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> I live next to Jaffa and it is 100% an Arab city. After the 1948 Palestine War, most of its Arab population fled or were expelled, and the city became part o
by SenAnder 3y ago
> I live next to Jaffa and it is 100% an Arab city.
After the 1948 Palestine War, most of its Arab population fled or were expelled, and the city 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. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa
- invalidname 3y agoAre you quoting wikipedia on my home town? Yes, it's a single municipality, my kids go to school there. Tel Aviv grew to be bigger than Jaffa we have huge towers here and Jaffa is an ancient city so you can't build up there. The benefit of being a part of Tel Aviv means it has the same municipal services and advantages of being a part of the richest municipality in Israel.
- SenAnder 3y ago[flagged]
- tptacek 3y agoPlease don't talk to people this way here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- invalidname 3y agoThat's a miscommunication. I didn't say it was 100% of the population, I said that it's 100% an Arab city. Not a Jewish city. I highly doubt the 37% number though. I'm guessing it includes new construction on the outskirts as Arabic is the main language around in the street and in most shops. Looking at the Hebrew page there are more than 46,400 Arabs living in Tel-Aviv/Jaffa compared to 414,200 Jews most of whom live in the Tel Aviv region. Some Jews live in Jaffa but it's still very much an Arab city.