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When did the Beit Safafa article stop using the word "occupation"?

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The opening as it read in 2010

Beit Safafa Beit Safafa ( , ) is an Arab neighborhood in southeastern Jerusalem midway between Patt and Gilo , on the outskirts of Bethlehem .¹ Beit Safafa had a population of 5,463 in 2000.² It covers an area of 1,577 dunams . In 1596, Beit Safafa appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. It had a population of 41 Muslim households and paid taxes on wheat, barley, olives, grapes or fruit trees, and goats or beehives. In the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , the neighborhood was divided - with half in no man's land and the other half in the Jordanian-occupied West Bank . In 1967, after Israel 's victory in the Six-Day War , the two parts of Beit Safafa were reunited. The school, supported by the Israeli Ministry of Education and the Jerusalem Municipality, offers a bilingual curriculum in Hebrew and Arabic, with joint classes for Jewish and Arab children. A new school campus was inaugurated in October 2007. The student population in 2007-2008 was 410, half Jewish and half Arab.³

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The opening as it stood in 2015 8 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Entrance to Beit Safafa Beit Safafa ( , ; lit. "House of the summer-houses or narrow benches" ) is an Arab town along the Green Line , with the vast majority of its territory in East Jerusalem and some northern parts in West Jerusalem . Since the 1949 agreements , the neighborhood has been divided by the Green Line. Until 1967, the East Jerusalem part remained under Jordanian rule while the northern parts became under Israeli rule. Beit Safafa covers an area of 1,577 dunams . After the Six-Day War , the two sides were reunited. In 2010, Beit Safafa had a population of 5,463.

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The opening as it stood in 2020 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Palestinian town Entrance to Beit Safafa Beit Safafa ( , ; lit. "House of the summer-houses or narrow benches" ) is a Palestinian town along the Green Line , with the vast majority of its territory in East Jerusalem and some northern parts in West Jerusalem . Since the 1949 agreements , the neighborhood has been divided by the Green Line. Until 1967, the East Jerusalem part remained under Jordanian rule while the northern parts became under Israeli rule. Beit Safafa covers an area of 1,577 dunams . In 2010, Beit Safafa had a population of 5,463. Ir Amim, February 2013 "A celebration to one is an affront to the other" . The Irish Times . 2013-03-21 .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear

"House of the summer-houses or narrow benches" ) is a Palestinian town along the Green Line , with the vast majority of its territory in East Jerusalem and some northern parts in West Jerusalem . Since the 1949 agreements , the neighborhood had been divided by the Green Line. Until 1967, the East Jerusalem part remained under Jordanian rule while the northern parts became under Israeli rule. Beit Safafa covers an area of 1,577 dunams . In 2010, Beit Safafa had a population of 5,463. Ir Amim, February 2013 "A celebration to one is an affront to the other" . The Irish Times . 2013-03-21 .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

"House of the summer-houses or narrow benches" ) is a Palestinian town along the Green Line , with the vast majority of its territory in East Jerusalem and some northern parts in West Jerusalem . Since the 1949 agreements , the neighborhood had been divided by the Green Line. Until 1967, the East Jerusalem part remained under Jordanian rule while the northern parts came under Israeli rule. Beit Safafa covers an area of 1,577 dunams . In 2010, Beit Safafa had a population of 5,463. Ir Amim, February 2013 "A celebration to one is an affront to the other" . The Irish Times . 2013-03-21 .

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