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St. George's School, Jerusalem

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “boys' school in east jerusalem run by the anglican jerusalem diocese”. Today it says “british boys' school in east jerusalem run by the anglican diocese of jerusalem”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Private school in Jerusalem, Palestine”. It now reads “Private school in Jerusalem”.
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The opening as it read in 2015

George's School ( Madrasat al-Mutran ) is a British boys' school in East Jerusalem run by the Anglican diocese of Jerusalem . George's School is located next to St. George's College , just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem . The school was established in 1899. The author of the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books, Rev.1 W Awdry , taught at the school in 1933-1936.2 Built in the affluent Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, it served as a place where Jerusalem's Christians and Muslims would send their sons for secondary education. The school currently runs the regular Tawjihi program and will be running the GCSEs , GCE and IB programs also in the near future.3

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “boys' school in east jerusalem run by the anglican jerusalem diocese”. Today it says “british boys' school in east jerusalem run by the anglican diocese of jerusalem”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Private school in Jerusalem, Palestine”. It now reads “Private school in Jerusalem”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

boys' school in east jerusalem run by the anglican jerusalem diocese

Now

british boys' school in east jerusalem run by the anglican diocese of jerusalem

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