In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “series of obstacles including permanent and partially manned checkpoints”. Today it says “system of obstacles”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
West Bank closure system is a series of obstacles including permanent and partially staffed checkpoints , concrete roadblocks and barriers, metal gates, earth mounds, tunnels, trenches, and an elaborate set of permit restrictions that controls and restricts Palestinian freedom of movement . Severe closures began following the outbreak of the First intifada in the late 1980s, when travel restrictions were tightened in the West Bank and Gaza , and Israel began requiring Gazan workers to hold permits workers from Gaza. Space and Mobility in Palestine .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The West Bank closure system is a series of obstacles including permanent and partially manned checkpoints, concrete roadblocks and barriers, metal gates, earthmounds, tunnels, trenches, and an elaborate set of permit restrictions that controls and restricts Palestinian movement. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The West Bank closure system is a series of obstacles including permanent and partially manned checkpoints, concrete roadblocks and barriers, metal gates, earth mounds, tunnels, trenches, and an elaborate set of permit restrictions that controls and restricts Palestinian freedom of movement . Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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The opening as it stood in 2020 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The West Bank closure system is a series of obstacles including permanent and partially manned checkpoints, concrete roadblocks and barriers, metal gates, earth mounds, tunnels, trenches, and an elaborate set of permit restrictions that controls and restricts Palestinian freedom of movement . Severe closures began following the outbreak of the First intifada in the late 1980s, when travel restrictions were tightened in the West Bank and Gaza , and Israel began requiring Gazan workers to hold permits workers from Gaza.Space and Mobility in Palestine .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Restraints on Palestinian freedom of movement The West Bank closure system is a series of obstacles including permanent and partially staffed checkpoints, concrete roadblocks and barriers, metal gates, earth mounds, tunnels, trenches, and an elaborate set of permit restrictions that controls and restricts Palestinian freedom of movement . Severe closures began following the outbreak of the First intifada in the late 1980s, when travel restrictions were tightened in the West Bank and Gaza , and Israel began requiring Gazan workers to hold permits workers from Gaza. Space and Mobility in Palestine .
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “series of obstacles including permanent and partially manned checkpoints”. Today it says “system of obstacles”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
series of obstacles including permanent and partially manned checkpoints
Now
system of obstacles
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