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Zababdeh
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian town in the northern west bank located 15 km southeast of jenin and 2 km from the arab american uni”. Today it says “town in the state of palestine”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Zababdeh ( ) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 15 km southeast of Jenin and 2 km from the Arab American University - Jenin .1 Its jurisdiction consists of 5,719 dunams, three-fifths being covered with olive and fig groves.2
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian town in the northern west bank located 15 km southeast of jenin and 2 km from the arab american uni”. Today it says “town in the state of palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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Then
palestinian town in the northern west bank located 15 km southeast of jenin and 2 km from the arab american uni
Now
town in the state of palestine
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