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Balata village
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village in the nablus governorate in the northeastern west bank”. Today it says “palestinian suburb of nablus”.
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Formerly its own village, it was annexed to the municipality of Nablus during Jordanian rule (1948–1967). The village contains a number of well-known sites: Tell Balata (considered to be Biblical Shechem ), Jacob's Well and Joseph's Tomb .
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village in the nablus governorate in the northeastern west bank”. Today it says “palestinian suburb of nablus”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
palestinian village in the nablus governorate in the northeastern west bank
Now
palestinian suburb of nablus
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