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The Jaffa orange (Arabic: برتقال يافا, Hebrew: תפוז יפו), is an orange variety with few seeds and a tough skin that make it highly exportable. It was developed by Palestinian Arab farmers in mid-19th century Ottoman Palestine, and takes its name from the city of Jaffa where it was first produced for export.
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 ...
Orange trees and Jaffa oranges symbolize loss after the Nakba. Before, large plots of land towards the coast were dedicated to orange groves, most significantly in Jaffa and Haifa. Oranges were representative of Palestinian national pride. The orange now represents Palestinian sorrow in the loss of land and what was once a symbol of national ...
Hoffman established a German colony in Jaffa (today part of Tel Aviv-Yafo) in 1869.It was built at the site of a former settlement by United States Christians, which had been abandoned by then, for which reason the area is known today as the American-Germany colony of Tel Aviv. [5]
Israel’s military advance on the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Golan Heights and Egyptian Sinai in 1967 sparked fresh bloodshed and saw the UN Security Council pass Resolution 242 ordering it to ...
The diamond industry of Israel is an important world player in producing cut diamonds for wholesale. In 2010, Israel became the chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme . [ 1 ] As of 2016 [update] , cut diamonds constituted 23.2% of Israel's total exports and they were the country's biggest export product, amounting to 12% of the ...
Jaffa Cakes are a cake introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. The most common form of Jaffa cakes are circular, 2 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches (54 mm) in diameter and have three layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange flavoured jam and a coating of chocolate .
Jaffa oranges and Judaica at Mahane Yehuda. Mahane Yehuda market is bounded by Jaffa Road to the north, Agrippas Street to the south, Beit Yaakov Street to the west, and Kiach Street to the east. [8] The market itself has two major streets: Eitz Chaim Street (the covered market) and Mahane Yehuda Street (the open-air market).