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Politics of Israel

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “dominated by zionist parties”. Today it says “based on parliamentary democracy”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “dominated by zionist parties”. Today it says “based on parliamentary democracy”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Politics in Israel are based on parliamentary democracy. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and leader of a multi-party system . Politics in Israel is dominated by Zionist parties. They traditionally fall into three camps, the first two being the largest: Labor Zionism , revisionist Zionism , and religious Zionism . There are also several non-Zionist Orthodox religious parties and non-Zionist secular left-wing groups, as well as non-Zionist and anti-Zionist Israeli Arab parties.

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “dominated by zionist parties”. Today it says “based on parliamentary democracy”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

dominated by zionist parties

Now

based on parliamentary democracy

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