Wikipedia's first sentence called it “communal settlement near eilat in the far south of israel”. Today it says “community settlement in the arava valley”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Community settlement in southern Israel Place in Southern, Israel Be'er Ora ( Hebrew : באר אורה , lit. ' Well of light ' ) is a community settlement in the Arava valley, near Eilat , in the far south of Israel . Located in the west of Highway 90 , north of kibbutz Eilot , and south of Elifaz and Timna Park , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council . In 2024 its population was 1,378. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Plans being drawn up for Eilat: A new airport at Be'er Ora Ha'aretz, 13 January 2002
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Place in Israel Be'er Ora ( ) is a communal settlement near Eilat in the far south of Israel . It belongs to the Hevel Eilot Regional Council . It is located in the Arava region, just west of Highway 90 , north of kibbutz Eilot , and south of Elifaz and Timna Park . As of 2007, twenty families live there.
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Place in Southern, Israel Be'er Ora ( ) is a community settlement 19 kilometers north of Eilat in the far south of Israel .Located in the Arava region, just west of Highway 90 , north of kibbutz Eilot , and south of Elifaz and Timna Park , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council .In 2024 its population was 1,378.Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .Plans being drawn up for Eilat: A new airport at Be'er Ora Ha'aretz, 13 January 2002
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Community settlement in southern Israel Place in Southern, Israel Be'er Ora ( ) is a community settlement 19 kilometers north of Eilat in the far south of Israel . Located in the Arava region, just west of Highway 90 , north of kibbutz Eilot , and south of Elifaz and Timna Park , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council . In 2024 its population was 1,378. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Plans being drawn up for Eilat: A new airport at Be'er Ora Ha'aretz, 13 January 2002
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “communal settlement near eilat in the far south of israel”. Today it says “community settlement in the arava valley”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
communal settlement near eilat in the far south of israel
Now
community settlement in the arava valley
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