The common notion that the Jews of Jaffa have all gone to Tel-Aviv has been disproved by a statement of the Committee of the Jewish community of Jaffa-Tel Aviv following its census in connection with the Jaffa municipal elections disclosing that there are at least 12,000 Jews in the Jaffa municipal area.
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