Jaffa
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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 out
Aerial view of old Jaffa
Aerial view of old Jaffa and port with Tel Aviv behind
Jaffa Museum in Old Saraya building, in the historical Old Jaffa region
Jaffa in 1587, by Jean Zuallart
Mixed cities
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In Israel, the mixed cities or mixed towns are the eight cities with a significant number of both Jews and Arabs. The eight mixed Jewish-Arab cities, defined by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Jaffa
…became part of then newly established state of Israel, and was unified into a single municipality with Tel Aviv in 1950. Today, Jaffa is one of Israel's mixed cities, with approximately 37% of the city being Arab. The town was mentioned in Egyptian sources and the Amarna letters as Yapu. Mythology says that it is…
Nof HaGalil, a mixed city adjacent to the Arab-Israeli city of Nazareth
Mixed cities shown in 1944
A modern Georgian synagogue, adjacent to the historic Church of Saint George and Mosque of Al-Khadr, Lod
Cities in the 1922 census of Palestine, at the start of Mandatory Palestine. Most cities were 96–100% Palestinian Arab; only five cities were significantly "mixed": Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, Safad and Tiberias.