The word “jihad” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none. 9 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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David Gerald Littman (4 July 1933 – 20 May 2012) was a British Jewish activist best known for organising the departure of Jewish children from Morocco when he was 28. He then worked as a lobbyist at the United Nations in Geneva and was also an historian.1 He was married to Bat Ye'or . "Religious Freedom to Get Spotlight Conference to Focus on Persecuted Church", The State , p. Youssef, Copts in Egypt: A Christian Minority under Siege , (Orthdruk Bialystok, 2006), 190; David Gerald Littman: Historian, born in London, received his BA and MA degrees in modern history and political science at Trinity College Dublin .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
David Gerald Littman (born July 4, 1933) is a British historian and a human rights activist at the United Nations in Geneva , representing various NGOs . Youssef, Copts in Egypt: A Christian Minority under Siege , (Orthdruk Bialystok, 2006), 190; David Gerald Littman: Historian, born in London, received his BA and MA degrees in modern history and political science at Trinity College Dublin . "David Littman, an historian, is a representative to the United Nations (Geneva) of the Association for World Education." in Littman, David, "Islamism Grows Stronger at the United Nations" , Middle East Quarterly , September 1999, Middle East Forum , and "David G. Littman is a historian. Since 1986, he has been active on human rights issues at the U.N.
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David Gerald Littman (4 July 1933 – 20 May 2012) was a British human rights activist and lobbyist at the United Nations in Geneva, Mossad 's agent best known for saving Jewish children in Morocco and a historian He was married to the writer and political commentator Bat Ye'or .The Death of the Grown-up (MacMillan, 2007), 171 Thomas, Martyn and Adly A. Youssef, Copts in Egypt: A Christian Minority under Siege , (Orthdruk Bialystok, 2006), 190; David Gerald Littman: Historian, born in London, received his BA and MA degrees in modern history and political science at Trinity College Dublin . "David Littman, an historian, is a representative to the United Nations (Geneva) of the Association for World Education." in Littman, David, "Islamism Grows Stronger at the United Nations" , Middle East Quarterly , September 1999, Middle East Forum , and "David G. Littman is a historian. Since 1986, he has been active on human rights issues at the U.N.
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British lobbyist and human rights activist David Gerald Littman (4 July 1933 – 20 May 2012) was a British Jewish activist best known for organising the departure of Jewish children from Morocco when he was 28. He then worked as a lobbyist at the United Nations in Geneva and was also an historian. He was married to Bat Ye'or . "Religious Freedom to Get Spotlight Conference to Focus on Persecuted Church" , The State , p. Youssef, Copts in Egypt: A Christian Minority under Siege , (Orthdruk Bialystok, 2006), 190; David Gerald Littman: Historian, born in London, received his BA and MA degrees in modern history and political science at Trinity College Dublin .
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British historian and human rights activist David Gerald Littman (4 July 1933 – 20 May 2012) was a British historian and human rights defender , particularly at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. He is known for organising the departure of Jewish children from Morocco when he was 28. He was married to Bat Ye'or . Youssef, Copts in Egypt: A Christian Minority under Siege , (Orthdruk Bialystok, 2006), 190; David Gerald Littman: Historian, born in London, received his BA and MA degrees in modern history and political science at Trinity College Dublin . "Religious Freedom to Get Spotlight Conference to Focus on Persecuted Church" , The State , p.
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british historian and a human rights activist at the united nations in geneva
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british historian and human rights defender
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