Wikipedia's first sentence called it “english language israeli news and content website operated by yedioth ahronoth”. Today it says “kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the ta”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Ynetnews is the online English-language Israeli news website of Yedioth Ahronoth , Israel’s most-read newspaper , and the Hebrew news portal, Ynet . It is part of the Yedioth Media Group, which also owns stock in the Israeli TV Channel " Channel 2 "; " HOT ", the Cable TV company, weekly local newspapers , magazines, and other non-media companies. Rushing Ahead to Armageddon – Google Books . Israel and the Palestinian Territories – Google Books .1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Ynetnews is an English language Israeli news and content website operated by Yedioth Ahronoth , Israel’s most-read newspaper , and the Hebrew Israel news portal, Ynet . The Yedioth Group also owns stock in the Israeli TV Channel " Channel 2 "; " HOT ", the Cable TV company, weekly local newspapers , magazines, and other non-media companies.
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The opening as it stood in 2020 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Redirect to: Ynet From a merge : This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page.This redirect was kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the target page.Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) or delete this page.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Redirect to: Ynet#Ynetnews From a merge : This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the target page. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) or delete this page.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “english language israeli news and content website operated by yedioth ahronoth”. Today it says “kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the ta”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
english language israeli news and content website operated by yedioth ahronoth
Now
kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the ta
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