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Jaba', Jerusalem

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate”. Today it says “palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate of the state of palestine”.
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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 in the jerusalem governorate”. Today it says “palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate of the state of palestine”.
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Municipality type D in Jerusalem, State of Palestine Jaba’ ( Arabic : جبع ) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine , located northeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 3,921 in 2017. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate”. Today it says “palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate of the state of palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate

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palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate of the state of palestine

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