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Herut

Herut was Menachem Begin's conservative nationalist party, the direct predecessor of Likud. Through 2020 the opening said the party's "existence was opposed by various notable Jewish figures as 'fascist' and 'terrorist' party." Today the opening carries neither word, though terror survives once in the body. A reader today learns Herut was a Revisionist Zionist party that merged into Likud, and not that prominent Jewish figures once publicly denounced it as terrorist.
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The opening as it read in 2020

Herut MKs Uri Zvi Greenberg , Esther Raziel Naor , and Menachem Begin , at the first meeting of the Knesset in Jerusalem Herut ( , Freedom ) was the major right-wing nationalist political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism . Herut existence was opposed by various notable Jewish figures as " fascist " and " terrorist " party.1 Trouble in Utopia: The Overburdened Polity of Israel .

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Today
“terror” 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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What Wikipedia says this is

Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined between 2005 and 6 October 2023.

Then

name of an early egyptian god also spelt herrut herut

Now

major conservative nationalist political party in israel from 1948 until its formal merger into likud in 1988

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Present on 6 October 2023, absent today. A heading can vanish because the section was deleted or because it was renamed or merged, and we have not separated those here, so treat this as a list of what to check rather than a verdict.

  • History 819 characters
  • Platform 1,837 characters
  • Herut – The National Movement 489 characters
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