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Aerial view of old Jaffa Aerial view of old Jaffa and port with Tel Aviv behind. Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, romanized: Yāfō, pronounced ⓘ; Arabic: يَافَا, romanized: Yāfā, pronounced), 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 settlement was named for the Biblical town of Jaffa in the ancient Holy Land of modern-day Israel. [3] Joppa's harbor began to silt in due to clearcutting and farming upriver and coupled with multiple outbreaks of diseases such as smallpox and malaria, the county seat was moved to the growing, deep water port of Baltimore in 1768. Joppa's ...
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The Sharon valley is mentioned in an ancient Egyptian stele of Amenhotep II, [1] and as the Sharon field containing both Jaffa and Dor on the Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II.. The Plain of Sharon is mentioned in the Bible (1 Chronicles 5:16, 27:29; Book of Isaiah 33:9, 35:2, 65:10), including the famous reference to the enigmatic "Rose of Sharon" (Song of Songs 2:1).
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]
A number of impact sites were identified in the wake of the strikes, but the exact location of those impacts and the extent of the damage they caused is barred from publication by the IDF censor. [136] A gun attack killed seven Israelis in Jaffa. Police said that the attackers were "neutralised". [137]
Yafa an-Naseriyye (Arabic: يافة الناصرة, also Jaffa of Nazareth, or simply Yafa, Kfar Yafia or Yafi Arabic: يافا, يفيع, Hebrew: יָפִיעַ) is an Arab town in Israel. It forms part of the metropolitan area of Nazareth , also an Arab locality.
The street was once a way around the walls of old Jaffa, and after the demolition of the wall and the growth of the city, became a major commercial street. It was called "Ajami Street", after Ibrahim al-Ajami, the Persian companion of the Prophet. [dubious – discuss] It was part of a road between Jaffa and Gaza.