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Awlam

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village located to mi south of tiberias situated on the slopes of the westward wadi awlam”. Today it says “palestinian village 15 kilometres”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village located to mi south of tiberias situated on the slopes of the westward wadi awlam”. Today it says “palestinian village 15 kilometres”.
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Awlam ( Arabic : عولم ) was a Palestinian village 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Tiberias situated on the slopes of the westward Wadi Awlam. In the late Ottoman period it was a ruin, resettled by Algerian migrants under the auspices of the Ottomans. "הקהילה האלג'יראית בגליל משלהי השלטון העות'מני עד שנת 1948". אופקים בגיאוגרפיה . 68/9 : 61.

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village located to mi south of tiberias situated on the slopes of the westward wadi awlam”. Today it says “palestinian village 15 kilometres”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

palestinian village located to mi south of tiberias situated on the slopes of the westward wadi awlam

Now

palestinian village 15 kilometres

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