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Description: Jaffa ( Hebrew:יָפוֹ), is an ancient port city located in south Tel Aviv, Israel on the ... more

Jaffa ... Mediterranean Sea. It is mentioned four times in the Hebrew Bible, as one of the cities given to the Tribe of Dan (Book of Joshua 19:46), as port-of-entry for the cedars of Lebanon for Solomon's Temple (2 Chronicles 2:16), as the place whence the prophet Jonah embarked for Tarshish (Book of Jonah 1:3) and as port-of-entry for the cedars of Lebanon for the Second Temple of Jerusalem (Book of Ezra 3:7). It was also an important city in the Arab Middle East. During the Crusades, it was the County of Jaffa, a stronghold of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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by vikil - written on 30.06.00 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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Jaffa is a city of contradictions. Being one of a very few towns in Israel there Arabs and Jews actually live together, it has an exotic flavour of mixed cultures. And unlike Tel-Aviv which is ever pretending to be that it's not (mainly a bustling European metropolis), it is genuinely authentic. What will strike you most when you enter Jaffa (the best way to do it, is just to walk or ride along the Tel-Aviv boardwalk straight onto Jaffa's main street) is the astounding poverty of everything around you. Despite countless visits I never really got used to the transition from the glitter of Tel-Aviv beach-facing slivers to the next door slums. BUT, ...

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