The lighthouse played a role in several Israel films, such as Late Summer Blues, and appeared on an Israeli stamp issued 26 November 2009.

[1] The lighthouse was built by the British authorities in 1934–1935 to help ships approaching the shore pass local sandbars safely.

On 19 April 1936 the Arab revolt broke out and a general strike began, crippling the Jaffa port and threatening to stop the citrus fruit export.

However, the light continued to work, serving the adjacent electricity plant harbor as well.

In 2007 the Israeli Antiquities Authority built a wooden boardwalk around the tell and the lighthouse, which makes it now easily accessible to the public, though the tower itself is closed and all the windows barred.