Giv'at Aliyah is a residential neighborhood of
Tel Aviv,
Israel. It is located in the southern part of
Jaffa
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.
History
The first settlers in the area on which the neighborhood is located today were fishermen from the village of
Jabalia, north of
Gaza
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, in the 19th century. As the population of Jaffa swelled considerably in the late 19th century, the area attracted rich Arab families from Jaffa, as well as rich residents of other Arab towns, such as
Jericho
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,
Nablus
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and
Jerusalem, who built their houses there, and the area became a suburb for the old city.
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BreSheet, Haim, Teoria VeBikoret, Vol 16, February 2000, Van Leer Research Institute, Jerusalem (Hebrew). pp 233-238 During the
British mandate, the area attracted British officers.
During the
1948 Arab-Israeli War
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, the Arab residents of the area fled and the neighborhood remained mostly empty until it was settled by immigrants arriving from Europe.
In the following years, the stronger population moved out of the neighborhood, leaving the weakened population in the neighborhood.
Landmarks
* Peres Peace House – Located in 132 Kedem St., the headquarters of
Peres Center for Peace were opened in 2009.
* Beach and nature reserve – The southernmost beach of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. The beach is located within the Giv'at Aliya nature reserve, protecting the natural reefs.
Sports
In the early 1950s a local sport club, Hapoel Giv'at Aliyah, operated in the neighborhood, with a senior team playing in
Liga Gimel and a youth team playing in the Tel Aviv division of the youth league. The club was closed in 1952.
Until 2002
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...
had a training facility in the neighborhood for youth development, which was closed when the club moved all its training facilities to a new training facility near the
Wolfson Medical Center.
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References
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Neighborhoods of Tel Aviv