Lod

Lod ( Hebrew לוֹד ; Arabic اَلْلُدّْ al-Ludd , Greco-Latin Lydda , Tiberian Hebrew לֹד Lōḏ ) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel . According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 66,100. Lod is the seat of the Jewish Agency Absorption Center (9 David Hamelech St.), Israel's main institution dealing with Jews who make aliyah .

Israel municipality Lod ( ; al-Ludd ; Greco-Latin: Lydda , Diospolis , Ancient Greek : Λύδδα / Διόσπολις - city of Zeus ) is a mixed Jewish-Arab city 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel . At the end of 2012, it had a population of 71,060. The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War most of its Arab inhabitants were forced out in the 1948 Palestinian exodus from Lydda and Ramle . The town was resettled by Jewish immigrants, most of them from Arab countries , alongside 1,056 Arabs who remained. Israel's main international airport, Ben Gurion International Airport (previously known as Lydda Airport, RAF Lydda , and Lod Airport) is located on the outskirts of the city. Different geopolitics and ideologies began to shape Lydda's urban landscape ... [and] its name was changed from Lydda to Lod, which was the region's biblical name."; also see Pearlman, Moshe and Yannai, Yacov. Historical sites in Israel . "Ludd," Encyclopedia of Islam , 2nd ed. (2004) The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited .

Israel municipality Lod ( , ; al-Lidd , al-Ludd ; Latin : Lydda , Diospolis , Ancient Greek : Λύδδα / Διόσπολις – city of Zeus ) is a city 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Tel Aviv in the Central District of Israel . In 2024 it had a population of 94,189. The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod, and it was a significant Judean town from the Maccabean Period to the early Christian period. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War most of the city's Arab inhabitants were expelled in the 1948 Palestinian exodus from Lydda and Ramle . The town was resettled by Jewish immigrants, most of them from Arab countries , alongside 1,056 Arabs who remained. Today, the city has an Arab population of 30%. Israel's main international airport, Ben Gurion Airport (previously known as Lydda Airport, RAF Lydda , and Lod Airport) is located on the outskirts of the city. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Different geopolitics and ideologies began to shape Lydda's urban landscape ... [and] its name was changed from Lydda to Lod, which was the region's biblical name."; also see Pearlman, Moshe and Yannai, Yacov. Historical sites in Israel . "Ludd," Encyclopedia of Islam , 2nd ed.

City in Israel Lod ( , or fully vocalized לֹד ; or al-Ludd ), also known as Lydda ( ), 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 . It is situated between the lower Shephelah on the east and the coastal plain on the west. The city had a population of 94,189 in 2019. Lod is an ancient city, and Neolithic remains have been discovered there. It is mentioned few times in the Hebrew Bible and in the New Testament . Between the 5th century BCE and up until the late Roman period, the city was a prominent center for Jewish scholarship and trade. Around 200 CE, the city became a Roman colony and was renamed Diospolis ( ). Tradition identifies Lod as the 4th century martyrdom site of Saint George ; the Church of Saint George and Mosque of Al-Khadr located in the city is believed to have housed his remains. Following the Arab conquest of the Levant , Lod served as the capital of Jund Filastin ; however, a few decades later, the seat of power was transferred to Ramla , and Lod slipped in importance. Under Crusader rule, the city was a Catholic diocese of the Latin Church and it remains a titular see to this day. Lod underwent a major change in its population in the mid-20th century. Exclusively Palestinian Arab in 1947, Lod was part of the area designated for an Arab state in the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ; however, in July 1948, the city was occupied by the Israel Defense Forces , and most of its Arab inhabitants were expelled in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle . The city was largely resettled by Jewish immigrants, most of them expelled from Arab countries . Today, Lod is one of Israel's mixed cities , with an Arab population of 30%. Lod is one of Israel's major transportation hubs. The main international airport, Ben Gurion Airport , is located 8 km (5 miles) north of the city. The city is also a major railway and road junction. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad . The Palestinian quarters of Safad, Tiberias, Haifa, Jaffa, and West Jerusalem and the Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem were in a state of sociological catastrophe, with no community to speak of to even bury the dead and mourn the old existence... By late 1949 only one of the five towns that had been effectively mixed on the eve of the war, namely, Haifa, still had a Palestinian contingent. Even there, however, the urban mix had been transformed beyond recognition. The 3,000 remaining Palestinians, now representing less than 5 percent of the original community, had been uprooted and forced to relocate to downtown Wadi Ninas... More relevant for our concerns here are Acre, Lydda, Ramle, and Jaffa, which, although exclusively Palestinian before the war of 1948, became predominantly Jewish mixed towns after. All of them had their residual Palestinian populations concentrated in bounded compounds, in one case (Jaffa) surrounded for a while by barbed wire. As late as the summer of 1949, all of these compounds were subjected to martial law. "Ludd," Encyclopedia of Islam , 2nd ed.

City in Israel Lod ( Hebrew : לוד , fully vocalized : לֹד ), also known as Lydda ( Ancient Greek : Λύδδα ) and Lidd ( Arabic : اللِّدّ , romanized : al-Lidd , or اللُّدّ , 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 . It is situated between the lower Shephelah on the east and the coastal plain on the west. The city had a population of 94,189 in 2019. Lod has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic period. It is mentioned a few times in the Hebrew Bible and in the New Testament . Between the 5th century BCE and up until the late Roman period, it was a prominent center for Jewish scholarship and trade. Around 200 CE, the city became a Roman colony and was renamed Diospolis (Ancient Greek: Διόσπολις , lit. ' city of Zeus ' ). Tradition identifies Lod as the 4th century martyrdom site of Saint George ; the Church of Saint George and Mosque of Al-Khadr located in the city is believed to have housed his remains. Following the Arab conquest of the Levant , Lod served as the capital of Jund Filastin ; however, a few decades later, the seat of power was transferred to Ramla , and Lod slipped in importance. Under Crusader rule, the city was a Catholic diocese of the Latin Church and it remains a titular see to this day. Lod underwent a major change in its population in the mid-20th century. Exclusively Palestinian Arab in 1947, Lod was part of the area designated for an Arab state in the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ; however, in July 1948, the city was occupied by the Israel Defense Forces , and most of its Arab inhabitants were expelled in the Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle . The city was largely resettled by Jewish immigrants, most of them expelled from Arab countries . Today, Lod is one of Israel's mixed cities , with an Arab population of 30%. Lod is one of Israel's major transportation hubs. The main international airport, Ben Gurion Airport , is located 8 km (5 miles) north of the city. The city is also a major railway and road junction. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics . Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad . The Palestinian quarters of Safad, Tiberias, Haifa, Jaffa, and West Jerusalem and the Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem were in a state of sociological catastrophe, with no community to speak of to even bury the dead and mourn the old existence... By late 1949 only one of the five towns that had been effectively mixed on the eve of the war, namely, Haifa, still had a Palestinian contingent. Even there, however, the urban mix had been transformed beyond recognition. The 3,000 remaining Palestinians, now representing less than 5 percent of the original community, had been uprooted and forced to relocate to downtown Wadi Ninas... More relevant for our concerns here are Acre, Lydda, Ramle, and Jaffa, which, although exclusively Palestinian before the war of 1948, became predominantly Jewish mixed towns after. All of them had their residual Palestinian populations concentrated in bounded compounds, in one case (Jaffa) surrounded for a while by barbed wire. As late as the summer of 1949, all of these compounds were subjected to martial law. "Ludd," Encyclopedia of Islam , 2nd ed.