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Umm Kalkha

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian arab village in the district of ramla”. Today it says “small palestinian village in the ramle subdistrict of mandatory palestine”.
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Umm Kalkha was a small Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine . It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 7, 1948, during Operation Nachshon . It was located 12.5 km south of Ramla , situated on the northern banks of Wadi al-Sarar.

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small palestinian arab village in the district of ramla”. Today it says “small palestinian village in the ramle subdistrict of mandatory palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

small palestinian arab village in the district of ramla

Now

small palestinian village in the ramle subdistrict of mandatory palestine

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