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Netivot
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “city in the southern district of israel located between beersheba and gaza”. Today it says “city located in the southern district of israel”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “City in Israel”. It now reads “City in southern Israel”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Netivot (נתיבות) is a city in the Southern District of Israel in Israel . According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 21,100.1
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “city in the southern district of israel located between beersheba and gaza”. Today it says “city located in the southern district of israel”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “City in Israel”. It now reads “City in southern Israel”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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Then
city in the southern district of israel located between beersheba and gaza
Now
city located in the southern district of israel
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