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Khulda

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village located to mi south of ramla in the district of the same name”. Today it says “palestinian arab village located 12 kilometers”.
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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 located to mi south of ramla in the district of the same name”. Today it says “palestinian arab village located 12 kilometers”.
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Khulda ( ), also Khuldeh , was a Palestinian Arab village located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) south of Ramla in the Mandatory Palestine . Known as Huldre to the Crusaders , it is also mentioned in documents dating to the periods of Mamluk, Ottoman, and Mandatory rule over Palestine . During the 1948 war , the village was depopulated as part of Operation Nachshon and was subsequently destroyed. The Israeli kibbutz of Mishmar David was established that same year on land belonging to the village. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village located to mi south of ramla in the district of the same name”. Today it says “palestinian arab village located 12 kilometers”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

palestinian arab village located to mi south of ramla in the district of the same name

Now

palestinian arab village located 12 kilometers

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