Xa sasihamba siye kuxelela i-Aviv, inqaku eligunyazisiweyo lenkqubo yethu yayityelele isixeko saseJaffa, esona mizi yakudala iphambili kwaSirayeli, kodwa kwakhona, kwihlabathi liphela.
Ngo-1950, isixeko saseJaffa kunye ne-Aviv badityaniswa. Ngokutsho kwentsomi yamaGrike amandulo, yayikwintsimi eyayiqhutywa sisiXeko sanamhlanje saseYafa, kukho ilukhuni, apho waxhuzulwa khona u-Andromeda, kwaye apho i-geseus yam iyisela khona. Kwilitye elifanayo lompostile uPetros watyelela umbono. Ukukhankanywa okokuqala kwesixeko saseJaffa kufumaneka kwimbali yembali ye-XV yenkulungwane yexesha lethu. Ixesha elide, esi sixeko sasilichithakele, sayibuyiselwa. Iziganeko ezinjalo zenzeka ngenkulungwane yokuqala yeXesha lethu ngexesha leMfazwe yamaYuda, emva koko kwi-vii yenkulungwane, ngaphandle kwe-XIII ngenkulungwane iSixeko satshabalalisa ngokupheleleyo i-crusaders. Emva koko, kwiminyaka emide engama-400, esi sixeko sayeka ukubakho.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, icandelo eliyimbali leSixeko liziko labakhenkethi elineevenkile ezininzi zokutyela, iigalari zezobugcisa, ezona zidumileyo kwa-Israyeli ngentengiso "ye-schuk ha-pishpishet". Eyona nto inomdla kwisiXeko yile: I-Archaeological Archaeological I-Archaeological Tougulelo (i-Konime), igalari ye-forkash ngengqokelela yeeposta zembali zakwa-Israyeli, ibhulorho yeminqweno kunye nethiyeleni yemidlalo yamaJuda.
