Located between Tel Aviv Jerusalem, Lod is an ancient town with millennia of documented history. In 1948, though, something quite extraordinary happened to much of the Palestinian population of Lod: they were uprooted and became refugees as part what has come to be known as Nakba for Palestinians and War of Independence for Zionists.
Here is the story of Arab Lod residents, told by Ghassan Monayer and Maha Alnakib of Lod in may of 2022
(Created for Israel鈥檚 Social TV channel)