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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 (răm'əthā`ĭm-zō`fĭm) ..... 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). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 1996, he claimed that the Rabin's massive expulsion of Palestinians from the towns on Lydda and Ramle in the 1948 war was justified and that Jewish settlers had a legal title to Hebron because, after all, "Abraham purchased the cave at Machpela from a Hittite for 400 pieces of silver" (Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. This policy of wiping out a people's history started in 1947-48 with the destruction of over 400 Palestinian villages and even whole beautiful cities like Ramle, Lod, Haifa and Ashkelon, leaving only remnants. Among all the refugees in 1948, 50,000 were Christian families, many of whom lived in the towns of Jaffa, Lydda, Ramle, and throughout the Galilee. |
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