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Deir al-Dubban
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian village to mi northwest of hebron”. Today it says “small palestinian village 26 kilometers”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian village to mi northwest of hebron”. Today it says “small palestinian village 26 kilometers”.
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Deir al-Dubban ( Arabic : دير الدبان , from Dayr ad-Dhubban , literally, the "Monastery of the Flies" ) was a small Palestinian village 26 kilometers (16 mi) northwest of Hebron , near the modern village of Luzit , between Jerusalem, and Ashkelon . The village was depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War .
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian village to mi northwest of hebron”. Today it says “small palestinian village 26 kilometers”. Read the current article and compare.
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small palestinian village to mi northwest of hebron
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small palestinian village 26 kilometers
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