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Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle
Expulsion by Israeli forces
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In July 1948, during the 1948 Palestine war, the Palestinian towns of Lydda (also known as Lod) and Ramle were captured by the Israeli Defense Forces and their residents (totalling 50,000–70,000 people)[2][3] were violently expelled. The expulsions occurred as part of the broader 1948 Palestinian expulsions and the Nakba. Hundreds of Palestinians were killed in multiple mass killings, including the Lydda massacre, and in what is sometimes known as the Lydda death march. The two Arab towns, lying outside the area designated for a Jewish state in the UN Partition Plan of 1947, and inside the area set aside for an Arab state in Palestine,[4][5] were subsequently incorporated into the new State of Israel and repopulated with Jewish immigrants.[6] After their conquest
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Israel's Knesset Debates the Adoption of a Human Rights Charter
Book excerpt
By: Netanel Lorch
Date: January 15, 1964
Source: Lorch, Netanel., ed. Major Knesset Debates: 1948–1981. Lanham, MD., University Press of America, 1993.
About the Author: Netanel Lorch is a former Secretary-General of the Knesset and author of several books about Israel's military history. The Knesset [trans. 'Assembly'] is the Israeli Parliament. First convened in February 1949, it consists of 120 elected members. In the source below, members are discussing the proposals of the Knesset member, Professor Yitzhak Klinghoffer (1905–1990), for a Human Rights Charter. Born in Austria, Klinghoffer fled to France then Brazil to avoid the Nazi annexations of 1938 and 1940 before settling in Israel in the 1950s. Klinghoffer was an expert on constitutional law and a founder of Israel's Liberal Party in 1961.
INTRODUCTION
When the state of Israel was proclaimed in 1948, one of the key difference
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Golan Heights: History & Overview
Biblical to Contemporary History
History from Israel’s Independence
The Golan Heights Today
Prospects for Peace
The Syrian Civil War and U.S. Recognition
New Funding to Develop the Golan
Biblical to Contemporary History
In Biblical times, the Golan Heights was referred to as “Bashan;” the word “Golan” apparently derives from the biblical city of “Golan in Bashan,” (Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 21:27). The area was assigned to the tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 13:29-31). In early First Temple times (953-586 BCE), the area was contested between the nordlig Jewish kingdom of Israel and the Aramean kingdom based in Damascus. King Ahab of Israel (reigned c. 874-852 BCE) defeated Ben-Hadad inom of Damascus near the site of Kibbutz Afik in the southern Golan (I Kings 20:26-30), and the profet Elisha prophesied that King Jehoash of Israel (reigned c. 801-785 BCE) would defeat Ben-Hadad III of Damascus, also near Kibbutz Afik (II Kings 13:17).
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