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Zehava Ben

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most popular israeli female vocalists in the mizrahi music genre”. Today it says “israeli singer”.
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Zehava Ben (born Zehava Benisti ; Hebrew : זהבה בן ; November 8, 1968) is an Israeli singer. Ben is one of the most popular Israeli female vocalists in the Mizrahi music genre; the Middle Eastern-style of singing rising from Israel's Mizrahi Jewish population, dominating Israeli music in the 1990s and popular ever since.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most popular israeli female vocalists in the mizrahi music genre”. Today it says “israeli singer”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

one of the most popular israeli female vocalists in the mizrahi music genre

Now

israeli singer

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