Wikipedia's first sentence called it “site of a diplomatic mission of israel”. Today it says “diplomatic mission of israel in the united kingdom”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
51°30′11″N 0°11′22″W  /  51.50306°N 0.18944°W  / 51.50306; -0.18944 Diplomatic mission The Israeli Embassy to the United Kingdom is the site of a diplomatic mission of Israel , situated at 2 Palace Green (consular entrance at 15a Old Court Place), in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea .1It is the only diplomatic building of Israel in the United Kingdom .2 The building hosts both the Embassy of Israel and the Israeli Consulate, accessible via a separate entrance. The embassy occupies a house originally built in the 1860s for William Makepeace Thackeray .3
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The opening as it stood in 2015 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
51°30′11″N 0°11′22″W  /  51.50306°N 0.18944°W  / 51.50306; -0.18944 Diplomatic mission The Embassy of Israel in London is the diplomatic mission of Israel in the United Kingdom .It is located in the South Kensington area on Kensington Palace Gardens near the junction with Kensington High Street . The building hosts both the Embassy of Israel and the Israeli Consulate, accessible via a separate entrance at 15a Old Court Place.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 667415235.
The opening as it stood in 2020
Diplomatic mission The Embassy of Israel in London is the diplomatic mission of Israel in the United Kingdom . It is located in the South Kensington area on Kensington Palace Gardens near the junction with Kensington High Street . The building hosts both the Embassy of Israel and the Israeli Consulate, accessible via a separate entrance at 15a Old Court Place.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 952461792.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom Diplomatic mission The Embassy of Israel in London is the diplomatic mission of Israel in the United Kingdom . It is located in the South Kensington area on Kensington Palace Gardens near the junction with Kensington High Street . The Grade II* listed building hosts both the Embassy of Israel and the Israeli Consulate, accessible via a separate entrance at 15a Old Court Place.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “site of a diplomatic mission of israel”. Today it says “diplomatic mission of israel in the united kingdom”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
site of a diplomatic mission of israel
Now
diplomatic mission of israel in the united kingdom
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