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Hevel Shalom
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “area in the eastern of the negev”. Today it says “area in the western negev desert close to israel 's border with the gaza strip and egypt 's sinai”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Region in Israel”. It now reads “District in Israel”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Hevel Shalom is an area in the eastern of the Negev , near to the border between Israel and Egypt . This area was elected to by substitutive area for Yamit evacuees. The borders: north - Gaza Strip south - Halutza west - the border between Israel and Egypt east - Hevel Ashkol1
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “area in the eastern of the negev”. Today it says “area in the western negev desert close to israel 's border with the gaza strip and egypt 's sinai”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Region in Israel”. It now reads “District in Israel”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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Then
area in the eastern of the negev
Now
area in the western negev desert close to israel 's border with the gaza strip and egypt 's sinai
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