In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “léon blum professor of political science at the hebrew university of jerusalem”. Today it says “polish-born israeli historian”.
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Zeev Sternhell ( , born 1935) is an Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , and writer.1He is one of the world's leading experts on Fascism .2Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and writes for Haaretz newspaper.3The Nature of Fascism .4
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The opening as it stood in 2005
Zeev Sternhell is the Léon Blum Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .
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Zeev Sternhell ( ,born 1935) is an Israeli historian and one of the world's leading experts on Fascism .Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and writes for Haaretz newspaper.The Nature of Fascism .
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Israeli historian Zeev Sternhell ( , born 10 April 1935 – 21 June 2020) was a Polish -born Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , and writer.He was one of the world's leading theorists of the phenomenon of fascism .Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and wrote for Haaretz newspaper.
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Israeli historian (1935–2020) Zeev Sternhell ( ; 10 April 1935 – 21 June 2020) was an Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , and writer. He was one of the world's leading theorists of the phenomenon of fascism . Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and wrote for Haaretz newspaper.
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Israeli historian (1935–2020) Zeev Sternhell ( Hebrew : זאב שטרנהל ; 10 April 1935 – 21 June 2020) was a Polish-born Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , and writer. He was one of the world's leading theorists of the phenomenon of fascism . Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and wrote for Haaretz newspaper.
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léon blum professor of political science at the hebrew university of jerusalem
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polish-born israeli historian
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