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Eugene Kontorovich

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “legal scholar specializing in maritime piracy and universal jurisdiction”. Today it says “israeli legal scholar”.
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Eugene Kontorovich ( Hebrew : 'יוג'ין קונטורוביץ ; born 1975) is an Israeli legal scholar, specializing in constitutional and international law . He is the head of the international law department at the Kohelet Policy Forum , an Israeli conservative think tank .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “legal scholar specializing in maritime piracy and universal jurisdiction”. Today it says “israeli legal scholar”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

legal scholar specializing in maritime piracy and universal jurisdiction

Now

israeli legal scholar

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