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4 unusual facts about Jaffa Road


Bayt Susin

The village stood near a network of roads that led to a many urban centers and was linked by a secondary road to the Jaffa-Jerusalem Highway.

Ben Yehuda Street bombings

On Friday, July 4, 1975, a refrigerator that had five kilograms of explosives packed into its sides exploded on Zion Square, a main square leading to Ben Yehuda Street and Jaffa Road.

Holy Basin

Northerly - from Viri galilaei church, to the northeast corner of the city walls of the Old City, and along the wall up to the Schmidt school compound, and along the wall up to its corner in Jaffa Road.

Mike's Place suicide bombing

In October 2010, Mike's Place re-opened in Jerusalem at a new location also on Jaffa Road.



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Bank Leumi

The main branch of Bank Leumi on Jaffa Road, Jerusalem, built during the British Mandate by the German Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn, has been declared a landmark building.