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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “most popular israeli news and general content websites”. Today it says “israeli news and general-content website”.
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The opening as it read in 2020

Ynet is an Israeli news and general-content website, which is the online outlet for Yedioth Ahronot .1 However, most of Ynet's content is original work, published exclusively on the website and written by an independent staff.2 Ynet was launched in June 2000 in Hebrew only, and in 2004 launched its English edition, Ynetnews. In addition, Ynet hosts the online version of Yedioth Aharanot's media group magazines: Laisha (which also operates Ynet's fashion section), Pnai Plus , Blazer, GO magazine , and Mentha. Ynet's main competition comes from Walla! Since 2008, Ynet is Israel's most popular internet portal, as measured by Google Trends . According to Alexa Internet traffic rankings, Ynet is among the top 1,500 websites in the world and the top 10 sites in Israel. New Media, Politics and Society in Israel .3

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “most popular israeli news and general content websites”. Today it says “israeli news and general-content website”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

most popular israeli news and general content websites

Now

israeli news and general-content website

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