When he was later criticized by Mapam members for his attitude concerning the Arab refugee problem, David Ben Gurion reminded them the events of Lydda and Ramla and the fact Palmah officers had been responsible for the " outrage that had encouraged the Arabs ' flight made the party uncomfortable.

The crusaders arrived at Jerusalem in June 1099 ; a few of the neighbouring towns ( Ramla, Lydda, Bethlehem, and others ) were taken first, and Jerusalem itself was captured on July 15.

Kahane was held in a maximum-security prison in Ramla, where he wrote the book They Must Go.

On November 25, while the greater part of the Ayyubid army was absent, Saladin and his men were surprised near Ramla in the battle of Montgisard.

Ajalon ( also spelled Aijalon or Ayalon ) was a place in the lowland of Shephelah in the ancient Land of Israel, identified today as Yalo at the foot of the Bethoron pass, a Palestinian Arab village located southeast of Ramla in the West Bank.

In 1102, Stephen was killed at the Second Battle of Ramla at the age of fifty-seven.

Suddenly attacked by the Templars under Baldwin IV of Jerusalem near Ramla, the Ayyubid army was defeated at the Battle of Montgisard, with the majority its troops being killed.

Al-Qubayba was the name of another Arab Palestinian village, Al-Qubayba, Ramla, that was also depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

When he was criticized by Mapam members for his attitude concerning the Arab refugee problem, David Ben Gurion reminded them the events of Lydda and Ramla and the fact Palmah officers had been responsible for the " outrage that had encouraged the Arabs ' flight made the party uncomfortable.

According to the 9th century Arab geographer Ya ' qubi, ar-Ramleh ( Ramla ) was founded in 716 by the Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, and its name was derived from the Arabic word Raml ( رمل )— meaning sand.

Ramla flourished as the capital of Jund Filastin, which was one of the five districts of the ash-Sham ( Syrian ) province of the Ummayad Caliphate and Abbasid empire.

Ramla was the principal city and district capital until the arrival of the Crusaders in the 11th century.

Ramla was at the intersection of two major roads, one linking Egypt with Syria and the other linking Jerusalem with the coast.

Ramla was sometimes referred to as Filastin, in keeping with the common practice of referring to districts by the name of their main city.

In the early days of the Ottoman period, Ramla was a desolate town with few inhabitants.

Although Ramla was primarily an Arab city, it had a small Jewish community until the Arab riots in 1936 – 1939 Sheikh Mustafa Khairi was mayor of Ramla from 1920 to 1947.

Ramla was part of the territory allotted to a proposed Arab state under the 1947 UN Partition Plan.

Ramla was captured on 12 – 12 July 1948, a few days after the capture of Lydda.

In the 1960s, Ramla was noted for its movie theaters and vibrant nightclub scene, which later relocated to Tel Aviv.

After the caliph Suleiman ibn Abd al-Malik founded the nearby city of Ramla, he designated it the capital, and most of Ludd's inhabitants were forced to settle there.

Original Ramla station building, circa 1930

* 1948 – Arab – Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the explusion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.

* 1192 – In June, the Treaty of Ramla is signed by Saladin and Richard the Lionheart.

* May 31 – Nazi Adolf Eichmann is hanged at a prison in Ramla, Israel.

* Baldwin III of Ramla ( early 1130s – c.

Archaeological excavations in Ramla conducted in 1992 – 1995 unearthed the remains of a dyeing industry ( Dar al-Sabbaghin, house of the Dyers ) near the White Mosque ; hydraulic installations such as pools, subterranean reservoirs and cisterns ; and abundant ceramic finds that include glass, coins and jar handles stamped with Arabic inscriptions.

Ramla Railway Station provides an hourly service on the Israel Railways Tel Aviv – Jerusalem line.

Al-Wazir and his family were expelled from Ramla in July 1948, along with another 50, 000 – 70, 000 Palestinians, following Israel's capture of the area during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Israeli historian Haim Gerber, a professor of Islamic History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, traces Arab nationalism back to a 17th century religious leader, Mufti Khayr al-Din al-Ramli ( 1585 – 1671 ) who lived in Ramla.

Baldwin of Ibelin, also known as Baldwin III of Ramla ( French: Baudouin d ' Ibelin, early 1130s – c. 1187 or 1186 / 1188 ), was an important noble of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century.

* Thomas d ' Ibelin ( before 1175 – in or c. 1188 ), Lord of Ramla, unmarried and without issue

* Baldwin I, Castellan ( 1106-1134 ), Lord of Ramla ( 1134 – 1138 )

Also known as St. Helen ’ s Pool and Bīr al-Anezīya, it was built during the reign of the caliph Haroun al-Rashid in 789 AD ( the early Islamic period ) to provide Ramla with a steady supply of water.

After the Muslim conquest of Palestine by Amr ibn al -' As in 636 AD, Lod which was referred to as " al-Ludd " in Arabic served as the capital of Jund Filastin (" Military District of Palestine ") before the seat of power was moved to nearby Ramla during the Umayyad Caliphate of Suleiman ibn Abd al-Malik in 715-716.

Baldwin asserted his independence by mediating disputes in Antioch and Tripoli, and gained the support of the Ibelin brothers when they began to oppose Manasses ' growing power, thanks to his marriage to their widowed mother Helvis of Ramla.

A bomb by the Jewish militia group Irgun went off in the Ramla market on February 18, killing 7 residents and injuring 45.

Arab homes in Ramla were given by the Israeli government to Jewish immigrants arriving at this time.

Ramla remained economically depressed over the next two decades, although the population steadily mounted, reaching 34, 000 by 1972.

The city was visited by the local Arab geographer al-Muqaddasi in 985, during the Abbasid Caliphate and was noted for its Great Mosque which served the residents of al-Ludd, Ramla and the nearby villages.

Originally held by the Bishop of Ramla-Lydda, in 1126 Ramla became part of Jaffa, and a separate lordship was created after Hugh II's revolt in 1134.

The Christians, led by the King, pursued the Muslims along the coast, finally catching their enemies at Mons Gisardi, near Ramla.

According to captives taken by Tancred in a skirmish near Ramla, the animals were there to encourage the crusaders to disperse and pillage the land, making it easier for the Fatimids to attack.

Ramla was an old holding of the Ibelins, but Jaffa and Ascalon had belonged to others, most recently to the murdered Walter IV of Brienne, whose son John, Count of Brienne ( king Henry's nephew ) was supplanted by this Ibelin acquisition.

During the first crusade Ramla was abandoned by its Muslim inhabitants, as it lacked the defenses necessary to withstand a siege.

Along with most of the rest of the kingdom, Ramla was recaptured by Saladin in 1187.

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