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Old Jaffa

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “neighborhood of tel aviv-yafo”. Today it says “oldest neighborhood in tel aviv-jaffa”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Historical part of the Israeli city of Jaffa”. It now reads “Historical part of Jaffa”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023

Old Jaffa panorama Old Jaffa alley Old Jaffa ( [yafa ha'atiká] – Ancient Yafo; [yafa al.ʿatīqa] – Ancient Jaffa or يافا القديمة [yafa al.qadīma] – Old Jaffa ) is a neighborhood of Tel Aviv-Yafo , Israel and the oldest part of Jaffa .1 A neighborhood with art galleries, restaurants, theaters, museums, and nightclubs, it is one of Tel Aviv's main tourist attractions.2 Jaffa is the southwest district of the Tel Aviv –Jaffa municipality.3 Old Jaffa is located in the northwest of Jaffa, on a hill along the Mediterranean Sea . Geologically, the hill of Old Jaffa is the continental north end of a kurkar ridge, historically further protected through fortifications and heightened by debris.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “neighborhood of tel aviv-yafo”. Today it says “oldest neighborhood in tel aviv-jaffa”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Historical part of the Israeli city of Jaffa”. It now reads “Historical part of Jaffa”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

neighborhood of tel aviv-yafo

Now

oldest neighborhood in tel aviv-jaffa

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