In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village in the district of tulkarm”. Today it says “palestinian bedouin village in the tulkarm subdistrict”.
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Wadi al-Hawarith ( Arabic : وادي الحوارث ) was a Palestinian bedouin village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict . It was ethnically cleansed at the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on March 15, 1948, following the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine . It was located 16.5 km northwest of Tulkarm . Wadi al-Hawarith was mostly destroyed with the exception of four houses. In 1945, Wadi al-Hawarith had a total population of 1,330. The term also refers to the wider surrounding area, especially that which was subject to a controversial land sale in 1933. The sale included about 40,000 dunams of land (roughly 10,000 acres) within the Tulkarm subdistrict; the area sold is also considered to be "Wadi al-Huwarith," not just the village. "Report by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Palestine and Trans-Jordan for the Year" . Library of Middle East History ; v. 10.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
former Arab villages in Palestine Wadi al-Hawarith ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm . It was located 16.5 km northwest of Tulkarm . Wadi al-Hawarith was mostly destroyed with the exception of four houses In 1945, the village had a total population of 1,330.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
former Arab villages in Palestine Wadi al-Hawarith ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict . It was located 16.5 km northwest of Tulkarm . Wadi al-Hawarith was mostly destroyed with the exception of four houses. In 1945, the village had a total population of 1,330.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Village in Tulkarm, Mandatory Palestine Wadi al-Hawarith ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict .It was depopulated at the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on March 15, 1948 following the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine . It was located 16.5 km northwest of Tulkarm . Wadi al-Hawarith was mostly destroyed with the exception of four houses. In 1945, the village had a total population of 1,330.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Camping site in Tulkarm, Mandatory Palestine Wadi al-Hawarith ( ) was a Palestinian bedouin camping site in the Tulkarm Subdistrict . It was depopulated at the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on March 15, 1948, following the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine . It was located 16.5 km northwest of Tulkarm . Wadi al-Hawarith was mostly destroyed with the exception of four houses. In 1945, Wadi al-Hawarith had a total population of 1,330.The camping site today corresponds more or less to Nahal Alexander National Park , the national park covering what is now called Hefer Valley, the namesake of Hefer Valley Regional Council ."Report by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Palestine and Trans-Jordan for the Year" .
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palestinian arab village in the district of tulkarm
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palestinian bedouin village in the tulkarm subdistrict
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