In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “generally positive”. Today it says “generally positive on the economic level”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Bilateral relations Israel is an associated state of the European Union . The relations between the two are framed in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership , and the Union for the Mediterranean . The main legal ties between Israel and the EU are set by the 1995 Association Agreement . Relations between Israel and the European Union are generally positive on the economic level, though affected by the Israeli–Palestinian conflict on the political level. In particular, Israel views four decades of EU declarations on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as one-sided and pro-Palestinian. "Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part" . (2014). ‘Israel and the European Union: Between Rhetoric and Reality’, in Colin Shindler (ed.) Israel and the Great Powers: Diplomatic Alliances and International Relations beyond the Middle East, London: I.B.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Bilateral relations Relations between Israel and the European Union are generally positive.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Bilateral relations Israel is an associated state of the European Union .The relations between the two are framed in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership , and the Union for the Mediterranean .The main legal ties between Israel and the EU are set by the 1995 Association Agreement .Relations between Israel and the European Union are generally positive on the economic level, though affected by the Israeli–Palestinian conflict on the political level.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 664110890.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “generally positive”. Today it says “generally positive on the economic level”. Read the current article and compare.
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generally positive
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generally positive on the economic level
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