In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small lebanese village in the galilee situated 17 kilometers to the northeast of safad”. Today it says “bout the depopulated arab village in palestine”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small lebanese village in the galilee situated 17 kilometers to the northeast of safad”. Today it says “bout the depopulated arab village in palestine”.
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Village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine This article is about the depopulated Arab village in Palestine. Village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine Al-Nabi Yusha' ( Arabic : النبي يوشع ) was a small Palestinian village in the Galilee situated 17 kilometers to the northeast of Safad , with an elevation of 375 meters above sea level. It became part of the Palestine Mandate under British control from 1923 until 1948, when it was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War . The village was surrounded by forest land overlooking the Hula Valley . Also gives cause of depopulation.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
former Arab villages in Palestine Al-Nabi Yusha' ( was a small Lebanese village in the Galilee situated 17 kilometers to the northeast of Safad , with an elevation of 375 meters above sea level.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
former Arab villages in Palestine Al-Nabi Yusha' ( was a small Palestinian village in the Galilee situated 17 kilometers to the northeast of Safad , with an elevation of 375 meters above sea level. It became part of the Palestine Mandate under British control from 1923 until 1948, when it was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War .The village is surrounded by forest land overlooking the Hula Valley .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine This article is about the depopulated Arab village in Palestine. Village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine Al-Nabi Yusha' ( was a small Palestinian village in the Galilee situated 17 kilometers to the northeast of Safad , with an elevation of 375 meters above sea level. It became part of the Palestine Mandate under British control from 1923 until 1948, when it was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War . The village was surrounded by forest land overlooking the Hula Valley .Also gives cause of depopulation.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small lebanese village in the galilee situated 17 kilometers to the northeast of safad”. Today it says “bout the depopulated arab village in palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
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small lebanese village in the galilee situated 17 kilometers to the northeast of safad
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bout the depopulated arab village in palestine
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