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The Abu-Ezam (or Abu-Etham) family is a Palestinian Christian family formerly engaged in numerous businesses, most notably in the manufacturing sector prior to the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight in Palestine. [1] They owned and operated several businesses in the city of Ramla in modern-day Israel. [2] [3]

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