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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli arab village in the haifa district located in the wadi ara”. Today it says “village in the haifa district in northern israel”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli arab village in the haifa district located in the wadi ara”. Today it says “village in the haifa district in northern israel”.
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Local council in Israel ' Ara ( ; ) is a village in the Haifa District in northern Israel, located in the Wadi Ara valley. Since 1985, 'Ara has been part of the Ar'ara local council . It is located north of highway 65 , between Ar'ara and Kfar Qara . Its population of 4,600 (as of 2004) is almost entirely Muslim .

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli arab village in the haifa district located in the wadi ara”. Today it says “village in the haifa district in northern israel”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

israeli arab village in the haifa district located in the wadi ara

Now

village in the haifa district in northern israel

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