Givat Herzl ( he, גבעת הרצל, lit.

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's hill) is a

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located in the southern part of

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. It contains an ancient Jewish

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which was looted mainly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

History

Givat Herzl was one of a number of rapidly expanding Jewish neighborhoods in the Jaffa municipality of

Mandate Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...

that formed as satellites of Tel Aviv. After the 1936 Arab revolt, the residents of Givat Herzl demanded that they be annexed to the Tel Aviv municipality, stating that they were "like a foreign body in the Jaffa Municipality," and that geographically, ethnically, and organically," they were a natural continuation of Tel Aviv. Overthrowing geography: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the struggle for Palestine

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, p. 203. A legal notice of auction in ''

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'' for a Jewish-owned property in October 1939, lists the locality as ""Givat Herzl", Abu-Kabir Quarter, Jaffa" (''quotes in original''). By 1947, Givat Herzl was a border neighborhood of Tel Aviv, also known as ''Shehunat Givat Herzl''. A 1947 map shows Givat Herzl as being just to the north of

Abu Kabir Abu Kabir ( ar, أبو كبير) was a satellite village of Jaffa founded by Egyptians following Ibrahim Pasha's 1832 defeat of Turkish forces in Ottoman era Palestine. During the 1948 Palestine war, it was mostly abandoned and later destroyed. ...

. Other reports from ''The Palestine Post'' between August and December 1947 indicate that Arab Abu Kabir and Jewish Givat Herzl lay side by side.August 15, 1947, report regarding the stabbing of Jew, "leaving a carpentry shop in Givat Herzl," and the pursuit by factory workers of two Arabs described as, "running towards Abu Kabir". August 17, 1947 report: "Abu Kebir Quarter...has since been quiet. ... In nearby Givat Herzl, ..." December 8, 1947 report: "Givat Herzl, abutting Abu Kebir, was heavily attacked." After four Jews and an Arab were killed in Gan-Havai by unknown perpetrators, tensions between the two communities increased. Roadblocks set up by the

Hagana Haganah ( he, הַהֲגָנָה, lit. ''The Defence'') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the Is ...

into Shehunat Givat Herzl and Shehunat Maccabi sections of Tel Aviv were stormed by an Arab mob on August 14, 1947. Three Jews were killed and 20 injured. Later that night, a Jewish truck driver carrying goods from

Be'er Tuvia Be'er Tuvia ( he, בְּאֵר טוֹבִיָּה, ''Be'er Toviya'', "Tuvia's Well") is a moshav in the Southern District of Israel. Located near the city of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In its ...

to Tel Aviv was killed at the Abu Kabir checkpoint.History of the War of Independence: The first month

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and

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, p. 9.

Landmarks

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and

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parks, out of which the

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

Zoological and Botanical departments grew *Tel Aviv Detention Facility, also known as

Prison *

Sabil Abu Nabbut Sabil Abu Nabbut ( ar, سبيل أبو نبوت) also known as Tabitha's Well is a public fountain ("Sebil (fountain), sabil") in Jaffa, Israel, built in 1815/16 CE during the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman period in Palestine (region), Palestine. The pr ...

- Ottoman-era public

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L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine L. Greenberg National Institute of Forensic Medicine ( he, המכון הלאומי לרפואה משפטית ע"ש ל' גרינברג) also known as Abu Kabir Forensic Institute, is an Israeli forensic research laboratory located in the Abu Kabir n ...

- Only institution in Israel allowed to perform autopsies in cases of unnatural death. *Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Peter - also known as "the Russian Church"

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