In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village located to mi northwest of the city of tulkarm at the only entrance to mount nablus”. Today it says “palestinian arab village located 6 kilometers”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Qaqun ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain . Evidence of organized settlement in Qaqun dates back to the period of Assyrian rule in the region. Ruins of a Crusader and Mamluk castle still stand at the site. Qaqun was continuously inhabited by Arabs since at least as early as the Mamluk period and was depopulated during a military assault by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
former Arab villages in Palestine Qaqun ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village located to mi northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus ( Samaria ) from the coastal Sharon plain . Evidence of organized settlement in Qaqun dates back to the period of Assyrian rule in the region, and it was continuously inhabited by Arabs since at least as early as the Mamluk period. Qaqun was depopulated during a military assault by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war .
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Evidence of organized settlement in Qaqun dates back to the period of Assyrian rule in the region, and it was continuously inhabited by Arabs since at least as early as the Mamluk period. Qaqun was depopulated during a military assault by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Place in Tulkarm, Mandatory Palestine Qaqun ( Arabic : قاقون ) was a Palestinian Arab village located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain . Evidence of organized settlement in Qaqun dates back to the period of Assyrian rule in the region. Ruins of a Crusader and Mamluk castle still stand at the site. Qaqun was continuously inhabited by Arabs since at least as early as the Mamluk period and was depopulated during a military assault by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war .
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village located to mi northwest of the city of tulkarm at the only entrance to mount nablus”. Today it says “palestinian arab village located 6 kilometers”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
palestinian arab village located to mi northwest of the city of tulkarm at the only entrance to mount nablus
Now
palestinian arab village located 6 kilometers
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