In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “proclaimed”. Today it says “dubbed " bevingrad "”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Princess Mary Street in Jerusalem, 1948, blocked by barbed wire , was dubbed " Bevingrad ".1 The building on the right is the Generali Building , which housed the British main quartermaster . Area under Israeli control on 15 May 1948 Main articles: 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and 1948 Arab-Israeli War See also: 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine § War of the roads and blockade of Jerusalem , and Operation Nachshon On May 13, 1948, a day before the state of Israel was proclaimed, the Haganah launched Operation Shfifon ( , lit.2 Operation Cerastes Cerastes ) with the aim of capturing the British outposts in the Old City of Jerusalem and preventing the Arab forces from taking control of them first. Such an eventuality had long been anticipated, and plans prepared called Operation Shfifon ('horned viper'; some translate it as 'Serpent') and quickly followed by Operation Kilshon .
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The opening as it stood in 2005
On May 14 , 1948 , the same days as the state of Israel was proclaimed, the Haganah launched Operation Schfifon to capture the Old City of Jerusalem .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
On May 13, 1948, a day before the state of Israel was proclaimed, the Haganah launched Operation Shfifon ( , lit.Operation Cerastes Cerastes ) with the aim of capturing the British outposts in the Old City of Jerusalem and preventing the Arab forces from taking control of them first.
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The opening as it stood in 2025 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The building on the right is the Generali Building , which housed the British main quartermaster . Area under Israeli control on 15 May 1948 On May 13, 1948, a day before the state of Israel was proclaimed, the Haganah launched Operation Shfifon ( Hebrew : מבצע שפיפון , lit. Operation Cerastes Cerastes ) with the aim of capturing the British outposts in the Old City of Jerusalem and preventing the Arab forces from taking control of them first. Such an eventuality had long been anticipated, and plans prepared called Operation Shfifon ('horned viper'; some translate it as 'Serpent') and quickly followed by Operation Kilshon .
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dubbed " bevingrad "
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