...the Arab Legion also holds nearby Ramla…
July 1948 CE
...the Arab Legion also holds nearby Ramla and its environs.
Because Arab control of the area endangers the greater Tel Aviv area, the Israelis attack the legion and take the city on July 12, 1948.
Most of the largely Christian Arab population flees. (After the hostilities, they will be replaced with Jewish immigrants.)
Over sixty thousand Palestinians are expelled from the twin towns at gunpoint.
Most of them arrive at ...
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