Case file
Hamama
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian town that was captured by israel during the 1948 arab-israeli war”. Today it says “palestinian town of over 5”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian town that was captured by israel during the 1948 arab-israeli war”. Today it says “palestinian town of over 5”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Hamama was a Palestinian town that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . Number of houses 1931: 865 Israeli settlement(s) Nitzanim , Nitzanim-Kefar ha-No'ar , Beyt 'Ezra , Eshkolot Public structures One mosque, two schools1
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian town that was captured by israel during the 1948 arab-israeli war”. Today it says “palestinian town of over 5”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
palestinian town that was captured by israel during the 1948 arab-israeli war
Now
palestinian town of over 5
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