The French ambassador to Israel's distinctive residence in Jaffa tells the story of an unusual—and eventually ruptured—friendship between a Jewish Zionist architect and his Arab Muslim client
On a high ridge overlooking Israel's Mediterranean coast stands an elegant, cream-colored villa with a distinctive Modernist design that has long been caught in the crossfire of the Mideast conflict. Its current occupant is Christophe Bigot, the French ambassador to Israel. But the mansion, which is in Jaffa, is the product of an unusual—and eventually ruptured—friendship between a Jewish Zionist architect and his Arab Muslim client. More
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