Migdalim is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank whose resident, Eldad Abir, was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in 2006. Through 2015 the opening said Abir "was shot at point blank range and killed by Palestine Arab terrorists while working in the local gas station," and that the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Terrorists Brigades claimed responsibility. Today the opening covers only the settlement's location, population and legal status, and terror appears zero times in the opening though it survives twice in the article. A reader today learns the settlement's population and legal status, and not that a resident was murdered there by Palestinian terrorists in 2006.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Migdalim ( ) is an Israeli settlement organized as a communal settlement located 45 kilometres east of Tel Aviv in the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council in the northern West Bank . It is situated on road 505, otherwise known as the Trans-Samaria Highway .1The village lies adjacent to the Palestinian hamlet of Qusra .2The population of Migdalim is 37 families.3 The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Migdalim was first established on 1984 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1986 to non- Orthodox Jewish Israelis . One of the reasons for choosing this location was to provide a continuity of settlements along the Trans-Samaria Highway between Kfar Tapuah on the "mountain spine" and Ma'ale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley . On March 1, 2006, Eldad Abir, a resident of Migdalim, married with two children, was shot at point blank range and killed by Palestine Arab terrorists while working in the local gas station. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Terrorists Brigades claimed responsibility for the murder. State of Israel - Ministry of Foreign Affairs .4
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Migdalim ( ) is a village and an Israeli settlement located 45 kilometres east of Tel Aviv in the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council in the northern West Bank . It is situated on road 505, otherwise known as the Trans-Samaria Highway . The village lies adjacent to the Palestinian hamlet of Kutzra . The population of Migdalim is 37 families. Migdalim was first established on 1984 as a pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1986 to non- Orthodox Jewish Israelis . One of the reasons for choosing this location was to provide a continuity of settlements along the Trans-Samaria Highway between Kfar Tapuah on the "mountain spine" and Ma'ale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley . On March 1, 2006, Eldad Abir, a resident of Migdalim, married with two children, was shot and killed by terrorists while working in the local gas station . Father of two killed in Samaria shooting , The Jerusalem Post , March 2, 2006, accessed August 10, 2009.
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The opening as it stood in 2020 7 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Israeli settlement in the West Bank Place in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel Migdalim ( ) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank .Located 45 kilometres east of Tel Aviv on road 505 and adjacent to the Palestinian hamlet of Qusra , it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council .In 2024 it had a population of 790. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli settlement in the West Bank Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria Area Migdalim ( ) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank . Located 45 kilometres east of Tel Aviv on road 505 and adjacent to the Palestinian hamlet of Qusra , it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 790. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli settlement in the West Bank Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria Area Migdalim ( Hebrew : מִגְדָּלִים ) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank . Located 45 kilometres east of Tel Aviv on road 505 and adjacent to the Palestinian village of Qusra , it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 790. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law , but the Israeli government disputes this. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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What Wikipedia says this is
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village and an israeli settlement located 45 kilometres east of tel aviv in the jurisdiction of the shomron reg
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israeli settlement in the west bank
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