Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american-born israeli journalist and author who served as the editor-in-chief of the jerusalem post”. Today it says “american-born israeli journalist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Katz (left) with US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo in 2019”. It now reads “Israeli journalist and author (born 1979)”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
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The opening as it stood in 2020 8 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Katz (left) with US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo in 2019 Yaakov Katz ( , born 1979) is an American-born Israeli journalist and author who currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American-born Israeli journalist and author Yaakov Katz ( , born 1979) is an American-born Israeli journalist and author who served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American-born Israeli journalist and author Yaakov Katz ( Hebrew : יעקב כץ ; born 1979) is an American-born Israeli journalist, the author of four books on the Israel military, and the former Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american-born israeli journalist and author who served as the editor-in-chief of the jerusalem post”. Today it says “american-born israeli journalist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Katz (left) with US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo in 2019”. It now reads “Israeli journalist and author (born 1979)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
american-born israeli journalist and author who served as the editor-in-chief of the jerusalem post
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american-born israeli journalist
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