Lod

Lod (; , al-Ludd; Greco-Latin Lydda) is a ceety locatit on the Sharon Plain  sootheast o Tel Aviv in the Center Destrict o Israel. In  it haed a population o .

Israel's main internaitional airport, Ben Gurion International Airport (previously cried Lydda Airport, RAF Lydda, an Lod Airport) is locatit in the ceety.

Etymology
The Ebreu name Lod appears in the bible as a toun o Benjamin, foondit bi Shamed or Shamer (1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; 11:35). In the New Testament it appears as its Greek form, Lydda.Bible Dictionary, "Lydda".International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "Lod; Lydda" The ceety an aa fynds reference in an Islamic Hadith, as the location o the battlefield whaur 'Dajjal' (the Anti-Christ) will be slayed afore the Day o Judgment.http://www.missionislam.com/nwo/signsdajjal.htm

Airchaeology
A well-preserved mosaic floor datin tae the Roman period wis excavatit in 1996 as pairt o a salvage dig conductit on behauf o the Israel Antiquities Authority an the Municipality o Lod, prior tae widenin HeHalutz Street. The mosaic wis covered ower wi soil at the conclusion o the excavation for lack o funds tae conserve an develop the steid.Lod mosaic The mosaic is now part of the Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center.

Sports
The ceety's major soccer club, Hapoel Bnei Lod,  plays in Liga Leumit (the seicont diveesion). Its hame base is  Lod Municipal Stadium. The club wis formed bi a merger o Bnei Lod an Rakevet Lod in the 1980s. Twa ither clubs in the ceety play in the regional leagues: Hapoel MS Ortodoxim Lod in Liga Bet an Maccabi Lod in Liga Gimel.

Hapoel Lod played in the top diveesion durin the 1960s an 1980s, an wan the State Cup in 1984. The club fauldit in 2002. A new club, Hapoel Maxim Lod (named efter umwhile mayor Maxim Levy) wis established suin efter, but fauldit in 2007.

Notable residents

DAM, a hip-hop group
Saunt George, Roman sodger an martyr
George Habash (1926–2008), foonder o the Popular Front for the Liberation o Palestine
Tamer Nafar, rapper
Salim Tuama, fitbawer

Internaitional Relations
Twin towns - sister cities

Lod is twinned wi:
  Piatra Neamţ, Romanie

References
Notes

Freemit airtins

Ceety cooncil  
al-Lydd  Palestine Remembered
Lydda (Lod) , Jewish Agency for Israel


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