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Hassan Bek Mosque

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most well-known mosques of jaffa”. Today it says “mosque in tel aviv”.
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Hassan Bek Mosque ( ), ( ), also known as the Hasan Bey Mosque , is considered to be one of the most well-known mosques located in Jaffa , which is now part of the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality in Israel . It has been a site of much controversy, as demonstrated in recent years. Its history is closely bound up with the various stages of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , from its beginnings as a communal strife under Ottoman and British rule up to the present. It has been on various occasions the subject of heated debate and eventful controversy, and has a deep symbolic and emotional meaning to Jaffa Arabs. The unique Ottoman style architecture it displays, is known to contrast sharply with the contemporary modern high-rises that are situated near it.1 It is located between Neve Tzedek and the Mediterranean Sea , on the fast road to Jaffa .2

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one of the most well-known mosques of jaffa

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mosque in tel aviv

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