1948 War and Aftermath
By 1948, the population was diverse, with Arab, Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish residents. At the beginning of 1948, during the Civil war, Christian Palestinians and Muslim Arabs living in the Arab section of Romema as well as the nearby village of Lifta were forced out of their homes due to violence from Jewish paramilitary groups such as the Irgun, as well as clashes with Arab militia men. Due to the Absentee Property Law, Arab residents were not allowed to return to their homes by the Israeli government, a point of contention for Palestinians who held property there.
After 1948, Romema became a center of light industry for many decades, home to a large number of garages, foundries, carpentry workshops and factories. In 2007, as businesses closed and properties were bought up by developers, a master plan was commissioned for the neighborhood.
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