Jaffa Gate is the only one of the Old City gates positioned at a right angle to the wall.This could have been done as a defensive measure to slow down oncoming attackers, or to orient it in the direction of Jaffa Road, from which pilgrims arrived at the end of their journey from the port of Jaffa.oth the Jaffa Gate and Jaffa Road are named after the port of Jaffa, from which the Prophet Jonah embarked on his sea journey and pilgrims debarked on their trip to the Holy City.
Modesto man pleads not guilty to the murders of Laci Peterson and the couple's unborn child. MODESTO â Scott Peterson pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he murdered his pregnant wife, Laci, and unborn son, Conner, a crime police and prosecutors say took place in the couple's Modesto home in the days just before Christmas.
Too young: Mrs Peterson's daughters Amara (11), Sophie (8) and Cecilia (5) were murdered by their own father out of revenge. Behind bars: Mrs Peterson's ex-husband Aaron Schaffhausen was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences last July.