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Al-Attara

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village in the jenin governorate in the western area of the west bank”. Today it says “palestinian village in the jenin governorate of palestine”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village in the jenin governorate in the western area of the west bank”. Today it says “palestinian village in the jenin governorate of palestine”.
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Al-Attara ( Arabic : العطارة ) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine , in the northwestern area of the West Bank , located 15 kilometers southwest of Jenin . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of 1,072 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,244 by 2017. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village in the jenin governorate in the western area of the west bank”. Today it says “palestinian village in the jenin governorate of palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

palestinian village in the jenin governorate in the western area of the west bank

Now

palestinian village in the jenin governorate of palestine

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