In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “campaign conducted by religious and political entities which aims to use disinvestment to pressure the governme”. Today it says “campaign that aims to use disinvestment to pressure the government of israel to put "an end to the israeli occu”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Disinvestment from Israel is a campaign conducted by religious and political entities which aims to use disinvestment to pressure the government of Israel to put "an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories captured during the 1967 military campaign." The disinvestment campaign is related to other economic and political boycotts of Israel . A notable campaign was initiated in 2002 and endorsed by South Africa 's Desmond Tutu . Tutu said that the campaign against Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories and its continued settlement expansion should be modeled on the successful historical, but controversial, disinvestment campaign against South Africa's apartheid system . Israel: Time to Divest .1
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Disinvestment from Israel is a campaign conducted by religious and political entities which aims to use disinvestment to pressure the government of Israel to put "an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories captured during the 1967 military campaign." The disinvestment campaign is related to other economic and political boycotts of Israel . A notable campaign was initiated in 2002 and endorsed by South Africa 's Desmond Tutu . Tutu said that the campaign against Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories and its continued settlement expansion should be modeled on the successful historical, but controversial, disinvestment campaign against South Africa's apartheid system .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Disinvestment from Israel is a campaign conducted by religious and political entities which aims to use disinvestment to pressure the government of Israel to put "an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories captured during the 1967 military campaign." The disinvestment campaign is related to other economic and political boycotts of Israel . A notable campaign was initiated in 2002 and endorsed by South Africa 's Desmond Tutu . Tutu said that the campaign against Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories and its continued settlement expansion should be modeled on the successful historical, but controversial, disinvestment campaign against South Africa's apartheid system . The Nation (275): 4– 5 .
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Disinvestment from Israel is a campaign conducted by religious and political entities which aims to use disinvestment to pressure the government of Israel to put "an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories captured during the 1967 military campaign." The disinvestment campaign is related to other economic and political boycotts of Israel . A notable campaign was initiated in 2002 and endorsed by South Africa 's Desmond Tutu . Tutu said that the campaign against Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories and its continued settlement expansion should be modeled on the successful historical, but controversial, disinvestment campaign against South Africa's apartheid system .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Economic boycott campaign against Israel Disinvestment from Israel is a campaign that aims to use disinvestment to pressure the government of Israel to put "an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories captured during the 1967 military campaign ." The disinvestment campaign is related to other economic and political boycotts of Israel . A notable campaign was initiated in 2002 and endorsed by South Africa 's Desmond Tutu . Tutu said that the campaign against Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories and its continued settlement expansion should be modeled on the successful historical disinvestment campaign against South Africa's apartheid system . There have been renewed calls for disinvestment from Israel in 2024 as pro-Palestine protests in the United States have increased nationwide there, especially on college campuses .
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “campaign conducted by religious and political entities which aims to use disinvestment to pressure the governme”. Today it says “campaign that aims to use disinvestment to pressure the government of israel to put "an end to the israeli occu”. Read the current article and compare.
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campaign conducted by religious and political entities which aims to use disinvestment to pressure the governme
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campaign that aims to use disinvestment to pressure the government of israel to put "an end to the israeli occu
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