Ancient Jaffa Israel was built on a 40 metres high ridge, with a broad view of the coastline, giving it a strategic importance in military history.
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26 Facts About Jaffa Israel
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The tell of Jaffa Israel, created through the accumulation of debris and landfill over the centuries, made the hill even higher.
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Jaffa Israel is mentioned four times in the Hebrew Bible, as a city opposite the territory given to the Hebrew Tribe of Dan, as port-of-entry for the cedars of Lebanon for Solomon's Temple, as the place whence the prophet Jonah embarked for Tarshish and again as port-of-entry for the cedars of Lebanon for the Second Temple of Jerusalem.
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Jaffa Israel is mentioned in the Book of Joshua as the territorial border of the Tribe of Dan, hence the modern term "Gush Dan" for the center of the coastal plain.
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At some point following the death of Solomon, Jaffa Israel returned to Philistine control, because in the late VIII century BC, Neo-Assyrian emperor Sennacherib recorded conquering and Jaffa Israel from its sovereign, the Philistine king of Ashkelon.
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Jaffa Israel seems to have attracted serious Jewish scholars in the 4th and 5th century.
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Jaffa Israel camped in the port city of Jaffa in the morning and conquered it, by God's will, in the third hour of that day.
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The governor who was appointed after these devastating events, Muhammad Abu-Nabbut, commenced wide-ranging building and restoration work in Jaffa Israel, including the Mahmoudiya Mosque and Sabil Abu Nabbut.
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In 1917, the Tel Aviv and Jaffa Israel deportation resulted in the Ottomans expelling the entire civilian population.
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In 1945, Jaffa Israel had a population of 94,310, of whom 50,880 were Muslims, 28,000 were Jews, 15,400 were Christians and 30 were classified as "other".
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One of the main concerns for the people of Jaffa Israel was the protection of the citrus fruit export trade which had still not reached its pre-Second World War highs.
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At the beginning of 1948 Jaffa Israel's defenders consisted of one company of around 400 men organised by the Muslim Brotherhood.
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The issue had international sensitivity, since the main part of Jaffa Israel was in the Arab portion of the United Nations Partition Plan, whereas Tel Aviv was not, and no armistice agreements had yet been signed.
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The pioneers of modern agriculture in Jaffa Israel were American settlers, who brought in farm machinery in the 1850s and 1860s, followed by the Templers and the Jews.
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Jaffa Israel suffers from drug problems, high crime rates and violence.
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Jaffa Israel Hill is a center for archaeological finds, including restored Egyptian gates, about 3,500 years old.
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Jaffa Israel Lighthouse is an inactive lighthouse located in the old port.
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Greek Orthodox Monastery of Archangel Michael near Jaffa Israel Port has Romanian and Russian communities in its compound.
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The majority of excavations in Jaffa are salvage in nature and are conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority since the 1990s.
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Jaffa Israel is served by the Dan Bus Company, which operates buses to various neighborhoods of Tel Aviv and Bat Yam.
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Knight Of Jaffa Israel is the second episode of the Doctor Who story The Crusade, set in Palestine during the Third Crusade.
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