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Khirbat Bayt Far

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village in the district of ramla”. Today it says “palestinian village in the ramle subdistrict of mandatory 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 arab village in the district of ramla”. Today it says “palestinian village in the ramle subdistrict of mandatory palestine”.
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Khirbat Bayt Far was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine , located 14 km south of Ramla . On 11 January 1948, Kfar Uriah was attacked by Arabs who came from neighboring Beit Jiz and Khirbet Beit Far. In 1945, the village had a population of 300. Benny Morris (2008). 1948: a history of the first Arab-Israeli war .1

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village in the district of ramla”. Today it says “palestinian village in the ramle subdistrict of mandatory palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

palestinian arab village in the district of ramla

Now

palestinian village in the ramle subdistrict of mandatory palestine

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