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Fir'im
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “depopulated palestinian arab village in the district of safad”. Today it says “palestinian arab village in the safad subdistrict that was depopulated during the 1948 palestine war”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “depopulated palestinian arab village in the district of safad”. Today it says “palestinian arab village in the safad subdistrict that was depopulated during the 1948 palestine war”.
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Fir'im ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict that was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war . It was first attacked during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 2, 1948, by the Palmach 's First Battalion during Operation Yiftach . In 1945 the population had been 740. Also gives cause of depopulation
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “depopulated palestinian arab village in the district of safad”. Today it says “palestinian arab village in the safad subdistrict that was depopulated during the 1948 palestine war”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
depopulated palestinian arab village in the district of safad
Now
palestinian arab village in the safad subdistrict that was depopulated during the 1948 palestine war
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