Wikipedia's first sentence called it “general director of the israeli prime minister 's office under the late yizhak rabin”. Today it says “israeli politician who served as the general director of the israeli prime minister 's office under yizhak rabi”.
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Shimon Sheves ( Hebrew : שמעון שבס ; born 16 March 1952, Petah Tikva , Israel) is an Israeli Politician who served as the General Director of the Israeli Prime Minister 's office under Yizhak Rabin from 1992 to 1995. Sheves now serves as a political strategic advisor to governments and political leaders around the world. He was Chairman of RSLB, a company owned jointly by Sheves, former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff the late Amnon Lipkin-Shahak , Yuval Rabin, son of Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli businessman Gil Berger. [1] , Yuval Rabin, Shimon Sheves, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak , and Gil Birger became the first non-Americans to lobby the US administration on behalf of foreign countries.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Shimon Sheves was the General Director of the Israeli Prime Minister 's office under the late Yizhak Rabin , between 1992 and 1995. Sheves now serves as a political advisor to governments and to political leaders around the world. He also serves as Chairman of RSLB, a company owned jointly by Sheves, former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin Shahak, Rabin's son Yuval Rabin and Israeli businessman Gil Berger. [1] , Yuval Rabin, Shimon Sheves, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak , and Gil Birger became the first non-Americans to lobby the US administration on behalf of foreign countries.
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Sheves now serves as a political strategic advisor to governments and political leaders around the world.He was Chairman of RSLB, a company owned jointly by Sheves, former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff the late Amnon Lipkin Shahak, Yuval Rabin, son of Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli businessman Gil Berger. [1] , Yuval Rabin, Shimon Sheves, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak , and Gil Birger became the first non-Americans to lobby the US administration on behalf of foreign countries.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “general director of the israeli prime minister 's office under the late yizhak rabin”. Today it says “israeli politician who served as the general director of the israeli prime minister 's office under yizhak rabi”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
general director of the israeli prime minister 's office under the late yizhak rabin
Now
israeli politician who served as the general director of the israeli prime minister 's office under yizhak rabi
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