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Jaffa

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Our tour concluded in Jaffa, just to the south of the hotel where we started in Tel Aviv. Archaeological evidence exists for settlement at this location as early as the eighth millennium BCE, although the first written evidence is an Egyptian letter from 1,440 BCE. Like all these ancient Israeli cities, Jaffa has changed hands numerous times during its long existence and its not clear exactly how much of the city predates the specifically dated 19th and 20th century structures.

Jaffa appears four times in the old testament (spelled Joppa in the NIV): as one of the cities given to the tribe of Dan (Joshua 19), as one of the ports for the cedars of Lebanon used for the both temples (2 Chronicles 2, Ezra 3), and where Jonah started the voyage that ended in the belly of a fish (Jonah 1). Jaffa appears in the Christian bible (Acts 9-11) as a base of operations for the apostle Peter.

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Coming into Jaffa
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Mosque
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Urban renewal
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Off the bus
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Gathering
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Falafel
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His first falafel
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Lunch
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Conquistador
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Israeli pigeons
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Rehov Louis Pasteur
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The Whale
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EU-made stove
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Jaffa
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Ilana Goor Museum
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Ilana Goor Museum
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Jaffa
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Jaffa
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Jaffa
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House of Simon the Tanner
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To the port
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To the port
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To the port
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To the port
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To the port
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To the port
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To the port
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Map of Jaffa
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To the port
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Last ste of steps
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Jaffa Port
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Jaffa Port
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Jaffa Port
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Up to the square
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Jaffa
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Jaffa
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Jaffa
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Greek Orthodox
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Greek Orthodox
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Up to the square
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Up to the square
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Kedumim Square
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St. Peter's Church
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Kedumim Square
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Napoleon ransacked the city in 1799
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Fountain
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Kedumim Square
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St. Peter's Church
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St. Peter's Church
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St. Peter's Church
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St. Peter's Church
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St. Peter's Church
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St. Peter's CHurch
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Old cannon
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Jaffa
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Andromeda's Rocks
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Tel Aviv coastline
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Tel Aviv coastline
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History chronology
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Jaffa coastal cannons (Ottoman Period)
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Jaffa coastal cannons (Ottoman Period)
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Tel Aviv coastline
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Walking toward El-Mahmoudiye Mosque
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El-Mahmoudiye Mosque
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El-Mahmoudiye Mosque
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El-Mahmoudiye Mosque
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Construction
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Entryway arches to Turkish bath
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Haberdashery
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Clock Tower
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Clock Tower
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Clock Tower
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Clock Tower
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Clock Tower
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The New Saraya
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Surviving facade section
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Clock Tower
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Into Tel Aviv
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The promenade to Jaffa
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Studying on the Beach
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Jaffa
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Redevelopment
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Redevelopment
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Redevelopment
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Redevelopment
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Redevelopment
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Kedumim Square
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Mosque
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Cat
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Cat
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Cat
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Cat
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St. Peters
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Jaffa fortifications
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Bike rental
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Coastal rocks
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Clear Mediterranean water
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Security gate house
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Painted wharf building
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Painted wharf building
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Painted wharf building
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Painted wharf building
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Cross
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Jaffa Port
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Scouting
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Lighthouse
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Contemporary port building
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Empty inside
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Boats
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Jaffa port
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Fish processing table
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Table with cat
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Mosque
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The tower
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Jaffa by night

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