Wikipedia's first sentence called it “tax imposed by the jewish national council in mandate palestine to finance central security operations and incr”. Today it says “tax imposed by the jewish national council in mandatory palestine to finance central security operations and in”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Palestinian tax imposed by the Jewish National Council The community ransom ( Hebrew : Kofer HaYishuv; כופר הישוב), or Yishuv ransom was a tax imposed by the Jewish National Council in Mandatory Palestine to finance central security operations and increase the size of the self-defence force known as the Haganah . The principle of the tax was that those who could not make a physical contribution to the Haganah would pay a "ransom" to its treasury. The money was collected through a tax on luxuries, cigarettes, restaurant bills and so on. The tax was formally introduced on 24 June 1938, during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine , and abolished on the foundation of the state of Israel in May 1948.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Community ransom ( Hebrew : Kofer HaYishuv; כופר הישוב ), or "Yishuv ransom" was a tax imposed by the Jewish National Council in Mandate Palestine to finance central security operations and increase the size of the self-defence force known as the Haganah . The principle of the tax was that those who could not make a physical contribution to the Haganah would pay a "ransom" to its treasury. The money was collected through a tax on luxuries, cigarettes, restaurant bills and so on. The tax was formally introduced on 24 June 1938, during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine , and abolished on the foundation of the state of Israel in May 1948.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Community ransom ( Hebrew : Kofer HaYishuv; כופר הישוב ), or "Yishuv ransom" was a tax imposed by the Jewish National Council in Mandatory Palestine to finance central security operations and increase the size of the self-defence force known as the Haganah . The principle of the tax was that those who could not make a physical contribution to the Haganah would pay a "ransom" to its treasury. The money was collected through a tax on luxuries, cigarettes, restaurant bills and so on. The tax was formally introduced on 24 June 1938, during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine , and abolished on the foundation of the state of Israel in May 1948.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The community ransom ( Hebrew : Kofer HaYishuv; כופר הישוב), or Yishuv ransom was a tax imposed by the Jewish National Council in Mandatory Palestine to finance central security operations and increase the size of the self-defence force known as the Haganah . The principle of the tax was that those who could not make a physical contribution to the Haganah would pay a "ransom" to its treasury. The money was collected through a tax on luxuries, cigarettes, restaurant bills and so on. The tax was formally introduced on 24 June 1938, during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine , and abolished on the foundation of the state of Israel in May 1948.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “tax imposed by the jewish national council in mandate palestine to finance central security operations and incr”. Today it says “tax imposed by the jewish national council in mandatory palestine to finance central security operations and in”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
tax imposed by the jewish national council in mandate palestine to finance central security operations and incr
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tax imposed by the jewish national council in mandatory palestine to finance central security operations and in
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