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Uzi Dayan

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “aluf”. Today it says “former general in the israel defense forces and an israeli politician”.
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Uzi Dayan ( Hebrew : עוזי דיין ; born January 4, 1948) is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces and an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 2020 to 2021.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “aluf”. Today it says “former general in the israel defense forces and an israeli politician”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

aluf

Now

former general in the israel defense forces and an israeli politician

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