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Omar Hammayil

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mayor of al-bireh in the west bank in the palestinian territories”. Today it says “mayor of al-bireh”.
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Omar Hammayil ( Arabic : عمر حمايل , ‘Omar Ḥamāyil ; born 1976/77) is the mayor of Al-Bireh (in the West Bank ) in the State of Palestine . He is also a chemistry teacher.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mayor of al-bireh in the west bank in the palestinian territories”. Today it says “mayor of al-bireh”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

mayor of al-bireh in the west bank in the palestinian territories

Now

mayor of al-bireh

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