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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Gaza Strip is a 2002 American documentary film by James Longley which records events taking place in 2001 during the Second Intifada . The film focuses on 13-year-old Mohammed Hejazi, a second-grade dropout the filmmaker encountered at the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip , where Palestinian children often gather to throw stones. The director has made this film available for free online streaming on the official site, below.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Gaza Strip is a 2002 documentary film by James Longley which records events taking place in 2001 during the Second Intifada . The film focuses on 13-year-old Mohammed Hejazi, a second-grade dropout the filmmaker encountered at the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip , where Palestinian children often gather to throw stones.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Gaza Strip is a 2002 documentary film by James Longley which records events taking place in 2001 during the Second Intifada . The film focuses on 13-year-old Mohammed Hejazi, a second-grade dropout the filmmaker encountered at the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip , where Palestinian children often gather to throw stones. The director has made this film available for free online streaming on the official site, below.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 668754198.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2002 documentary film by james longley which records events taking place in 2001 during the second intifada”. Today it says “a 2002 american documentary film by james longley which records events taking place in 2001 during the second i”. Read the current article and compare.
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a 2002 documentary film by james longley which records events taking place in 2001 during the second intifada
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a 2002 american documentary film by james longley which records events taking place in 2001 during the second i
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