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Ali El-Khatib
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab-israeli professional football”. Today it says “professional footballer who plays for hapoel umm al-fahm”.
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Ali El-Khatib ( Arabic : عَلِيّ الْخَطِيب , Hebrew : עלי חטיב ; born 18 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for Hapoel Umm al-Fahm . Born in Israel, he has represented the Palestine national team .
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab-israeli professional football”. Today it says “professional footballer who plays for hapoel umm al-fahm”. Read the current article and compare.
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arab-israeli professional football
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professional footballer who plays for hapoel umm al-fahm
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