father Menachem Elon was the former Deputy Chief Justice of Israel and his brother, Rabbi Mordechai Elon , is a prominent and controversial figure in the Religious Zionist Movement .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
member of the Knesset Rabbi Binyamin "Benny" Elon ( , November 10, 1954 – May 5, 2017) was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009.A ninth-generation Jerusalemite , Elon lived in Beit El , an Israeli settlement in the West Bank , for over twenty years, and was married to author and journalist Emuna Elon . His father, Menachem Elon , was the former Deputy Chief Justice of Israel. His brother, disgraced Rabbi Mordechai Elon , has been a prominent controversial figure in the Religious Zionist Movement .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli rabbi and politician (1954–2017) Rabbi Binyamin "Benny" Elon ( , 10 November 1954 – 5 May 2017) was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009. A ninth-generation Jerusalemite , Elon lived in Beit El , an Israeli settlement in the West Bank , for over twenty years, and was married to author and journalist Emuna Elon . His father, Menachem Elon , was the former Deputy Chief Justice of Israel. His brother, disgraced Rabbi Mordechai Elon , has been a prominent controversial figure in the Religious Zionist Movement .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli rabbi and politician (1954–2017) Rabbi Binyamin "Benny" Elon ( Hebrew : בנימין אלון ; 10 November 1954 – 5 May 2017) was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009. A ninth-generation Jerusalemite , Elon lived in Beit El , an Israeli settlement in the West Bank , for over twenty years, and was married to author and journalist Emuna Elon . His father, Menachem Elon , was the former Deputy Chief Justice of Israel. His brother, disgraced Rabbi Mordechai Elon , has been a prominent controversial figure in the Religious Zionist Movement .
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member of knesset
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israeli orthodox rabbi and politician who served as a member of the knesset for moledet and the national union
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