Yefet Street

Yefet Street is one of the main streets of Jaffa and historical road from Old Jaffa to the south. It was named after Noah's son Japhet, founder of the city according to one legend. It links the Clock Square to Bat Yam, where it continues as Balfour Street.

Yefet Street forms the boundary between the historic neighbourhoods of Old Jaffa, Ajami and Giv'at Aliyah (Jabaliya) to the west, and the newer neighbourhoods of Tzahalon, Shikunei Hisachon, Neve Golan and Yafo Gimel to the east of the street.

The street was once a way around the walls of old Jaffa, and after the demolition of the wall and the growth of the city, became a major commercial street. It was called "Ajami Street", after Ibrahim al-Ajami, the Persian companion of the Prophet.^{[dubious – discuss]} It was part of a road between Jaffa and Gaza.^{[citation needed]} Its bridge over Yehuda Hyamit Street bridge was built during the British Mandate.^{[citation needed]}

On the Survey of Palestine map from 1944, the sections of what would become Yefet Street were named, north to south: Shari' El Madaris; Shari' El Hulwa; Tariq Abu Es Su'ud.

External links

Yefet Street on Fodor's

32°3′4.83″N 34°45′10.53″E / 32.0513417°N 34.7529250°E / 32.0513417; 34.7529250

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v t e Streets in Tel Aviv
North-south	Allenby Street Basel Street Begin Road Ben Yehuda Street Dizengoff Street HaMasger Street HaYarkon Street Ibn Gabirol Street Jerusalem Boulevard, Jaffa King George Street Nahalat Binyamin Street Rothschild Boulevard Yefet Street
East-west	HaArba'a Street Frishman Street Kaplan Street Sheinkin Street
Highways	Ayalon Highway Highway 2