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The main entrance to the arab quarter of the Old City is through the Damascus Gate. The name for it, as with the Jaffa Gate, was given because the road from it out of the city led directly to Damascus and Jaffa respectively. Just inside the Damascus gate is an open area where many vendors bring their daily produce (usually of vegetables, but who really knows what else).

Public transportation in Jerusalem with the buses and light rail is very efficient (except when they're the target of terrorism)

The Mahane Yehudah market:

A vendor in the cotton merchants market of the arab quarter:

Jerusalem, Capital of Israel - 11

Machane Yehudah, the outdoor shuk (market) is a paradise for photographers. So many types of people, faces, shapes, etc.

The arab quarter is a honeycomb of alleys and streets with shops selling just about everything (except weapons, those they keep at home until ready to use):

The Damascus Gate is the main entrance to the arab quarter. For security, Religious Jews for the most part avoid entering and leaving the Old City that way. But sometimes ......

The Jaffa Gate is the most used entrance to the Old City, as it gives easy access to all four quarters:
the arab, the Christian, the Jewish, and the Armenian: