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Rugby union in Israel
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “growing sport in israel”. Today it says “brought to the country by british soldiers during the british mandate for palestine”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Rugby union in Israel refers to the sport of rugby union in Israel , which was brought to the country by British soldiers during the British Mandate for Palestine.1 The Israel Rugby Union was founded in 1971, and joined the IRB in 1988.2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “growing sport in israel”. Today it says “brought to the country by british soldiers during the british mandate for palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
growing sport in israel
Now
brought to the country by british soldiers during the british mandate for palestine
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