Wikipedia's first sentence called it “german -born american nonfiction writer and a journalist specializing in the middle east policy towards israel”. Today it says “german -born american”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
He is President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), an initiative focused on U.S.-Middle East policy that strives to advance peace through a dignified resolution of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. To examine how those issues interact with the shifting terrain of global geopolitics, it was launched by the Council on Foreign Relations in 1994, and established as an independent policy institute in 2006, originally under the chairmanship of General (Ret.) Brent Scowcroftand. As of July 1, 2016 Siegman assumed the title of President Emeritus of the USMEP. Siegman is a former National Director of the American Jewish Congress , serving as its executive director for 16 years. He is a former non-resident visiting research professor at the Sir Joseph Hotung Middle East Program of the School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London and a former Senior Fellow on the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Henry Siegman is a German -born American nonfiction writer and a journalist specializing in the Middle East policy towards Israel , and a visiting professor at the University of London . Brief biography at The International Herald Tribune website.
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The opening as it stood in 2015 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Henry Siegman (born 1930) is a German -born American.He is a non-resident research professor at the Sir Joseph Hotung Middle East Program, School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London , a former Senior Fellow on the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations , and a former National Director of the American Jewish Congress .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Henry Siegman (born 1930) is a German -born American. He is President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), an initiative focused on U.S.-Middle East policy and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, launched by the Council on Foreign Relations in 1994, and established as an independent policy institute in 2006 under the chairmanship of General (Ret.) Brent Scowcroft.As of July 1, 2016 Siegman will assume the title of President Emeritus of the USMEP. He is a former non-resident visiting research professor at the Sir Joseph Hotung Middle East Program of the School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London , a former Senior Fellow on the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations , and a former National Director of the American Jewish Congress .
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He is President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), an initiative focused on U.S.-Middle East policy and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, launched by the Council on Foreign Relations in 1994, and established as an independent policy institute in 2006 under the chairmanship of General (Ret.) Brent Scowcroft. As of July 1, 2016 Siegman will assume the title of President Emeritus of the USMEP. He is a former non-resident visiting research professor at the Sir Joseph Hotung Middle East Program of the School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London , a former Senior Fellow on the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations , and a former National Director of the American Jewish Congress .
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Today
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Then
german -born american nonfiction writer and a journalist specializing in the middle east policy towards israel
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german -born american
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