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Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "communal village and an israeli settlement located in the west bank 's samarian mountains about thirty km east". Today it says "israeli settlement located in the west bank". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2015 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

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The word appeared 0 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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The opening as it read in 2015

Brukhin ( ) was an Israeli outpost , the largest of such communities, retroactively legalized in 2012, located in the West Bank 's Samarian mountains about thirty km east of Tel Aviv along the Trans-Samaria Highway near the Palestinian town Bruqin and between the Ariel settlement and Rosh HaAyin .¹ It was founded in 1998 on non-private land claimed as state land by Israel as a trailer neighbourhood, and developed by Amishai Shav-Tal in October 2000, within the territory administered as part of its municipality by the Shomron Regional Council . The Sasson Report established that the Brukhin outpost was an unauthorized Israeli settlement . The report also said that $785,000 was spent on Brukhin's infrastructure and public buildings. Construction in the village is frozen by an order from the Israeli High Court. In 2012 the Israeli state provided the illegal outpost with official authorization.² Over 101 Orthodox Jewish families are living in Brukhin. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Gideon Levy , Outposts 2012: Coming to a West Bank hill near you , at Haaretz , 24 April 2012. Washington Times 27 February 2008 Unauthorized but aided by Israel page 1 Amira Hass , 'Israel building farm on Palestinian land,' Haaretz , 6 June 2014.³

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The opening as it stood in 2010

Place in Israel Brukhin ( ), is a communal village and an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank 's Samarian mountains about thirty km east of Tel Aviv along the Trans-Samaria Highway near the Palestinian National Authority village of Bruqin . Founded by Amishai Shav-Tal in October 2000, it is within the municipal territory of the Shomron Regional Council . According to the Talia Sasson report the Bruchin outpost is an unauthorized Israeli settlement . The report also said that $785,000 was spent on Bruchin's infrastructure and public buildings. Over fifty families, including over 200 people, live in this Orthodox Jewish community .

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The opening as it stood in 2020 7 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Israeli settlement in the West Bank Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Brukhin ( ) is an Israeli settlement is located in the West Bank 's Samarian mountains about thirty km east of Tel Aviv along the Trans-Samaria Highway near the Palestinian town Bruqin and between the Ariel settlement and Rosh HaAyin . Over 101 Orthodox Jewish families are living in Brukhin. In 2024 its population was 2,808. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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Israeli settlement in the West Bank Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria Area Brukhin ( , also Bruchin ) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank , about 10 km from the Palestinian city of Bruqin , whose lands were confiscated in order to construct Brukhin. Over 101 Orthodox Jewish families are living in Brukhin. In 2024 its population was 2,808. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Israeli settlement in the West Bank Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria Area Brukhin ( Hebrew : ברוכין , also Bruchin ) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank , about 1 km from the Palestinian city of Bruqin , whose lands were confiscated in order to construct Brukhin. Over 101 Orthodox Jewish families are living in Brukhin. In 2024 its population was 2,808. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , which was reinforced by the decision in the 2024 ICJ case on Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories . However, the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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