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parallel to the shoreline a few hundred meters to the west, from the border of

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in the south (Sderot HaAtsma'ut) to the

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Street in the north, where it continues as a boulevard to the beach.

History

British Mandate

Soon after being appointed governor in 1914, Hassan Bey, also known as Hassan Bek, adopted a development programme for Jaffa that included the construction of an avenue connecting the seaside city with the orange groves at its outskirts. In 1915, during

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, Hassan Bey paved the street using forced Jewish and Arab labor and named it Jamal Pasha Boulevard after his superior, the Ottoman governor of

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. In 1915, Jewish engineer Gedalyahu Wilbushewitz, the brother of

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, was appointed Jaffa's director of

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by Sultan

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. Under Wilbushewitz' supervision the new thoroughfare was built and lined with

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palm trees,

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trees ( sycomore and

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), delivered by the

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agricultural school and planted by its students. In late 1917, British imperial troops occupied Jaffa and the avenue was renamed King George V Boulevard after the British monarch.

State of Israel

In 2016, there were 860 ficus trees along the length of Sderot Yerushalayim. DUring the construction of the

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, some were removed or relocated.

References

External links

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