When the British occupied the country, like the Romans before them, they too understood that Lod is a natural center of Israel. Consequently, Lod was chosen as the location for the central train station between Cairo in the South, and Damascus in the north, as well as the International air terminal, named Lod Airport, later renamed Ben Gurion Airport.
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