British Mandate Soon after being appointed governor in 1914, Hassan Bey, also known as Hassan Bek, adopted a development programme for Jaffa that included the construction of an avenue connecting the seaside city with the orange groves at its outskirts. In 1915, during
World War I, Hassan Bey paved the street using forced Jewish and Arab labor and named it
Jamal Pasha Boulevard after
his superior, the
Ottoman governor of
Greater Syria. in 1931
State of Israel In 2016, there were 860 ficus trees along the length of Sderot Yerushalayim. DUring the construction of the
Tel Aviv Light Rail, some were removed or relocated. ==References==