[AP] Aron Heller - Tel Aviv was founded a century ago on April 11, 1909, on deserted Mediterranean sand dunes. In 1934 it was declared a city - the first modern Jewish city. Today, Tel Aviv is a world-class, high-tech metropolis and financial capital of 400,000 people. With its suburban sprawl, the population swells to 3 million, more than half the Jews in Israel.
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