In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “bedouin agricultural township located in the negev desert”. Today it says “bedouin township in southern israel”. 3 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today.
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Abu Talul ( Arabic : أبو تلول ; Hebrew : אבו תלול ) is a Bedouin township in southern Israel . Located in the Negev desert around ten kilometres east of Beersheba and to the south of highway 25 , it falls under the jurisdiction of Neve Midbar Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 5,716. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Also spelled Abu Tulul or Abu Tlul , or sometimes called El-Shihabi by the name of the local Bedouin tribe)
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Place in Southern, Israel Abu Talul ( ; ) is a Bedouin agricultural township located in the Negev desert, Israel . Also spelled Abu Tulul or Abu Tlul , or sometimes called El-Shihabi by the name of the local Bedouin tribe)
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Place in Southern, Israel Abu Talul ( ; ) is a Bedouin township in southern Israel .Located in the Negev desert around ten kilometres east of Beersheba and to the south of highway 25 , it falls under the jurisdiction of Neve Midbar Regional Council .In 2024 it had a population of 5,716.Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Also spelled Abu Tulul or Abu Tlul , or sometimes called El-Shihabi by the name of the local Bedouin tribe)
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Township in southern Israel Place in Southern, Israel Abu Talul ( ; ) is a Bedouin township in southern Israel . Located in the Negev desert around ten kilometres east of Beersheba and to the south of highway 25 , it falls under the jurisdiction of Neve Midbar Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 5,716. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Also spelled Abu Tulul or Abu Tlul , or sometimes called El-Shihabi by the name of the local Bedouin tribe)
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “bedouin agricultural township located in the negev desert”. Today it says “bedouin township in southern israel”. 3 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today. Read the current article and compare.
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bedouin agricultural township located in the negev desert
Now
bedouin township in southern israel
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