Haim Nissim Amzlag was a Jewish businessman and community leader during the Yishuv period.

Decades before the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the establishment of a Jewish state embodying Zionist ideology had already started.

Moshe Yitzhak Matlon was one of Tel Aviv's founders. The Matlon family first arrived in Israel from Iraq in 1817, over 200 years ago, playing a pioneering role in establishing the Jewish community in Jaffa.