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Gaza–Israel barrier

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “separation barrier along the armistice line of the 1948 arab-israeli war between the gaza strip and israel”. Today it says “israeli border barrier located on the israeli side of the gaza–israel border”.
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The opening as it read in 2005

The Israeli Gaza Strip barrier is a separation barrier along the armistice line of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between the Gaza Strip and Israel . The barrier is one of several constructed by various governments in a variety of locations to prevent the unauthorized movement of people across the barrier. See separation barrier for a list of similar structures.1

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “separation barrier along the armistice line of the 1948 arab-israeli war between the gaza strip and israel”. Today it says “israeli border barrier located on the israeli side of the gaza–israel border”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

separation barrier along the armistice line of the 1948 arab-israeli war between the gaza strip and israel

Now

israeli border barrier located on the israeli side of the gaza–israel border

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