In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian arab village in the district of jerusalem”. Today it says “small palestinian arab village in the jerusalem sub-district”.
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Bayt Umm al-Mays was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Sub-district , located 14 km west of Jerusalem .. The village was established and settled during the late British Mandatory period, and had 70 inhabitants in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 21, 1948, by the Har'el Brigade of Operation ha-Har . Also gives cause of depopulation, both with a "?" Grossman, D. "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
former Arab villages in Palestine Bayt Umm al-Mays was a small Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem . It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on October 21, 1948 by the Har'el Brigade of Operation ha-Har . It was located 14 km west of Jerusalem . In 1945, the village had a population of 70.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
former Arab villages in Palestine Bayt Umm al-Mays was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict . It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 21, 1948 by the Har'el Brigade of Operation ha-Har . It was located 14 km west of Jerusalem . In 1945, the village had a population of 70.
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Place in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine Bayt Umm al-Mays was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict . It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 21, 1948 by the Har'el Brigade of Operation ha-Har . It was located 14 km west of Jerusalem . Also gives cause of depopulation, both with a "?"
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Place in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine Bayt Umm al-Mays was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict . It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 21, 1948, by the Har'el Brigade of Operation ha-Har . It was located 14 km west of Jerusalem . Also gives cause of depopulation, both with a "?"
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian arab village in the district of jerusalem”. Today it says “small palestinian arab village in the jerusalem sub-district”. Read the current article and compare.
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small palestinian arab village in the district of jerusalem
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small palestinian arab village in the jerusalem sub-district
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