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Ramla, also known as Ramle, is a city in the Central District of Israel. Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with significant numbers of both Jews and Arabs.
Ramla seen from the White Tower with the eastern hills around Modi'in in the background, 2013
Ramla (pictured in 1895) was founded by Sulayman at the start of the 8th century and became the capital of his district.
Ramla's Pool of Arches, a tourist destination
Remains of the White Mosque in Ramla (pictured in 2014) built by Sulayman and his cousin and successor Umar II
In July 1948, during the 1948 Palestine war, the Palestinian towns of Lydda and Ramle were captured by the Israel Defense Forces and their residents were violently expelled. The expulsions occurred as
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…visitors described it as a town of only a few thousand inhabitants in a state of decay. Ramla had an almost exclusively Arab population before most were expelled during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The town was subsequently repopulated by Jewish immigrants. Today, Ramla is one of Israel's mixed cities, with a…
An Israeli soldier with detained Palestinians in Ramle
Lydda in 1920 with St. George's Church in the background
The city of Lydda in 1932
King Abdullah of Jordan (1882–1951) with British officer John Bagot Glubb (1897–1986), the commander of the Tranjordanian Arab Legion