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Ar'ara

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli arab town in the wadi ara region in the galilee”. Today it says “arab town in the wadi ara region in northern israel”. 2 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today.
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Israeli town near Umm al-Fahm, Israel This article is about a town in northern Israel. Local council in Israel Ar'ara ( , ; lit.1 "Juniper tree") is an Arab town in the Wadi Ara region in northern Israel . It is located southwest of Umm al-Fahm just northwest of the Green Line , and is part of the Triangle . In 2024, the population was 20,734. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli arab town in the wadi ara region in the galilee”. Today it says “arab town in the wadi ara region in northern israel”. 2 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

israeli arab town in the wadi ara region in the galilee

Now

arab town in the wadi ara region in northern israel

Sections that no longer exist

This section existed on October 6, 2023. It is gone today. The current article has no similar heading in its place, and the article is shorter overall. So this is not a heading that got renamed, and it is not a topic that got folded into a bigger section. 2 sections of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 1 characters shorter.

  • Persian to Mamluk periods
  • Ottoman period
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