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Nathan Alterman
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli poet”. Today it says “key figure in the labor zionist movement”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator”. It now reads “Russian and Israeli writer, journalist and translator”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Russian and Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator Not to be confused with Nathan Altman . Nathan Alterman ( Hebrew : נתן אלתרמן ; August 14, 1910 – March 28, 1970) was a Russian and Israeli poet , playwright , journalist , and translator . Though never holding any elected office, Alterman was highly influential in Labor Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli poet”. Today it says “key figure in the labor zionist movement”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator”. It now reads “Russian and Israeli writer, journalist and translator”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli poet
Now
key figure in the labor zionist movement
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