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Why did port operations in Jaffa and Tel Aviv end in 1965?

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Tel Aviv–Yafo Beach and high-rise buildings in Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel.

Port operations in Jaffa (Yafo) and Tel Aviv ceased in 1965 due to the inauguration of a new, modern port in nearby Ashdod.1

The transition to the facility in Ashdod provided Israel with a more efficient, artificial harbour, rendering the older, smaller harbours in the Tel Aviv–Yafo area obsolete for modern shipping needs.21