In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village located to mi southeast of haifa”. Today it says “palestinian village located 24”.
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Arab village in Haifa subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine Village in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine Daliyat al-Rawha ' ( Arabic : دالية الروحاء , Dâliyat er Rûhâ , "vineyards ( دالية ) of al-Rawha") was a Palestinian village located 24.5 kilometers (15.2 mi) southeast of Haifa . It was the site of the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the forces of the Mamluks and the Crusaders in the 13th century. A small village of 60 Arab Muslims in the late 19th century, the kibbutz of Dalia was established on land purchased in the village in 1939. The population in 1945 reached 600 people: 280 Arabs and 320 Jews . It was depopulated of its Arab inhabitants in late March during the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine . Its remains lie at the very center of the Ramat Menashe Park of the JNF covered by the kibbutz of the same name. Also gives causes of depopulation.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
former Arab villages in Palestine Daliyat al-Rawha' ( , Dâliyat er Rûhâ "fragrant vine") was a Palestinian village located to mi southeast of Haifa . It was the site of the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the forces of the Mamluks and the Crusaders in the 13th century. A small village of 60 Arab Muslims in the late 19th century, the Jewish colony of Dalia was established on land purchased in the village in 1939. The population in 1945 reached 600 people: 280 Arabs and 320 Jews . It was depopulated of its Arab inhabitants in late March during the 1948 Palestine War .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
former Arab villages in Palestine Daliyat al-Rawha' ( , Dâliyat er Rûhâ "fragrant vine") was a Palestinian village located 24.5 kilometers (15.2 mi) southeast of Haifa . It was the site of the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the forces of the Mamluks and the Crusaders in the 13th century. A small village of 60 Arab Muslims in the late 19th century, the Jewish colony of Dalia was established on land purchased in the village in 1939. The population in 1945 reached 600 people: 280 Arabs and 320 Jews . It was depopulated of its Arab inhabitants in late March during the 1948 Palestine War .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Village in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine Daliyat al-Rawha' ( , Dâliyat er Rûhâ "fragrant vine") was a Palestinian village located 24.5 kilometers (15.2 mi) southeast of Haifa . It was the site of the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the forces of the Mamluks and the Crusaders in the 13th century. A small village of 60 Arab Muslims in the late 19th century, the kibbutz of Dalia was established on land purchased in the village in 1939. The population in 1945 reached 600 people: 280 Arabs and 320 Jews . It was depopulated of its Arab inhabitants in late March during the 1948 Palestine War . Also gives causes of depopulation.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Village in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine Daliyat al-Rawha ' ( , Dâliyat er Rûhâ , "vineyards ( دالية ) of al-Rawha") was a Palestinian village located 24.5 kilometers (15.2 mi) southeast of Haifa . It was the site of the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the forces of the Mamluks and the Crusaders in the 13th century. A small village of 60 Arab Muslims in the late 19th century, the kibbutz of Dalia was established on land purchased in the village in 1939. The population in 1945 reached 600 people: 280 Arabs and 320 Jews . It was depopulated of its Arab inhabitants in late March during the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine . Also gives causes of depopulation.
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palestinian village located to mi southeast of haifa
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palestinian village located 24
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