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Lithograph of Lod by David Roberts, 1839. The city was renamed Georgiopolis after local martyr St George, patron saint of England, who was born Lod and buried on the site of the basilica of Georgius, first mentioned about 530 by pilgrim Theodosius. It suffered gravely under pagan Persian border incursions and faded at the advent of Arab Muslims.
His Knesset seat was taken by David Mor. [2] Reisser was married with a son and twin daughters. All three of his children became religious after his death. Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva's stadium, a junior high school and winery club in Rishon LeZion, streets in Lod and Ramla, and a playground in Nahariya are named after him.
Lod (Hebrew: לוד, or fully vocalized לֹד), also known as Lydda (Ancient Greek: Λύδδα) and Lidd (Arabic: اللِّد, romanized: al-Lidd, or اللُّد, al-Ludd), is a city 15 km (9 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) southeast of Tel Aviv and 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle Part of the 1948 Palestine war, the Nakba, and Operation Dani An Israeli soldier with detained Palestinians in Ramle Location The towns of Lydda and Ramle in Palestine Date July 10–14, 1948 Attack type Ethnic cleansing Deaths Unknown. Estimates range ...
Cerrigydrudion, sometimes spelt Cerrig-y-drudion, (Welsh pronunciation ⓘ) is a village and community in Conwy, Wales.Until 1974 it was part of the historic county Denbighshire, when it became part of the newly formed county of Clwyd.
The grandson of Hezekiah ben David through his eldest son David ben Chyzkia, Hiyya al-Daudi, died in 1154 in Castile according to Abraham ibn Daud and is the ancestor of the ibn Yahya family. Several families, as late as the 14th century, traced their descent back to Josiah, the brother of David ben Zakkai who had been banished to Chorasan (see ...
It was known as Lod Airport until 1973, when it was renamed in honour of David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), the first prime minister of Israel. The airport serves as a hub for El Al , Israir Airlines , Arkia , and Sundor , and is managed by the Israel Airports Authority .
Steel engraving and enhancement of the obverse side of the Great Seal of David I, portraying David in the "European" fashion of the otherworldly maintainer of peace and defender of justice. The Davidian Revolution is a name given by many scholars to the changes which took place in the Kingdom of Scotland during the reign of David I (1124–1153).