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Meitar

Meitar ( ) is a small town northeast of Beersheba, in Israel's Southern District. The town lies on Highway 60 south of the Green Line on the southern edge of Mount Hebron, alongside the Yatir Forest. Metar is 19 km north of Beer-Sheva and is in between the two Bedouin towns of Hura and Laqiya. In it had a population of . With a land area of 16,696 dunams (~16.7 km 2 ), Meitar is ranked very highly on the Israeli socio-economic scale, with a score of 9/10.

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Meitar ( ) is a small town northeast of Beersheba, in Israel's Southern District. The town lies on Highway 60 south of the Green Line on the southern edge of Mount Hebron, alongside the Yatir Forest. Metar is 19 km north of Beer-Sheva and is in between the two Bedouin towns of Hura and Laqiya. In it had a population of . With a land area of 16,696 dunams (~16.7 km 2 ), Meitar is ranked very highly on the Israeli socio-economic scale, with a score of 9/10.

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  1. date of foundation: 1984 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1984". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377751285

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