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Betanure
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish village located in northern iraq”. Today it says “village in dohuk governorate in kurdistan region”.
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Betanure ( Syriac : ܒܝܬ ܬܢܘܪܐ , Kurdish : بێتهنورێ , Hebrew : בית תנורה ) is a village in Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region , Iraq . It is located near the Iraq–Turkey border in the district of Amedi District and the historical region of Barwari . Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot (in Hebrew) . There are <ref group=nb> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish village located in northern iraq”. Today it says “village in dohuk governorate in kurdistan region”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
jewish village located in northern iraq
Now
village in dohuk governorate in kurdistan region
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