Lod ( Hebrew לוֹד , Arabic. 'اَلْلُدّْ ; formerly Lydda , Georgiopolis , Diospolis ) is a city in Israel , located 20 km southeast of Tel Aviv . Center for National Aerospace Industry; Nearby is the largest David Ben-Gurion airport in the country.
| City | |||
| Lod | |||
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| Heb. לוֹד Arab. 'اَلْلُدّْ | |||
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| A country |  Israel | ||
| County | Central | ||
| The mayor | Yair Revivo | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Founded | XV century BC e. | ||
| Area | 13 km² | ||
| Height above sea level | |||
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 74,604 people ( 2018 ) | ||
| Density | 5,860 people / km² | ||
| Nationalities | Jews (63.7%), Arabs (28.7%), others (7.6%) | ||
| Denominations | Jews (63.7%), Muslims (27.6%), Christians (1.1%) | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +972 8 | ||
| Postcode | 71XXXXX | ||
| lod.muni.il (Hebrew) | |||
Content
- 1 History
- 2 population
- 3 Attractions
- 4 Twin Cities
- 5 Gallery
- 6 notes
- 7 References
History
The name of the city of Lod (Lud) was first mentioned in the Karnak inscription of the times of Thutmose III . From the 5th century BC e. Lydda was a major center for Jewish scholarship. The city is repeatedly mentioned in the New Testament . During the Second Judean War, it was taken by the Romans and destroyed as one of the centers of Jewish resistance. In place of ancient Lydda, a colony with the Greek name Δι « σπολις ("city of the gods") arose. It is believed that George the Victorious lived and was buried there. In memory of this, before the Arab conquest, the modern Lod was known as Georgiopol ("the city of George").
Caliph Suleiman in 716 moved the center of Arab Palestine from Lydda to the Ramla that he founded. In 1099-1191, Lydda was one of the centers of the seigneur Ramla and the state of the crusaders , who called Lydda “the city of St. George”. The traveler Benjamin Tudelsky in 1170 found only one Jew in Lydda. After joining Israel in 1948, the Arab population , but to date [ when? ] the percentage of Arabs among the inhabitants of the city exceeds the national average .
A significant part of the population of the city was forcibly expelled from their homes by the IDF in 1948, during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948-1949 , after the Arabs, inspired by the attack of the Arab Legion after the capitulation of the city, opened fire on Israeli soldiers, shooting a few people. Prior to this, “there was no discussion of the expulsion of the civilian population” [1] .
Population
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel , the population at the beginning of 2018 was 74,604 people [2] .
Attractions
The main attraction is the alleged tomb of George the Victorious , over which a basilica was erected in the VI century . On its ruins, the crusaders later built a church , restored after numerous destruction only in 1870 . Two old mosques , a bathhouse and a caravanserai have also been preserved.
Twin Cities
- Samtredia , Georgia
- Piatra Neamt , Romania
Gallery
Antique mosaic floor
Baybars Medieval Bridge
Church of st. George
Notes
- ↑ Alec D. Epstein, Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Problem: History and Politics, 2005.
According to the recently deceased Israeli historian Mordechai Lahav, “if it were not for this uprising, the inhabitants would not have been expelled either from Lod, or even less from Ramleh” [192], and such a conclusion seems quite justified. The fact is that on the same days in the Upper and Western Galilee, the Israeli army captured the city of Nazareth and thirty-seven more villages, but most of their inhabitants remained in their places of residence. True, the merit in this belongs to the commander of the 7th Tank Brigade, Ben Dunkelman , who refused to comply with the order to deport the Palestinian population of Nazareth, contrary to the conditions of surrender - ↑ Official data on Israeli settlements on 12/31/2017 (Hebrew) . Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel . Date of treatment December 27, 2018.
Links
- Vlas Mikhailovich Doroshevich. “In the promised land. At the tomb of St. George the Victorious