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The opening as it read in 2020

Jaffa is a tower dating back to the Ottoman era in Palestine. It is located in the city center of Jaffa, and it is one of the 7 towers erected in the cities of Palestine in the year 1901 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sultan Abdul Hamid II ascending the Ottoman throne. It is considered one of the most important Ottoman Islamic architectural monuments in the city and still is today. Its construction was completed in 1906 and the name was taken from the name of Sultan Abdul Hamid. It was built with the contributions of the local residents, Jews and Muslim.¹ The Jaffa Clock Tower is one of seven clock towers built in Palestine during the Ottoman period .² The others are located in Safed , Acre , Nazareth , Haifa , Nablus . Jerusalem also had a clock tower built during the Ottoman period, but it has not survived to the present day because the British army, who occupied the area until 1948, demolished it. "Archived copy" מגדל השעון יפו . 7wonders.co.il (in Hebrew).³

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The Jaffa Clock Tower ( , Migdal haShaon Yafo ) is one of seven clock towers built in Israel during the Ottoman period . The others are located in Safed , Acre , Nazareth , Haifa , Nablus (West Bank) and Jerusalem , the last being the only one that has not survived until today. The Jaffa Clock Tower stands in the middle of Yefet street at the northern entrance of Jaffa , the ancient city that is now a part of the greater Tel Aviv . The tower, which is made of limestone , incorporates two clocks and a plaque commemorating the Israelis killed in the battle for the town in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . "מגדל השעון יפו" . 7wonders.co.il (in Hebrew) .

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The Jaffa Clock Tower ( , Migdal haShaon Yafo , ) is one of seven clock towers built in Israel during the Ottoman period . The others are located in Safed , Acre , Nazareth , Haifa , Nablus (West Bank) and Jerusalem , the last being the only one that has not survived until today. The Jaffa Clock Tower stands in the middle of Yefet street at the northern entrance of Jaffa , the ancient city that is now a part of the greater Tel Aviv . The tower, which is made of limestone , incorporates two clocks and a plaque commemorating the Israelis killed in the battle for the town in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . מגדל השעון יפו . 7wonders.co.il (in Hebrew) .

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Building in the greater Tel Aviv The Jaffa Clock Tower ( , Migdal haShaon Yafo , , ) stands in the middle of the north end of Yefet Street in Jaffa , Tel Aviv . The tower, built of limestone , incorporates two clocks and a plaque commemorating the Israelis killed in the battle for the town in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . It is one of seven clock towers built in Ottoman Palestine . The others are located in Safed , Acre , Nazareth (though that one is significantly smaller), Haifa , Nablus . Jerusalem also had a clock tower built during the Ottoman period, but the British Field Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby , demanded its destruction as he would not see such a clear Ottoman symbol resting on the city wall of Jerusalem, for which he had much emotions.

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Building in the greater Tel Aviv The Jaffa Clock Tower ( Hebrew : מגדל השעון יפו , Migdal haShaon Yafo , Arabic : برج الساعة في يافا , Turkish : Yafa Saat Kulesi ) stands in the middle of the north end of Yefet Street in Jaffa , Tel Aviv . The limestone tower was constructed in 1900 and initiated by a Joseph Bey Moyal, a Jewish businessman from Jaffa, and was made possible with contributions from all communities of Jaffa, including Jews, Armenians, Maronites and Arabs. It was constructed to commemorate the silver jubilee of the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II . It also helped develop the center of the town, in a time when Jaffa was undergoing rapid modernization. The tower, which incorporates two clocks, is one of seven clock towers built in Ottoman Palestine . The others are located in Safed , Acre , Nazareth , Haifa , Nablus . A plaque was later inserted to commemorate the Israelis killed in the battle for the town during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War .

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