In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “to form part of the proposed arab state”. Today it says “palestinian village”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Jimzu ( ), also known as Gimzo (meaning " sycamore plantation"), was a Palestinian village, located three miles southeast of Lydda . Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan of Mandatory Palestine , Jimzu was to form part of the proposed Arab state. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the village was depopulated in a two-day assault by Israeli forces. Under the 1949 Armistice Agreements , Jimzu's lands fell under the de facto governance of the newly created state of Israel. A year later, moshav Gimzo was established at the site of the former village and is now populated by 700 Israeli Jewish residents. Also gives cause of depopulation.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan of British Mandate Palestine , Jimzu was to form part of the proposed Arab state. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , the village was depopulated in a two-day assault by Israeli forces. Under the 1949 armistice agreement , Jimzu's lands fell under the de facto governance of the newly created state of Israel. A year later, Moshav Gimzo was established at the site of the former village and is now populated by 700 Israeli Jewish residents.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan of Mandatory Palestine , Jimzu was to form part of the proposed Arab state. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the village was depopulated in a two-day assault by Israeli forces. Under the 1949 Armistice Agreements , Jimzu's lands fell under the de facto governance of the newly created state of Israel. A year later, moshav Gimzo was established at the site of the former village and is now populated by 700 Israeli Jewish residents.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Place in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine Jimzu ( Arabic : جمزو ), also known as Gimzo (meaning " sycamore plantation"), was a Palestinian village, located three miles southeast of Lydda . Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan of Mandatory Palestine , Jimzu was to form part of the proposed Arab state. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the village was depopulated in a two-day assault by Israeli forces. Under the 1949 Armistice Agreements , Jimzu's lands fell under the de facto governance of the newly created state of Israel. A year later, moshav Gimzo was established at the site of the former village and is now populated by 700 Israeli Jewish residents. Also gives cause of depopulation.
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to form part of the proposed arab state
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palestinian village
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