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Ramla or Ramleh (both: räm`lĕ) [Arab.,=sand], town (1994 pop. 57,300), central Israel, in a farming area. Ramla may be the biblical Ramathaim-zophim Ramathaim-zophim , in the Bible, birthplace of Samuel, usually called Ramah and later Ramathaim. It has been variously identified with Ramah (4,) with Arimathaea, and with the modern Ramallah and Ramla. The land of Zuph is connected with the name.
..... Click the link for more information. , but more probably it was founded (c.716) by the Arabs. It became the capital of Palestine and was fought over constantly during the Crusades. After Israeli forces took it in 1948, Ramla was resettled with Jewish immigrants. Landmarks include the Great Mosque (originally a 12th-century Crusader church) and the Square Tower (1318). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Aa In his testimony to a government watchdog, the police commissioner, Insp Gen Cohen, said he had plans for the unit "to grow" and that it would solve a problem the police had in infiltrating Israel's large Arab communities: "It's very hard for us to work in Umm al-Fahm, it's very hard for us to deal with crime in Juarish and Ramle. Shams fears they want to "settle" Jaffa as their peers have settled the West Bank and other mixed cities within Israel like Lod, Ramle and Acco. She was held in the Ramle Detention Center until Aug. |
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