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Walid Badir
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli of palestinian heritage”. Today it says “israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Arab-Israeli footballer (born 1974)”. It now reads “Israeli former footballer (born 1974)”.
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Walid Badir ( Arabic : وليد بدير , Hebrew : ואליד באדיר ; born 12 March 1974) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder . He won four league titles in five seasons with Maccabi Haifa before joining Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2005. He served as their captain, and won a further league title before retiring in 2013. Badir scored 12 goals in 74 games for the Israel national team between 1997 and 2007.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli of palestinian heritage”. Today it says “israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Arab-Israeli footballer (born 1974)”. It now reads “Israeli former footballer (born 1974)”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli of palestinian heritage
Now
israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder
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