In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “scottish section of the palestine solidarity campaign”. Today it says “scottish political organisation which campaigns in solidarity with the palestinian people”. A word that once opened this article now sits 67% of the way down it.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) is a Scottish political organisation which campaigns in solidarity with the Palestinian people . It supports the BDS Movement and its call for boycott, divestment and sanctions towards Israel until it ends the occupation of the Palestinian territories , acknowledges Palestinian refugees' right to return to their homes, and recognises the right of Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel to full legal and political equality. The organisation has successfully pressured Scottish cultural bodies to return sponsorship monies to the Israeli Embassy; one such success in 2009 led US Secretary of State to intervene clandestinely against the group. Demonstrations in 2014 successfully forced Fringe productions funded by the Israeli government to close. Campaigning against the Jewish National Fund led to a number of JNF fundraisers being cancelled. The organization has been harshly criticized in the Scottish press for alleged anti-Semitism, including their hounding of a Jewish businessman across Scotland. The organisation rejected the allegations, claiming anti-racist credentials.1 "Tory David Meikle apologises for "dangerous" smear of minister @HumzaYousaf" . "Appeal to ensure Middle East Fringe shows go ahead" . 3 August 2014 .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) is the Scottish section of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign . The group co-ordinates activity in Scotland to promote solidarity with the Palestinian people . It argues for a cultural boycott of the State of Israel while it continues military occupation of the Palestinian territories , and demonstrations by the organisation in 2014 successfully forced Fringe productions funded by the Israeli government to close.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) is a Scottish political organisation which campaigns in solidarity with the Palestinian people . It supports the BDS Movement and its call for boycott, divestment and sanctions towards Israel until it ends the occupation of the Palestinian territories , acknowledges Palestinian refugees' right to return to their homes, and recognises the right of Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel to full legal and political equality. The organisation has successfully pressured Scottish cultural bodies to return sponsorship monies to the Israeli Embassy; one such success in 2009 led US Secretary of State to intervene clandestinely against the group. Demonstrations in 2014 successfully forced Fringe productions funded by the Israeli government to close. Campaigning against the Jewish National Fund led to a number of JNF fundraisers being cancelled. The organization has been criticized for alleged anti-Semitism and a Jewish businessman claimed he was hounded by the group in Belfast, Glasgow and Aberdeen. "Tory David Meikle apologises for "dangerous" smear of minister @HumzaYousaf" . "Appeal to ensure Middle East Fringe shows go ahead" . 3 August 2014 .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign ( SPSC ) is a Scottish political organisation which campaigns in solidarity with the Palestinian people . It supports the BDS Movement and its call for boycott, divestment and sanctions towards Israel until it ends the occupation of the Palestinian territories , acknowledges Palestinian refugees' right to return to their homes, and recognises the right of Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel to full legal and political equality. The organisation has successfully pressured Scottish cultural bodies to return sponsorship monies to the Israeli Embassy; one such success in 2009 led US Secretary of State to intervene clandestinely against the group. Demonstrations in 2014 successfully forced Fringe productions funded by the Israeli government to close. Campaigning against the Jewish National Fund led to a number of JNF fundraisers being cancelled. The organization has been criticized for alleged anti-Semitism and a Jewish businessman claimed he was hounded by the group in Belfast, Glasgow and Aberdeen. "Tory David Meikle apologises for "dangerous" smear of minister @HumzaYousaf" . "Appeal to ensure Middle East Fringe shows go ahead" . 3 August 2014 .
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “scottish section of the palestine solidarity campaign”. Today it says “scottish political organisation which campaigns in solidarity with the palestinian people”. A word that once opened this article now sits 67% of the way down it. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2015, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
scottish section of the palestine solidarity campaign
Now
scottish political organisation which campaigns in solidarity with the palestinian people
Where the word went
It left the opening. It did not leave the article. Wikipedia moved it down the page, where a reader arriving from a search result will not reach it.
“antisemitism” was in the opening on October 6, 2023. Today 7 remain, 67% of the way down the article.
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