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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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The opening as it read in 2020

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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Today
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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