Jaffa Gate this gate is the principal entrance to the Old City. Its name in Arabic is Bab-el-Khalil, the gate of Hebron, as the main road to Hebron started here. It was also called Jaffa Gate because the road to Jaffa and the coast also started from it


This picture was taken from the book "Jerusalem Skyline" by Duby Tal and Moni Haramati,
ISBN 965-05-0680-2. (C) All Rights Reserved.

This page was created by Nahmi Avineri - 1995