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Al-Wayziyya
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former palestinian arab village in the district of safad”. Today it says “palestinian village in the safad subdistrict”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former palestinian arab village in the district of safad”. Today it says “palestinian village in the safad subdistrict”.
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Al-Wayziyya ( ) was a Palestinian village in the Safad Subdistrict , located south east of Yarda . It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach . It was located 8.5 km northeast of Safad . In 1945, the village had a population of 100. A shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh al-Wayzi was located in the village.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former palestinian arab village in the district of safad”. Today it says “palestinian village in the safad subdistrict”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
former palestinian arab village in the district of safad
Now
palestinian village in the safad subdistrict
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