Wikipedia's first sentence called it “anglican from nazareth”. Today it says “israeli palestinian anglican bishop”.
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Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal in 2006 Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal ( , Riyāḥ Ḥannā abū 'l-ʿAsal ; born 1937) is an Anglican from Nazareth .1He graduated from Nazareth Baptist school where he also taught. While at Nazareth he was a member of the PLP, the Progressive List for Peace - a joint Jewish-Arab political party which, while existing only for eight years (1984-1992) is considered to have broken many previously sacrosanct taboos and profoundly influenced subsequent Israeli politics. In 1998, Abu El-Assal became the thirteenth Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem and head of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East until his retirement on March 31 2007. . Since retirement, Abu El-Assal has been engaged in a legal dispute with his successor and the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem over the ownership of the Bishop Riah Educational Campus , a school established by him when he was bishop. History of the Episcopal Church in the Holy Land, The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem Court ruling favors Jerusalem diocese, not former bishop, in dispute over school's ownership, Episcopal News Service2
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name Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal ( , Riyāḥ Ḥannā abū 'l-ʿAsal ; born 6 November 1937 in Nazareth ) is an Israeli Palestinian Anglican bishop , who was the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem from 1998 to 2007.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
name Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal ( , Riyāḥ Ḥannā abū 'l-ʿAsal , ; born 6 November 1937 in Nazareth ) is an Israeli Palestinian Anglican bishop , who was the Bishop in Jerusalem from 1997 to 2007.
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Israeli Palestinian Anglican bishop (born 1937) In this Arabic name , the surname is Abu El-Assal . Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal ( , Riyāḥ Ḥannā abū 'l-ʿAsal , ; born 6 November 1937 in Nazareth ) is an Israeli Palestinian Anglican bishop , who was the Bishop in Jerusalem from 1997 to 2007.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli Palestinian Anglican bishop (born 1937) In this Arabic name , the surname is Abu El-Assal . Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal ( Arabic : رياح حنا أبو العسل , Riyāḥ Ḥannā abū 'l-ʿAsal , Hebrew : ריאח אבו אלעסל ; born 6 November 1937 in Nazareth ) is an Israeli Palestinian Anglican bishop , who was the Bishop in Jerusalem from 1997 to 2007.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “anglican from nazareth”. Today it says “israeli palestinian anglican bishop”. Read the current article and compare.
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anglican from nazareth
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israeli palestinian anglican bishop
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