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The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2005. Today the opening carries none. 6 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.

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The opening as it read in 2005

Zvi Mazel , (born 1939 ) was an Israeli diplomat.¹ He was the Israeli ambassador to Sweden . He had previously served at the Israeli embassies in Antananarivo, Madagascar , Paris and Cairo . He was also the Israeli ambassador to both Romania and Egypt , before becoming ambassador to Sweden in 2002 . He made news a few times.² Once, when he stated that the Swedish Archbishop KG Hammar "probably is an anti semite", and when he stated that Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh 's critique of Israel's human rights violations could not be tolerated.³ Internationally, he is probably best known for vandalizing the artwork Snow White and The Madness of Truth in January 2004 . The artwork was part of the exhibition Making Differences . Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon later thanked Mazel and announced his support for Mazel's actions [1] .⁴ A few days after the attack Zvi Mazel again made an attack and claimed that "Sweden is one of the most severe Anti-Semitic places" and "There are daily agitations in Swedish media to kill Jews" [2] something that came as a total surprise to most people, but after Aftonbladet found out about Zvi Mazel's connections with the odd Christian sect " Kristi brud " ( Bride of Christ ) [3] Helle Klein wrote a column questioning where Zvi Mazel got his ideas about the situation for Jews in Sweden from [4] . It may be that Zvi Mazel simply trusted the wrong source. Then again, it may be that he had an opportunity to experience things first hand in Sweden.⁵ In a TV interview on February 22 , 2004 Zvi Mazel called former foreign minister Sten Andersson and Sweden's UN ambassador Pierre Schori "professional anti-Israelis". [5] Zvi Mazel retired when he turned 65 on March 4 2004 .⁶

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Zvi Mazel (born 4 March 1939) is an Israeli diplomat. He was the Israeli ambassador to Sweden . He had previously served at the Israeli embassies in Antananarivo, Madagascar , Paris , and Cairo . He was also the Israeli ambassador to both Romania and Egypt , before becoming ambassador to Sweden in 2002. He made news a few times. Once, in reaction to a call to hightlight that products from Isareli settlements sometimes had been labeled to fit into the EU-Isarel tax-free trade agreement, Mazel stated that the Swedish Archbishop K. Hammar "probably is an anti-semite ." He has also been quoted as saying that Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh 's criticism of Israel's alleged human rights violations could not be tolerated. Internationally, he is probably best known for vandalizing the artwork Snow White and The Madness of Truth by Isareli-Swedish artist Dror Feiler in January 2004. The piece consisted of a boat floating in a rectangular basin filled with red water, signifying blood . The boat contained a card with a portrait of Palestinian suicide bomber Hanadi Jaradat on one side and the word "Snövit" ("Snow White" in Swedish) written on the other. The artwork was part of the exhibition Making Differences . Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon later thanked Mazel and announced his support for Mazel's actions. A few days after the attack Mazel claimed that "There are daily agitations in Swedish media to kill Jews ." In a TV interview on 22 February 2004, Mazel called former foreign minister Sten Andersson and Sweden's UN ambassador Pierre Schori " professional anti-Israelis." Mazel retired when he turned 65 on 4 March 2004. In 2009 Zvi Mazel appeared and made several statements about the press in Sweden. He claimed Aftonbladet sells 1.5 million copies daily (actual number 378 000 ), that there is no freedom of press in Sweden (in reality Sweden shared the top position with four other countries in the 2009 Worldwide Press Freedom Index ), that 18% of the newspapers are connected to the Social Democrat movement (in reality Dagens Nyheter and Sydsvenskan are independent liberal, Göteborgs-Posten is liberal and Svenska Dagbladet is conservative).

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“antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 6. Read the current article and compare.

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1. Removed: “Zvi Mazel , (born 1939 ) was an Israeli diplomat.” In the article until 2005 (rev), gone by 2010 (rev).

A duplicate of his birth year and diplomat description, folded into the rewritten opening sentence.

2. Removed 4 sentences: “He was the Israeli ambassador to Sweden . He had previously served…” In the article until 2010 (rev), gone by 2015 (rev).

The detail of his prior postings before Sweden, dropped from the opening.

3. Removed: “Once, when he stated that the Swedish Archbishop KG Hammar "probably is…” In the article until 2005 (rev), gone by 2010 (rev).

His disputed remark about Swedish Archbishop KG Hammar, dropped from the opening.

4. Removed 3 sentences: “Internationally, he is probably best known for vandalizing the artwork Snow White…” In the article until 2010 (rev), gone by 2015 (rev).

The statement that he is internationally best known for vandalizing the artwork Snow White and the Madness of Truth, dropped from the opening.

5. Removed 3 sentences: “…is one of the most severe Anti-Semitic places" and "There are daily agitations in…” In the article until 2005 (rev), gone by 2010 (rev).

His quoted accusation that Sweden is one of the most severe antisemitic places, with daily media agitation to kill Jews, dropped from the opening; antisemitism survives six times in the body.

6. Removed 2 sentences: “In a TV interview on February 22 , 2004 Zvi Mazel called…” In the article until 2010 (rev), gone by 2015 (rev).

The account of a February 2004 television interview in which he made further remarks, dropped from the opening.

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