In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born in poland as shalom tabachnik on may 7”. Today it says “member of the revisionist zionist paramilitary group irgun”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born in poland as shalom tabachnik on may 7”. Today it says “member of the revisionist zionist paramilitary group irgun”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Shlomo Ben-Yosef was born in Poland as Shalom Tabachnik on May 7, 1913. He made aliyah to Palestine in 1937. He joined the Betar labour company at Rosh Pina and changed his name to Shlomo Ben-Yosef. Later, he joined the Irgun and was arrested , tried, convicted and hanged for shooting at an Arab bus in retaliation for the murder of six Jews. He was executed in Acco prison on June 29, 1938.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Shlomo Ben-Yosef (May 7, 1913 in Poland as Shalom Tabachnik – June 29, 1938) was a noted (and controversial) member of the Revisionist Zionist underground Irgun .He is most noted for his participation in an April 21, 1938 attack on a bus carrying Arab civilians, intended as a retaliation for an earlier attack by Arabs against Jews , and emblematic as a rejection of the establishment policy of Havlagah , or restraint.Shalom Tabachnik immigrated to Palestine in 1937.He joined the nationalist Betar movement, living in the village of Rosh Pina and working at the Haifa port.He took the Hebrew name Shlomo Ben-Yosef and later joined the Rosh Pina cell of the paramilitary Zionist organization Irgun.
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Shlomo Ben-Yosef Shlomo Ben-Yosef ( ; May 7, 1913 – June 29, 1938) was a member of the Revisionist Zionist underground group Irgun . He is most noted for his participation in an April 21, 1938 attack on a bus carrying Arab civilians, intended as a retaliation for an earlier attack by Arabs against Jews , and emblematic as a rejection of the establishment policy of Havlagah , or restraint.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Shlomo Ben-Yosef ( ; May 7, 1913 - June 29, 1938) was a member of the Revisionist Zionist underground group Irgun . He is most noted for his participation in an April 21, 1938 attack on a bus carrying Arab civilians, intended as a retaliation for an earlier attack by Arabs against Jews , and emblematic as a rejection of the establishment policy of Havlagah , or restraint.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Shlomo Ben-Yosef ( ; May 7, 1913 - June 29, 1938) was a member of the Revisionist Zionist underground group Irgun . He is most noted for his participation in an April 21, 1938, attack on a bus carrying Arab civilians, intended as a retaliation for an earlier attack by Arabs against Jews , and emblematic as a rejection of the establishment policy of Havlagah , or restraint.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Shlomo Ben-Yosef ( Hebrew : שלמה בן-יוסף ; May 7, 1913 – June 29, 1938) was a member of the Revisionist Zionist paramilitary group Irgun . He is most noted for his participation in an April 21, 1938, attack on a bus carrying Arab civilians, intended as a retaliation for an earlier attack by Arabs against Jews , and emblematic as a rejection of the establishment policy of Havlagah , or restraint.
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born in poland as shalom tabachnik on may 7
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member of the revisionist zionist paramilitary group irgun
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