Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born in tel aviv”. Today it says “wife of yitzhak navon”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Ofira Navon ( 1936 - 1994 ) wife of Yitzhak Navon , the fifth President of the Israel , was born in Tel Aviv , to Batya and Eliezer Resnikov, Prisoners of Zion from Russia . Ofira Navon had an MA in education and psychology, with a professional certification in rehabilitation psychology from Columbia University . Ofira Navon openly discussed her struggle with cancer and expressed views on the treatment of the disease that sometimes aroused pointed public debate. In her struggle against cancer, she was a model to many other cancer patients and offered them hope. v t e v t e1
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Ofira Navon ( ; 1936-1993) was the wife of Yitzhak Navon , the fifth President of Israel .
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Ofira Navon Ofira Navon ( , January 1, 1936 - August 1, 1993) was the wife of Yitzhak Navon , the fifth President of Israel .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born in tel aviv”. Today it says “wife of yitzhak navon”. Read the current article and compare.
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born in tel aviv
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wife of yitzhak navon
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