In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “civil police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed b”. Today it says “civil police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the territory governed by the pales”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Civilian policing force of the State of Palestine This article is about the police services of the Palestinian National Authority. Law enforcement agency Two Palestinian Police Officers in Bethlehem The Palestinian Civil Police Force ( PCP ; Arabic : الشرطة المدنية الفلسطينية , romanized : al-Shurtah al-Madaniyah al-Filistiniyah ) is the Civil Police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed by the Palestinian National Authority . The Civil Police is a part of the Palestinian Security Services . Since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip the control of the Civil Police in Gaza Strip was placed under the jurisdiction of Hamas , while the Police forces in the West Bank remain under Palestinian National Authority. Traffic Unit in the West Bank city of Salfit "Civil Police – PA/Hamas" .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Law enforcement agency The Palestinian Civil Police Force ( , al-Shurtah al-Madaniyah al-Filistiniyah ) is the Civil Police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed by the Palestinian National Authority . The Civil Police is a part of the Palestinian National Security Forces .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Law enforcement agency Palestinian police in Bethlehem, 2007 The Palestinian Civil Police Force ( , al-Shurtah al-Madaniyah al-Filistiniyah ) is the Civil Police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed by the Palestinian National Authority . The Civil Police is a part of the Palestinian Security Services .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Civilian policing force of the Palestinian Authority Law enforcement agency Two Palestinian Police Officers in Bethlehem The Palestinian Civil Police Force ( , al-Shurtah al-Madaniyah al-Filistiniyah ) is the Civil Police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed by the Palestinian National Authority . The Civil Police is a part of the Palestinian Security Services . Traffic Unit in the West Bank city of Salfit
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “civil police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed b”. Today it says “civil police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the territory governed by the pales”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
civil police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed b
Now
civil police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the territory governed by the pales
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