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  • noun a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Examples

  • (Among those villages was one called Najd, ethnically cleansed by the Negev Brigade on May 13, 1948.

    What Obama DIDN'T Say in Cairo 2009

  • Anyway, the purpose of this post is to shed the light on Sderot's history, which in fact was that it was called Najd, and was an Arab Palestinian town before the Israelis razed it to the ground and build Sderot on its ruins in 1951.

    iToot Stream BuJassem 2010

  • Edward Sturton, reporting from Sderot, didn't explain how the land on which Sderot stands was once a Palestinian village called Najd, whose residents were ethnically cleansed and put to flight by Jewish terrorists in May 1948.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

  • Edward Sturton, reporting from Sderot, didn't explain how the land on which Sderot stands was once a Palestinian village called Najd, whose residents were ethnically cleansed and put to flight by Jewish terrorists in May 1948.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

  • In 1948, where Sderot houses Israeli Jews today, there was a village called Najd - Arabic for a high plateau.

    Blogbot - forsiden 2010

  • It is built on the lands of a Palestinian village called Najd, which was ethnically cleansed by Jewish terrorists in May 1948, before Israel was declared a state

    BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed 2009

  • It is built on the lands of a Palestinian village called Najd, which was ethnically cleansed by Jewish terrorists in May 1948, before Israel was declared a state and before any Arab armies entered Palestine.

    BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed 2009

  • Sderot is built on the lands of a Palestinian village called Najd, which was ethnically cleansed by Jewish terrorists in May 1948.

    The Official Website of Representative David Duke, PhD 2009

  • Sderot, where a few homemade harmless missiles have landed, was once an Arab village called Najd, whose 600 Arab inhabitants were expelled by Israelis in 1948.

    The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis 2009

  • Sderot, where your friends live and where a few homemade harmless missiles have landed, was once an Arab village called Najd, whose 600 Arab inhabitants were expelled by Israelis in

    newmatilda.com - Comments 2009

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