Hassan Bek Mosque

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Ha-Kovshim St 82, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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N32° 3' 59.09" E34° 45' 48.57"   (32.066413888889, 34.763491666667) Start navigation »

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The Hassan Bek Mosque (Arabic: مسجد حسن بك‎), also known as the Hasan Bey Mosque, is one of the most well-known mosques of Jaffa, a city in Israel. It has been a site of much controversy, as demonstrated in recent years.
The Hassan Bek Mosque was built in 1916 at the northern boundary of Arab Jaffa and its history is closely bound up with the various stages of the Arab-Jewish conflict, from its beginnings as a communal strife under Ottoman and British rule and 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 Muslims.
Its Ottoman-style architecture contrasts sharply with the contemporary modern high-rises situated near it. It is located between Neve Tzedek neighbourhood and the Mediterranean Sea, on the fast road to Jaffa.

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