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	Old City Gates (BiblePlaces.com)
		Called the Shechem Gate by the Jews, the Arabs remember this gate as the "Gate of the Column" because of the tall pillar that stood in this gate's plaza during the Roman and Byzantine period.
		The Jaffa Gate and Tower of David Square (The Jerusalem Mosaic) Highlights Jaffa Gate in the Crusader Period.
		Damascus Gate (The Jerusalem Mosaic) Spotlight on Damascus Gate in the Roman-Byzantine period.
	www.bibleplaces.com /oldcitygates.htm (716 words)

	Gates of Jerusalem's Old City Gates (Life in the Holy Land)
		Of the former, the Jaffa Gate is on the west, the Damascus Gate on the north, St.
		Stephen's Gate on the east, and the Zion and Dung Gates on the south; of the latter, the Gate of Flowers or of Herod is on the north, the Golden Gate on the east, and the Single, Double, and Triple Gates on the south.
		The Jaffa Gate, or Gate of Hebron (Bab el Khalil), is the principal entrance to the city, and its immediate neighbourhood is generally enlivened by a throng of passers-by, and by the groups of muleteers, packers, and idlers who spend a large portion of their time lounging about the cafes without the gate.
	www.lifeintheholyland.com /jerusalem_old_city_gates.htm (574 words)

	Gates of Jerusalem - Crystalinks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Gate of Mercy, the Gate of Gold, the Gate of Eternal Life, Sha'ar Harahamim - appears in the legends of all three religions.
		The Muslims refer to it as the Gate of Mercy and believe it to be the gate referred to in the Koran, through which the just will pass on the Day of Judgment.
		Legend has it that the lions engraved on both sides of the gate were placed there by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, because he had dreamed that he would be devoured by lions unless he built a wall around the Holy City for the defence of the citizens.
	www.crystalinks.com /jerusalemgates.html (409 words)

	The Jaffa Gate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jaffa Gate is a stone portal in the historic walls of Jerusalem's Old City; it is one of eight gates in Jerusalem's Old City walls.
		On the Old City side of the Jaffa Gate is a small square between the Christian and Armenian Quarters.
		As the westernmost of the gates, it is heavily used by pedestrians and vehicles, and the plaza in front of the gate has been expanded to connect with new residential developments outside the gate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Jaffa_Gate (393 words)

	The Old City Gates
		Jaffa Gate — The main entrance to the Old City is the Jaffa Gate, which was built by Suleiman in 1538.
		The gate on the western side of the Old City marked the end of the highway leading from the Jaffa coast and now leads into the Muslim and Armenian quarters.
		Golden (Mercy) Gate — Facing the Mount of Olives on the eastern side of the Old City, this gate was constructed in the post-Byzantine period.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/geo/gates.html (568 words)

	Archeology in Israel
		Jaffa Gate is called so because of the Jaffa road leading to it.
		In 1948 the gate was riddled with bullet holes during the fighting for the Jewish Quarter.
		The Dung Gate gate was widened in 1953 by the Jordanians who used it to drive vehicles to the citadel (because Jaffa Gate was closed).
	www.jewishmag.com /65mag/jerusalemgates/jerusalemgates.htm (2260 words)

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		From the gate to the north east corner is a distance of 300 meters.
		The opening between the Citadel and the gate was made in 1898 to allow the wagons of German Emperor Wilham II to pass through.
		From Jaffa gate to the south west corner is a distance of 430 meters.
	members.tripod.com /~lenapedata/WallAndGates.htm (465 words)

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		Jaffa Gate (bab al-khalil) was considered the main gate of the city: visitors, dignitaries, and conquerors alike were welcomed into the city from this particular gate.
		Jaffa Gate is located in the middle of the western wall of the Old City.
		For centuries, the Citadel inside of Jaffa Gate was the seat of the governor of Jerusalem.
	www.jerusalemquarterly.org /2002/jqf15/meo.htm (1556 words)

	1 in Faith: A Christian Bible Study - Letters from Jerusalem: The Old City
		The gate to the West, now known as Jaffa Gate, was called Bab el-Khalil, which means "the Gate of the Friend," because the road from the gate leading South goes to the city of Hebron, a name derived from "Abraham." Contemporary Muslims continue to use this name for the gate.
		The Damascus Gate on the north side of the Old City dates back to the rule of Herod Agrippa (41-44 CE) under the Romans, and was rebuilt by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 135 CE as the main entrance to the city, which he purged of Jews and renamed Aelia Capitolina.
		The Zion Gate, which is on the South side of the Armenian Quarter, leads to Mount Zion, and is known in Arabic as Bab Nabi Daud, "the Gate of the Prophet David," because legend locates David’s tomb on Mount Zion.
	www.christian-bible.com /Ethics/lj.old.city.htm (2111 words)

	Styloblog
		Na een minuut of veertig is het busje vol, een jonge chauffeur stapt in en zonder iets te zeggen of te vragen, scheurt hij door de heuvels naar Jeruzalem.
		Ik besef nu dat ik voor mijn fouten moet boeten: ik heb weliswaar nooit om Jaffa Gate gevraagd, maar moet betalen voor mijn toegeeflijkheid.
		Als ik weer bij de Jaffa Gate aankom, is het licht.
	stylo.nl /blog (1549 words)

	VEI: Jerusalem's Gates
		The present Turkish Gate was built in 1538 on the remains of the previous Crusader Gate.
		The hole in the wall by this gate was made in 1898 so that Wilhelm II of Germany could enter in his royal carriage.
		The gate is composed of two arches: the North Arch called Bab el-Tobeh, meaning the Gate of Repentance and the South Arch called Bab el-Rahmeh, meaning the Gate of Mercy.
	www.ariel.org /vjgates.htm (720 words)

	AJE - Jerusalem 3000 - The Jaffa Gate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		AJE - Jerusalem 3000 - The Jaffa Gate
		The gate is located on the west side of the Old City walls and faces due west in the direction of the port of Yafo.
		The Jaffa Gate is beside the Citadel, the Migdal David (Tower of David).
	www.amyisrael.co.il /brijnet/aje/j3000/gates/jaffa.htm (269 words)

	Desription of Gates Of Jerusalem: Bible Picture Tour
		The Golden Gate is situated on the eastern wall of the Temple Mount.
		The Golden Gate was sealed by the Turks hundreds of years ago because of Jewish tradition that the Messiah would return through this gate of the Old City after coming from the east over the Mount of Olives.
		JAFFA GATE: The Jaffa Gate opens to a road to Jaffa which is an important port town on the Mediterranean, an outlet for the trading of goods to and from Jerusalem.
	www.mustardseed.net /html/pjrugatd.html (475 words)

	Gates and Walls of Jerusalem
		Jaffa Gate is the main western entrance to the Old City.
		This gate connects the Armenian Quarter with Mount Zion, which lies outside the walls and serves as a border between it and the Jewish Quarter.
		It is the only city gate that leads to the Jewish Quarter as well as Al-Haram El-Sharif (Al-Aqsa Mosque).
	www.atlastours.net /holyland/gates_and_walls.html (306 words)

	Jaffa Gate - Pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Jaffa Gate - Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
		We enter Jerusalem through Jaffa Gate (in the Muslim Quarter) as the police make their rounds.
		Click on Jaffa Gate to enter the city and follow Jesus to the Upper Room.
	wordbytes.org /holyland/pilgrim087.htm (118 words)

	Daily Bible Study - Jerusalem Gates
		The Sheep Gate, also known as Stephen's Gate, or the Lions Gate (Nehemiah 3:1,32, 12:39), is located on the east wall, north of the Temple Mount.
		The Fish Gate was an ancient gate on the east wall, just west of the Gihon spring, where men gathered to sell fish, sometimes in violation of the Sabbath (2 Chronicles 33:14, Nehemiah 3:3, 13:16).
		The Zion Gate was on the south wall, overlooking Mount Zion.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2002/gates.htm (463 words)

	IMJ \| Exhibitions \| The Cradle of Christianity
		The Jaffa Gate was the main entrance to the city for those arriving from the Coastal region in the West and from the area of Bethlehem and Hebron in the South.
		The road leading up to the gate was lined with shops, and the square situated just outside it was undoubtedly filled with vendors’ stalls, the site of lively commercial activity.
		In over a century of excavations conducted along the road leading to the Damascus Gate, the remains of numerous buildings have been uncovered, among them monasteries and hospices used by pilgrims.
	www.imj.org.il /eng/exhibitions/2000/christianity/pilgrim/jaffa.html (214 words)

	Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem
		From the Jaffa Gate to the Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
		The gate is set in the circuit of walls built by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century.
		The gap in the walls to the right of the gate was opened up by the Turkish authorities in 1898 to allow the German Emperor and Empress to drive into the Old City; it now enables motor traffic to enter.
	www.planetware.com /jerusalem/jaffa-gate-isr-jr-jjg.htm (109 words)

	The Walls and the Gates of Jerusaelm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Encompass the Old City of Jerusalem, the grand Walls, built by the Ottoman ruler, Sultan Suliman the Magnificent in 1536, have eight marvelous gates, seven of which provide entrance to the city.
		From here you can reach the Citadel and the Tower of David Museum, situated just inside the gate on the right, as well as the market alleys starting from David St. This gate was given its name because here was the start of the old main road to Jaffa port at the Mediterranean.
		Outside the gate, called in Hebrew "Sha'ar Shchem" ("Nablus Gate"), is a colorful Arab marketplace, while underneath lie the excavations of an old Roman gate from the 1st century BC, used to be the main entrance to the city.
	www.inisrael.com /tour/jer/vt_walls_gates.htm (318 words)

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		Located in the Western Wall, Arabs still call it by its official name, Bab El- Khalil, the Gate of Hebron.
		The wall between the L-shaped gate and the Citadel was torn down and the moat filled by Ottman sultan Abdul hamid II in 1898 to permit Kaiser Wilhelm II and his suite to ride into the city along the route followed by the present motor road.
		According to the legend, the two graves behind the wrought-iron fence just inside the gate to the left are those of the architects, who supervised the building of the wall, executed by Suleiman the Magnificant for leaving Mount Zion outside the walls.
	members.tripod.com /~lenapedata/gates/jaffa-gate.htm (108 words)

	Visiting the Temple Mount (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Mercy Gate, 257 m north of the south-eastern corner of the Temple Mount, is the most beautiful of all the gates of Jerusalem.
		Charles Warren examined the gate in 1867-69 and found a wall descending 13 m below the level of the gate, the wall of the Temple Mount at this point is thus 20 m high.
		The mid-point of the Golden Gate is 348 feet North of the East-West centerline of the Dome of the Rock allowing a straight-line access into the temple courts from the East assuming Kaufman's theory is correct.
	www.templemount.org /visittemp.html (7195 words)

	Jerusalem: Attractions : The Old City : The Jaffa Gate \| Frommers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		After the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in A.D. 70, the foundations of the towers guarding the Jaffa Gate were among the few structures not deliberately obliterated on orders from Rome.
		Each of the subsequent rulers of Jerusalem, from Romans and Byzantines to Muslims, crusaders, and Ottoman Turks, has rebuilt the fortifications beside Jaffa Gate, though none have come close to the scale of Herod?s Towers.
		A breach in the city walls beside Jaffa Gate was made for the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his entourage in 1898.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/jerusalem/0088030403.html (800 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Muslim Quarter is the one with the domes and antennas, the Jewish one is the whitest, the Christian one is characterized by its red roofs and the Armenian quarter is hard to discern.
		Omar Al Khatav Square is located near Jaffa Gate (inside the wall), and the concealed graves can be seen if you look to the left, with Jaffa Gate at your back.
		To our right, directly across from the entrance to the citadel, is a branch of the Israeli Postal Authority, and adjacent to it is a fl metal gate through which one enters the courtyard of the Church of Emmanuel, the Community of the Messiah.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3204949,00.html (739 words)

	Jaffa Gate (Sha'ar Yaffo)
		Built in 1538 by Suleiman the Magnificent, this gate serves as one of the main connections between the Old City and the rest of Jerusalem.
		The Arabs call it Bab el-Halil (Gate of the Beloved) as a reference to Abraham, the Beloved of G-d, who is buried in Hebron, since the road to that southern city leaves from here.
		But it is the westerly orientation of the gate which has endowed it with the name indicating that the road to Jaffa begins here.
	ohr.edu /tw/weinbach/loveland/lland101.htm (343 words)

	Mystery deal at Jaffa Gate - Haaretz - Israel News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Patriarchate is the oldest and wealthiest of the Christian institutions in the Holy Land, with vast assets throughout Israel, Jordan, neighboring countries and in Greece.
		Many see the Jaffa Gate deal as an attempt by Irineos to move closer to Israel in light of the criticism levied against him.
		In this context, the Jaffa Gate deal may turn out to be an unnecessary provocation that has already been damaging to Israel by reinforcing the demand for the "Arabization" of the Patriarchate.
	www.haaretz.com /hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=573413 (685 words)

	JAFFA SERPENT GUARD
		The front and back plates, the belt and leg greaves are castings of heavy, but flexible, vinyl material, while the collar and wrist gauntlets are of more rigid fiberglass.
		The face plate of the helmet does not drop down, like some of the helmets did on the "Star Gate SG-1" TV series.
		It is reported that the helmets used on the TV show that did open were quite a problem.
	www.legionxxiv.org /sg1jaffa.htm (506 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		The area in question, known as Omar Ibn al-Hitab Square, is located at and near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City.
		The two major properties that were bought in the recent purchases are the Petra Hotel and the Imperial Hotel, both very close to the Jaffa Gate.
		In lieu of this debt, properties were confiscated, as well as the last payment for the Jaffa Gate real estate of 1.46 million shekels ($340,000).
	israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=78643 (500 words)

	Jaffa Gate Hostel - Jerusalem, Israel
		Jaffa Gate, in front of David's Tower, Jerusalem (Old City) [Map]
		Thats my second visit to the Jaffa Gate Hostel and now i'm enjoying using their internet.
		i stayed at the jaffa gate hostel in january 2006, it was a nice and clean place i will come back.
	www.hostelz.com /hostel/39116-Jaffa-Gate-Hostel (666 words)

	Jaffa Gate Hostel Jerusalem Israel - Hostel Reviews & Ratings
		Our hostel is located at the Jaffa Gate inside the old city, in Jerusalem.
		From the central bus station on Jaffa road, bus #20 will bring you to the Jaffa gate, then its just 2 minutes walking.
		You can take (nasher) taxi from the airport which will bring you to the jaffa gate.
	www.hostelworld.com /hosteldetails.php/JaffaGateHostel-Jerusalem-10649 (657 words)

	WorldNetDaily: New patriarch sabotages Israel's Christmas party
		As WND first reported prior to his election as patriarch, Theofilis signed a secret document obliging him to nullify the recent sale to Jewish groups of land comprising much of the Jaffa Gate, a key entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, and allegedly has made statements against Jews living in certain parts of Jerusalem.
		The document, addressed to the Palestinian Authority and obtained by WND, states, "We, the candidates of the Greek Orthodox Church, hereby agree that we are obliged to abide by the law of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.
		High-placed sources close to the church said the document was drafted by a PA government minister with the cancellation of Irineos' lease of the Jaffa Gate hotels to the Jewish groups as the specific goal.
	www.wnd.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48118 (969 words)

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