Portals to history and conflict: the gates of Jerusalem's Old City

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Jews, Muslims and Christians pass daily through the gates of Jerusalem's Ol...

A combination picture shows Dung Gate, Zion Gate, Golden Gate, Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Nir Elias

There are eight gates - seven are open and one is sealed - along the Old City walls that were built in the 16th century by Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Lion’s Gate - two pairs of heraldic lions are carved on the archway - is also known as St. Stephen’s Gate. It faces east, toward ancient Jericho. It is often crowded with Muslim worshippers after prayers at al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine.

Security is always tight in a volatile area at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli police patrol and closed circuit TV cameras monitor the passageways of the Old City.

 

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Beautiful!🙏🏼💙✨

Its name is State, Palestine

Thousands of years of war and murder over ridiculous obviously false fairytales...

Palestine. Nice.

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