In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village located to mi south of haifa on the mediterranean coast”. Today it says “palestinian arab village located 26 kilometres”.
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Kafr Lam ( Arabic : كفر لام ) was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast . The name of the village was shared with that of an Islamic fort constructed there early in the period of Arab Caliphate rule (638–1099 CE) in Palestine . To the Crusaders , both the fort and the village, which they controlled for some time in the 13th century, were known as Cafarlet . Kafr Lam was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . While the village was largely destroyed, some of its former structures and their ruins can be seen in the Israeli moshav of HaBonim , established on the lands of Kafr Lam in 1949. Also gives cause of depopulation.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
former Arab villages in Palestine Kafr Lam ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village located to mi south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast . The name of the village was shared with that of an Islamic fort constructed there early on in the period of Arab Caliphate rule (638-1099 CE) in Palestine . To the Crusaders , both the fort and the village, which they controlled for some time in the 13th century, were known as Cafarlet . Kafr Lam was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . While the village was largely destroyed, some of its former structures and their ruins can be seen in the Israeli moshav of HaBonim , established on the lands of Kafr Lam in 1949.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
former Arab villages in Palestine Kafr Lam ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast . The name of the village was shared with that of an Islamic fort constructed there early on in the period of Arab Caliphate rule (638-1099 CE) in Palestine . To the Crusaders , both the fort and the village, which they controlled for some time in the 13th century, were known as Cafarlet . Kafr Lam was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . While the village was largely destroyed, some of its former structures and their ruins can be seen in the Israeli moshav of HaBonim , established on the lands of Kafr Lam in 1949.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Village in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine Kafr Lam ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast . The name of the village was shared with that of an Islamic fort constructed there early in the period of Arab Caliphate rule (638–1099 CE) in Palestine . To the Crusaders , both the fort and the village, which they controlled for some time in the 13th century, were known as Cafarlet . Kafr Lam was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . While the village was largely destroyed, some of its former structures and their ruins can be seen in the Israeli moshav of HaBonim , established on the lands of Kafr Lam in 1949. Also gives cause of depopulation.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Place in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine Kafr Lam ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast . The name of the village was shared with that of an Islamic fort constructed there early in the period of Arab Caliphate rule (638–1099 CE) in Palestine . To the Crusaders , both the fort and the village, which they controlled for some time in the 13th century, were known as Cafarlet . Kafr Lam was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . While the village was largely destroyed, some of its former structures and their ruins can be seen in the Israeli moshav of HaBonim , established on the lands of Kafr Lam in 1949. Also gives cause of depopulation.
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palestinian arab village located to mi south of haifa on the mediterranean coast
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palestinian arab village located 26 kilometres
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