The General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) is a Palestinian student organization founded in the 1920s and relaunched in Cairo in 1959. Through October 6 2023 the opening said 'Several Palestinian politicians, writers, journalists and militants have been members or leaders of the GUPS.' Today the opening carries no mention of militants among its ranks, though the word survives once elsewhere in the body. A reader today learns of GUPS's role in Palestinian organizational life and not that militants were counted among its past leaders and members.
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General Union of Palestinian Students ( ) ( GUPS ) is an organization run by Palestinian students since the early 1920s.1 It is generally considered one of the first Palestinian institutions started. It was officially launched in Cairo in 1959. Several Palestinian politicians, writers, journalists and militants have been members or leaders of the GUPS. They include Yasser Arafat , Hanan Ashrawi , Faisal Husseini , Walid Khalidi and many others.2 The organization is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The General Union of Palestinian Students ( ) ( GUPS ) is an organization run by Palestinian students since the early 1920s. It is generally considered one of the first Palestinian institutions started. It was officially launched in Cairo in 1959. Several Palestinian politicians, writers, journalists and militants have been members or leaders of the GUPS. They include Yasser Arafat , Hanan Ashrawi , Faisal Husseini , Walid Khalidi and many others. The organization is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Student organization The General Union of Palestine Students ( ) ( GUPS ) is an organization run by Palestinian students since the early 1920s. It is generally considered one of the first Palestinian institutions started. It was officially launched in Cairo in 1959. Several Palestinian politicians, writers, journalists and militants have been members or leaders of the GUPS. They include Yasser Arafat , Hanan Ashrawi , Faisal Husseini , Walid Khalidi and many others. The organization is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth . Following the Oslo Accords , the majority of GUPS chapters collapsed.Prior to the signing of the Accords, there were 60 GUPS chapters on US campuses.Today, only the San Francisco State University chapter remains operational in the US.Several GUPS chapters remain operational outside of the US, including in Chile and the United Kingdom .
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Student organization The General Union of Palestine Students ( ) ( GUPS ) is an organization run by Palestinian students since the early 1920s. It is generally considered one of the first Palestinian institutions started. It was officially launched in Cairo in 1959 with chapters formed in universities all over the arab world. Several Palestinian politicians, writers, journalists and militants have been members or leaders of the GUPS. They include Yasser Arafat , Hanan Ashrawi , Faisal Husseini , Walid Khalidi and many others. The organization is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth . Following the Oslo Accords , the majority of GUPS chapters collapsed. Prior to the signing of the Accords, there were 60 GUPS chapters on US campuses. Today, only the San Francisco State University chapter remains operational in the US. Several GUPS chapters remain operational outside of the US, including in Chile and the United Kingdom .
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Created in the 1920's, it is generally considered one of the first Palestinian institutions. It was officially launched in Cairo in 1959 with chapters formed in universities all over the Arab world. Considered "the first Palestinian sectoral organization to re-emerge after the 1948 dispersal," the General Union of Palestine Students "came to play a leading role in Palestinian organizational life" and helped form a cohort of leaders that would play prominent roles later on in the Palestine Liberation Organization . Following the Oslo Accords , the majority of GUPS chapters collapsed. Prior to the signing of the Accords, there were 60 GUPS chapters on US campuses. Today, only the San Francisco State University chapter remains operational in the United States . Several GUPS chapters remain operational in Europe and South America , including in Chile and the United Kingdom . The organization is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth .
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“militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1. Read the current article and compare.
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“militant” now appears 1× under Notable individuals, 20% of the way down the article
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