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Mediterranean At Your Feet

Haifa is a city in northern Israel, on the eastern Mediterranean coast, overlooking the bay of Haifa and extending to the slopes of Mount Carmel. It is the third largest city in Israel, with a population of nearly 270,000. Because it is the main port of the British Mandate of Palestine, Haifa was a main objective of Jews and Arabs and it was the scene of violent clashes between the two sides during the civil war of the Mandate of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli in 1948. The city was captured by Israeli forces on April 23, 1948, by forces of the Carmeli Brigade, resulting in a mass exodus of its Arab population (about 60,000) to Lebanon primarily.

Since then, the city's growth has been steady. Haifa is the terminal of the oil pipeline coming from Eilat, on the Israeli Red Sea coast, and has one of the two existing refineries in Israel. Besides having branches of leading technology companies, another principle source of income for the country is diamond cutting. Four religions are represented in the city: Christianity, Druze, Judaism (Jews call it the Cave of Elijah) and the Baha'i faith. The world headquarters for the Baha'i religion is located in the city. It is worth visiting is the Baha'i Shrine and it is famous for its hanging gardens. The beautiful gardens on the slopes of Mount Carmel seem to reach the port giving the illusion the Mediterranean is at your feet.
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