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David Amsalem

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “retired israeli footballer currently the coach of beitar jerusalem”. Today it says “israeli retired footballer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli retired footballer”. It now reads “Israeli footballer (born 1971)”.
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Israeli footballer (born 1971) For the Israeli politician with the same name, see Dudi Amsalem . David Amsalem ( Hebrew : דוד אמסלם ; born on 4 September 1971 in Israel ) is an Israeli retired footballer .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “retired israeli footballer currently the coach of beitar jerusalem”. Today it says “israeli retired footballer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli retired footballer”. It now reads “Israeli footballer (born 1971)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

retired israeli footballer currently the coach of beitar jerusalem

Now

israeli retired footballer

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