Wikipedia's first sentence called it “independent”. Today it says “independent research center that defines itself as being dedicated to strengthening the foundations of israeli”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “The Center for Democratic Values and Institutions; The Center for Religion, Nation and State; Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research; Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society (formerly the Caesarea Forum); Israeli Democracy Index; Outstanding Parliamentarian Award”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Israeli democracy The Israel Democracy Institute ( IDI ; Hebrew : המכון הישראלי לדמוקרטיה ), established in 1991, is an independent research center that defines itself as being dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy. It is based in Jerusalem .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Round table discussion, Israel Democracy Institute The Israel Democracy Institute (Hebrew: המכון הישראלי לדמוקרטיה), established in 1991, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Jerusalem , Israel ,
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Round table discussion, Israel Democracy Institute The Israel Democracy Institute ( IDI , ), established in 1991, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Jerusalem , Israel .
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Israel Democracy Institute ( IDI ; ), established in 1991, is an independent center of research and action dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Research center dedicated to strengthening Israeli democracy The Israel Democracy Institute ( IDI ; ), established in 1991, is an independent center of research and action dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy.It is located in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “independent”. Today it says “independent research center that defines itself as being dedicated to strengthening the foundations of israeli”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “The Center for Democratic Values and Institutions; The Center for Religion, Nation and State; Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research; Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society (formerly the Caesarea Forum); Israeli Democracy Index; Outstanding Parliamentarian Award”. Read the current article and compare.
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independent
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independent research center that defines itself as being dedicated to strengthening the foundations of israeli
Sections that no longer exist
This section existed on October 6, 2023. It is gone today. The current article has no similar heading in its place, and the article is shorter overall. So this is not a heading that got renamed, and it is not a topic that got folded into a bigger section. 17 sections of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 14,154 characters shorter.
The Center for Democratic Values and Institutions
The Center for Religion, Nation and State
Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research
Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society (formerly the Caesarea Forum)
Israeli Democracy Index
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award
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