In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli academic and politician who has been a knesset member for likud since 1999”. Today it says “israeli politician who served as a member of the knesset for the likud party”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli academic and politician who has been a knesset member for likud since 1999”. Today it says “israeli politician who served as a member of the knesset for the likud party”.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2025 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2025
Yuval Steinitz ( Hebrew : יובל שטייניץ ; born 10 April 1958) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Likud party. He also held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Finance , Minister of Intelligence , Minister of Strategic Affairs and Minister of Energy . Steinitz holds a PhD in philosophy and has been a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa . His book " Invitation to Philosophy ", was published in 74 editions and printings and considered the best-selling philosophy book in the history of the State of Israel. Steinitz currently serves as chairman of the board of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems .
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1288708699.
The opening as it stood in 2010
Yuval Steinitz ( , born 10 April 1958), is an Israeli academic and politician who has been a Knesset member for Likud since 1999. He is now the Finance Minister of Israel .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 366959593.
The opening as it stood in 2015 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
member of the Knesset Yuval Steinitz ( ; born 10 April 1958) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and as Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources .He has held several other ministerial posts, including Minister of Finance , Minister of Intelligence , Minister of International Relations and Minister of Strategic Affairs .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 662789702.
The opening as it stood in 2020 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Israeli politician member of the Knesset Yuval Steinitz ( ; born 10 April 1958) is Israel 's Minister of Energy , in charge of Israel Atomic Energy Commission and a member of the Security Cabinet .He is a member of the Knesset from the Likud party.He served as Minister of Finance (2009-2013) and as Minister of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs (2013-2015).Steinitz holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and was a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 961179987.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 3 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Israeli politician (born 1958) Yuval Steinitz ( ; born 10 April 1958) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Likud party.He also held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Finance , Minister of Intelligence , Minister of Strategic Affairs and Minister of Energy .Steinitz holds a PhD in philosophy and was a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1178623871.
Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli academic and politician who has been a knesset member for likud since 1999”. Today it says “israeli politician who served as a member of the knesset for the likud party”. Read the current article and compare.
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined between 2010 and 2025.
Then
israeli academic and politician who has been a knesset member for likud since 1999
Now
israeli politician who served as a member of the knesset for the likud party
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
