In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “collection of 19 palestinian hamlets in the hebron governorate of the southern west bank located between 14 and”. Today it says “collection of 19 palestinian hamlets which comprise a d-level municipality in the southern west bank”.
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Palestinian villages south of Hebron, West Bank Municipality D in Hebron Governorate, Palestine Masafer Yatta ( Arabic : مسافر يطا , also spelled Mosfaret Yatta ) is a collection of 19 Palestinian hamlets which comprise a D-level municipality in the southern West Bank , in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine , located between 14 and 24 kilometres (9–15 mi) south of the city of Hebron , in the South Hebron Hills . It has been subject to being within an Israeli-declared military "firing zone" since the 1970s. The name Masafer is believed to derive from the Arabic words for 'traveling', in light of the distance needed to travel from Yatta, or 'nothing' in light of the local belief that "nothing" would be able to live in the area. The 2024 documentary film No Other Land , winner of the Best Documentary Oscar , focuses on Masafer Yatta. מורג, גלעד (5 May 2022). "בג"ץ: אפשר לפנות מאות פלסטינים המתגוררים בשטח אש בדרום הר חברון" .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Palestinian Authority municipality Masafer Yatta ( , also spelled Mosfaret Yatta ) is a collection of 19 Palestinian hamlets in the Hebron Governorate of the southern West Bank located between 14 and 24 kilometers south of the city of Hebron . They are situated within the municipal boundary of Yatta . The name "Masafer" is believed to derive from the Arabic words for "traveling," in light of the distance needed to travel from Yatta, or "nothing" in light of the local belief that "nothing" would be able to live in the area.
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Local Development Committee in Hebron, State of Palestine Masafer Yatta ( , also spelled Mosfaret Yatta ) is a collection of 19 Palestinian hamlets in the Hebron Governorate of the southern West Bank located between 14 and 24 kilometers south of the city of Hebron . They are situated within the municipal boundary of Yatta . The name "Masafer" is believed to derive from the Arabic words for "traveling," in light of the distance needed to travel from Yatta, or "nothing" in light of the local belief that "nothing" would be able to live in the area.
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Palestinian villages south of Hebron, West Bank Local Development Committee in Hebron, State of Palestine Massafer Yatta in the Hebron Hills , West Bank Masafer Yatta ( , also spelled Mosfaret Yatta ) is a collection of 19 Palestinian hamlets in the southern West Bank , in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine , located between 14 and 24 kilometers south of the city of Hebron , in the southern Hebron Hills .The hamlets are situated within the municipal boundary of Yatta . The name "Masafer" is believed to derive from the Arabic words for "traveling," in light of the distance needed to travel from Yatta, or "nothing" in light of the local belief that "nothing" would be able to live in the area.
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collection of 19 palestinian hamlets in the hebron governorate of the southern west bank located between 14 and
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collection of 19 palestinian hamlets which comprise a d-level municipality in the southern west bank
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