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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Aerial view of old Jaffa Aerial view of old Jaffa and port with Tel Aviv behind Jaffa, also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on the ...
Tel Aviv is the Hebrew title of Theodor Herzl’s 1902 novel Altneuland ("Old New Land"), as translated from German by Nahum Sokolow.Sokolow had adopted the name of a Mesopotamian site near the city of Babylon mentioned in Ezekiel: "Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Abib [Tel Aviv], that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven ...
'The Sea Mosque'), is the oldest extant mosque in the historical part of Jaffa, in greater Tel Aviv, Israel. Built in 1675, [1] the mosque is situated on the HaAliya HaShniya Street near the harbour. Due to its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, fishermen and sailors used the mosque, as well as nearby inhabitants of the surrounding area. [2]
Disputes about the merging of Tel Aviv and Jaffa, with the former wanting only to add the Jewish neighborhoods in the north of Jaffa and the latter wanting a total merge led to a gradual unification. [7] The Old City was partly added on 18 May 1949 as part of the first Arab-controlled land to fall under Jewish control. [7]
1909 – Tel Aviv founded near Jaffa. [10] 1911 – Filastin newspaper begins publication. 1913 – Population: 50,000. [5] 1916 – Hassan Bek Mosque built. 1917 – April: Jaffa deportation: amidst World War I, all inhabitants of Jaffa (including Tel Aviv), Jews and Muslims alike, are expelled from the city on Ottoman orders.
Jaffa Port (before 1899) Jaffa Port (Hebrew: נמל יפו, Nemal Yāfō; Arabic: ميناء يافا, Menʿā Yāfā) is an ancient port situated on the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in Old Jaffa within Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel. The port serves as a fishing harbour, a yacht harbour, and as a tourist destination. [1]
The St. Anthony of Padua Church [1] (Hebrew: כנסיית אנטוניוס הקדוש) or simply Church of St. Anthony, [2] is a religious building of the Catholic church located on Yefet Street in Jaffa, [3] the southwestern district of the city of Tel Aviv [4] in central Israel. [5] The temple stands out for its Gothic Revival style and its ...
The church was constructed on its present location because of the significance Jaffa has to Christianity. It was in Jaffa that Saint Peter raised Tabitha, one of Jesus' disciples, from the dead according to the Acts of the Apostles, Acts 9:36–43, Acts 10:1–4. The church is dedicated to him. [5]