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Drijat
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab village located near the israeli city of arad”. Today it says “arab village in southern israel”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab village located near the israeli city of arad”. Today it says “arab village in southern israel”.
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Drijat ( ; ), also known as Draijat , is an Arab village in southern Israel . Located in the Negev desert near Arad , between Kuseife and the Yatir Forest , it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council . In 2024 its population was 581. Aerial view of Drijat "Regional Statistics" . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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Then
arab village located near the israeli city of arad
Now
arab village in southern israel
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