Known as HaSha'ar HaChadash (Heb), Gate of Hammid and Bab al-Jedid (Arab); is the newest gate in Jerusalem's Old City Walls, built in 1898 to provide direct access to the Christian Quarter for the visit of the German Emperor William II. The New Gate stands at approximately the same place as the Old Gate, or Jeremiah Gate, which was located at the northwest corner of the city during the time of Nehemiah, near the location of the present-day Holy Sepulcher (Nehemiah 3:6). It is also called the as it was built with permission of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. It is built of stones originally cut for Herod’s palace inside the Jaffa Gate area. The stones were removed and built into this tower some distance away in the Crusader Period.
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