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  • From whence he came to a certain village called Lydda, which was not less than a city in largeness, and there heard the Samaritan cause a second time before his tribunal, and there learned from a certain Samaritan that one of the chief of the Jews, whose name was Dortus, and some other innovators with him, four in number, persuaded the multitude to a revolt from the

    Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

  • Ajami's Arab residents say they are being encouraged to move to inland Israeli cities, such as Lod, also known as Lydda, or Ramla, where there are large Arab populations and cheap housing.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • He Lived at a place called Lydda in Palestine / Iserael which is in the plain of Sharon about 12 miles from the port of Jaffa also known as Joppa in the olden times which is about 20 miles from Jerusalem.

    Telegraph Blogs 2009

  • Eleutheria, and came to Lydda, which is Diospolis. "

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • They packed a few small suitcases and, together with Nanny Baidzar, boarded a plane at Lydda Airport bound for Beirut.

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • They packed a few small suitcases and, together with Nanny Baidzar, boarded a plane at Lydda Airport bound for Beirut.

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • But it is also true that there were several dozen sites, including Lydda and Ramla, from which Arab communities were expelled by Jewish troops.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Even those refugees from the ‘several dozen sites, including Lydda and Ramla ... expelled by Jewish troops’?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Although they planned to land at Lydda, weather conditions compelled them to land at the military airfield in Ramallah.

    Shulamit Goldstein. 2009

  • Weeks after the massacres at Lydda, Khirbet Nasr ad Din, Ein az Zeitun, Ad Dawayima, and Deir Yassin - Morris has described those events – his frank ‘work’ on the subject accounts for a large part of his fame.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

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