Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli author and the president of the association for civil rights in israel”. Today it says “iraqi-israeli author”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Author, novelist, the President of ACRI – The Association for Civil Rights in Israel”. It now reads “Iraqi-born Israeli author and human rights activist (1926–2024)”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Author, novelist, the President of ACRI – The Association for Civil Rights in Israel ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Sami Michael ( , ; born August 15, 1926) is an Israeli Hebrew author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of 23. Since 2001, Michael has been the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).1 Michael was among the first in Israel to call for the creation of an independent Palestinian state to exist alongside Israel. In his novels, Michael writes about the aspirations and struggles of both Jews and Arabs. This new approach in modern Hebrew literature was controversial and has been widely discussed in universities and in the media. Michael was awarded the EMET Prize in 2007. Michael defines himself not as a Zionist , but as an Israeli in order to make room for the inclusion of all citizens in Israel ( Unbounded Ideas )
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Sami Michael ( , born 1926) is an Israeli author and the president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel . He was born as Salâh Menasse in Baghdad , Iraq .
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Sami Michael ( , ; born August 15, 1926) is an Israeli author.Since 2001, Michael has been the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).Michael was among the first in Israel to call for the creation of an independent Palestinian state to exist alongside Israel.In his novels, Michael writes about the aspirations and struggles of both Jews and Arabs.This new approach in modern Hebrew literature was controversial and has been widely discussed in universities and in the media.Michael was awarded the EMET Prize in 2007.Michael defines himself not as a Zionist , but, as in Unbounded Ideas , as an Israeli in order to make room for the inclusion of all citizens in Israel.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Author, novelist, the President of ACRI – The Association for Civil Rights in Israel ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Sami Michael ( , ; born August 15, 1926) is an Israeli author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of 23. Since 2001, Michael has been the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). Michael was among the first in Israel to call for the creation of an independent Palestinian state to exist alongside Israel. In his novels, Michael writes about the aspirations and struggles of both Jews and Arabs. This new approach in modern Hebrew literature was controversial and has been widely discussed in universities and in the media. Michael was awarded the EMET Prize in 2007. Michael defines himself not as a Zionist , but as an Israeli in order to make room for the inclusion of all citizens in Israel.
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Iraqi-born Israeli author and human rights activist (1926–2024) Sami Michael ( Hebrew : סמי מיכאל , Arabic : سامي ميخائيل ; 15 August 1926 – 1 April 2024) was an Israeli Iraqi author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of 23. Michael was among the first in Israel to call for the creation of an independent Palestinian state to exist alongside the state of Israel. In his novels, Michael writes about the aspirations and struggles of both Jews and Arabs. This new approach in modern Hebrew literature was controversial and has been widely discussed in academia and in the media. Michael was awarded the EMET Prize in 2007. Michael defined himself not as a Zionist , but as an Israeli in order to make room for the inclusion of all citizens in Israel.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli author and the president of the association for civil rights in israel”. Today it says “iraqi-israeli author”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Author, novelist, the President of ACRI – The Association for Civil Rights in Israel”. It now reads “Iraqi-born Israeli author and human rights activist (1926–2024)”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli author and the president of the association for civil rights in israel
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iraqi-israeli author
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