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Ze'ev Jabotinsky

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “zionist leader”. Today it says “russian-born author”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “zionist leader”. Today it says “russian-born author”.
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The opening as it read in 2005

Ze'ev Vladimir (Evgenevich) Jabotinsky (or Zhabotinski ) ( October 18 , 1880 - August 4 , 1940 ) was a Zionist leader, author, orator, and founder of the Jewish Legion in World War I . During World War II a similar and larger unit known as the Jewish Brigade would follow.1

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “zionist leader”. Today it says “russian-born author”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

zionist leader

Now

russian-born author

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