Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli politician and jerusalem 's first elected mayor”. Today it says “israeli politician and west jerusalem 's first elected mayor after it came under israeli control following the”.
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Shlomo Zalman Shragai ( , 1899–1995) was an Israeli politician and Jerusalem 's first elected mayor .1Shragai was born into a Polish Orthodox Jewish family in Gorzkowice in 1899. He then became active in the religious Zionist movement and settled in Palestine in 1924, already playing an important political role before Israel's founding in 1948. In 1950, Shragai was elected mayor of West Jerusalem , a position he held for two years. He then became the head of immigration of the Jewish Agency for Palestine . This was a time of extensive immigration to Israel from Muslim countries, so he often went on clandestine trips to these countries to obtain the release of the Jews living there. He served as honorary world president of Hapoel HaMizrachi movement. Obituary: Shlomo Shragai "Shlomo Zalman Shragai, 96, a former mayor of Jerusalem and..." Baltimore Sun . 4 September 1995 .2
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Shlomo Zalman Shragai ( , 1899–1995) was an Israeli politician and Jerusalem 's first elected mayor . Shragai was born into an Polish Orthodox Jewish family in Gorzkowice in 1899. He then became active in the religious Zionist movement and settled in Palestine in 1924, already playing an important political role before Israel's founding in 1948. In 1950, he was elected mayor of Jerusalem, a position he held for two years. He then became the head of immigration of the Jewish Agency for Palestine . This was a time of extensive immigration to Israel from Muslim countries, so he often went on clandestine trips to these countries to obtain the release of the Jews living there.
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Shlomo Zalman Shragai ( , 1899–1995) was an Israeli politician and Jerusalem 's first elected mayor . Shragai was born into a Polish Orthodox Jewish family in Gorzkowice in 1899. He then became active in the religious Zionist movement and settled in Palestine in 1924, already playing an important political role before Israel's founding in 1948. In 1950, he was elected mayor of Jerusalem, a position he held for two years. He then became the head of immigration of the Jewish Agency for Palestine .
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Israeli politician (1898–1995) Shlomo Zalman Shragai ( , 1899–1995) was an Israeli politician and Jerusalem 's first elected mayor .
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Israeli politician (1898–1995) Shlomo Zalman Shragai ( Hebrew : שלמה זלמן שרגאי ; 1899–1995) was an Israeli politician and West Jerusalem 's first elected mayor after it came under Israeli control following the 1948 Palestine War .
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israeli politician and jerusalem 's first elected mayor
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israeli politician and west jerusalem 's first elected mayor after it came under israeli control following the
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