Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of communications at the university of haifa and a former fellow at the woodrow wilson international”. Today it says “emeritus professor of communications at the university of haifa and a former fellow at the woodrow wilson inter”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Gabriel "Gabi" Weimann ( Hebrew : גבריאל (גבי) וימן ; September 1, 1950) is an Emeritus Professor of Communications at the University of Haifa and a former fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars . Weimann is known for having begun to track and study terrorist web sites in the mid 1990s, "long before most analysts were aware of the problem." His 9 books, papers and research reports (7 monographs and more than 210 publications) have been published in scientific journals and books. He received numerous grants and awards from international foundations and was a visiting professor at various universities, including University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Hofstra University, American University DC, University of Maryland, Lehigh University (USA), University of Mainz and LMU University of Munich (Germany), Carleton University (Canada) and the National University of Singapore. Weimann has been called one of Israel's leading experts on cyberterrorism .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Gabriel Weimann is a Professor of Communications at the University of Haifa and a former fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars . Weimann is known for having begun to track and study terrorist web sites in the mid 1990s, "long before most analysts were aware of the problem." His papers and research reports (7 monographs and more than 180 publications), have been published in scientific journals and books. He received numerous grants and awards from international foundations and was a Visiting Professor at various universities including University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Hofstra University, American University DC, University of Maryland, Lehigh University (USA), University of Mainz and LMU University of Munich (Germany), Carleton University (Canada) and the National University of Singapore.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli researcher Gabriel Weimann is a Professor of Communications at the University of Haifa and a former fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars . Weimann is known for having begun to track and study terrorist web sites in the mid 1990s, "long before most analysts were aware of the problem." His 9 books, papers and research reports (7 monographs and more than 210 publications), have been published in scientific journals and books. He received numerous grants and awards from international foundations and was a Visiting Professor at various universities including University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Hofstra University, American University DC, University of Maryland, Lehigh University (USA), University of Mainz and LMU University of Munich (Germany), Carleton University (Canada) and the National University of Singapore. Weimann has been called one of Israel's leading experts on cyberterrorism .
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professor of communications at the university of haifa and a former fellow at the woodrow wilson international
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emeritus professor of communications at the university of haifa and a former fellow at the woodrow wilson inter
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