In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian arab village in the district of jerusalem”. Today it says “small”.
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Nitaf ( Arabic : نطاف , Natâf ) was a small, short-lived Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict . It was established in the early 20th century. It was forcefully depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948, during the second stage of Operation Dani . It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem , just north of Bayt Thul . The Israeli village of Nataf was built in 1982, south of the ruins of Nitaf. "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies .
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former Arab villages in Palestine Nitaf , Natâf , was a small Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem . It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on April 15, 1948 during the second stage of Operation Dani . It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem . The village was built on an archaeological site which was surrounded by a number of khirbas. In 1945 it had a population of 40 people. Nitaf had a maqam for local sage known as al-Shaykh Mas'ud.
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former Arab villages in Palestine Nitaf , Natâf , was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict . It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948 during the second stage of Operation Dani . Located 17 km west of Jerusalem , the village was built on an archaeological site which was surrounded by a number of khirbas. In 1945 it had a population of 40 people. Nitaf had a maqam for local sage known as al-Shaykh Mas'ud.
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Place in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine Nitaf ( , Natâf ) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict . It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948 during the second stage of Operation Dani . It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem , just north of Bayt Thul .
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Place in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine Nitaf ( , Natâf ) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict . It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948, during the second stage of Operation Dani . It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem , just north of Bayt Thul . The Israeli village of Nataf was built in 1982, south of the ruins of Nitaf.
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small palestinian arab village in the district of jerusalem
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