Posts Tagged ‘jaffa’

Jaffa may become the next Sheikh Jarrah as Palestinians are pushed out

Located near the Mediterranean shore, the historic Ajami neighborhood in Jaffa has become a battleground between the Israel Lands Authority (ILA) and the area’s veteran Palestinian residents. About 1,400 families have been served eviction orders from Amidar, a public housing company which in the past has said it’s simply doing ILA’s bidding. Amidar did not […]

What’s the story? Abed Abu-Shehadeh on the Palestinian community in Jaffa

Abed Abu-Shehadeh, a Palestinian political activist from Jaffa, describes the traumatic events of May 2021 in Jaffa, their impact on Palestinian citizens of Israel and his new film “Testimonies – May 2021.” Source

He returned to Jaffa and died

The story of Raad Hazem’s recent attack killing three Israelis serves as a perfect microcosm of our lives as Palestinians and our history living under occupation. Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Jenin refugee camp, Dizengoff Street, are all names raised in the course of the story, and these are not just the names of geographical places. In […]

Hundreds protest in Jaffa after 12-year-old Arab boy seriously wounded by firebomb

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2 Arab kids hurt in firebombing of Jaffa home; riots spread across Israel

Israeli police and security forces continued to try to quell rioting across the country on Friday, with clashes between officers and Arab residents spreading to northern Israel over the course of the day and heavy fighting reported in East Jerusalem in the evening. Late Friday night, Arab rioters in the mixed Arab-Jewish city Acre torched […]

IDF Soldier Seriously Wounded in Jaffa, 5th Synagogue Burnt in Lod

Torah scrolls, Jewish holy scriptures, are removed from a synagogue which was torched during violent confrontations in the city of Lod, Israel, between Israeli Arab demonstrators and police, amid high tensions over hostilities between Israel and Gaza militants and tensions in Jerusalem May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Further violence erupted Thursday evening in several mixed […]

A British officer saved dozens of Jews during the Jaffa riots. He was labeled a traitor

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Revealing The Hellenistic Origins Of Jaffa, The Holiest Port

Jaffa, or Yafo in Hebrew, is a city port and southern suburb of Tel Aviv, located on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. As one of the oldest ports in the world, the Bible says Jaffa was founded by Japheth, one of the sons of Noah, after the Great Flood. It was from Jaffa that Jonah set sail […]

Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate battles to become the Old City’s main portal

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Tel Aviv-Jaffa aims to be world’s first city with network of recharging roads

The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality announced Monday that it is on track to become the first city in the world to roll out smart roads that can charge electric vehicles as they drive along in a pilot project trialing an electric public transport system. Tel Aviv’s pilot, due to start in a couple of months, will […]

Jaffa woman, boyfriend sentenced to 25 years for killing her mother

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Suspect arrested for botched assassination attempt in Jaffa

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‘Disappearing Palestine’ maps must spotlight Jaffa

“Joppa from the sea,” photograph by P. Bergheim, between 1860 and 1880. Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-106225.[1] What fault have we Palestinian Arabs committed … Release us from the Zionists greed which is increasing from day to day … Were we liberated by the Allies from the Turkish yoke to be put under the Zionist yoke? […]

Fight to save Jaffa’s last Muslim cemetery from Israeli bulldozers

Tamara Nassar Rights and Accountability 1 March 2018 Palestinians from Jaffa protested at a hearing in a Tel Aviv court on 28 February where a judge was to decide if the community would be forced to remove hundreds of graves from the Muslim Tasso cemetery. Their protest is part of a long struggle to save […]

Fight to save Jaffa’s last Muslim cemetery from Israeli bulldozers

Tamara Nassar Rights and Accountability 1 March 2018 Palestinians from Jaffa protested at a hearing in a Tel Aviv court on 28 February where a judge was to decide if the community would be forced to remove hundreds of graves from the Muslim Tasso cemetery. Their protest is part of a long struggle to save […]

Fight to save Jaffa’s last Muslim cemetery from Israeli bulldozers

Tamara Nassar Rights and Accountability 1 March 2018 Palestinians from Jaffa protested at a hearing in a Tel Aviv court on 28 February where a judge was to decide if the community would be forced to remove hundreds of graves from the Muslim Tasso cemetery. Their protest is part of a long struggle to save […]

Israeli government threatens Jaffa theater over solidarity event for Dareen Tatour

In July 2014, when a 16-year-old Palestinian boy from East Jerusalem, Muhammad Abu Khdeir, was kidnapped and burned alive, it was a shock for the Arab-Palestinian public. People felt that the atrocity was a result of constant anti-Arab incitement by Israel’s top politicians and mainstream media. They also felt that the Israeli police and courts were […]

Greek Orthodox Church sells Jaffa Clock Tower

The Greek Orthodox Church has sold land upon which historic Jaffa Clock Tower stands, Israeli media revealed on Tuesday. According to the economics newspaper Calcalist, affiliated to the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate sold the land in 2013 to Bona Trading, a company registered in the Caribbean state of Saint Vincent, for 5.2 million new […]

Flight logs show Bill Clinton flew on sex offender’s jet much more than previously known

Former President Bill Clinton was a much more frequent flyer on a registered sex offender’s infamous jet than previously reported, with flight logs showing the former president taking at least 26 trips aboard the “Lolita Express” — even apparently ditching his Secret Service detail for at least five of the flights, according to records […]

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