In the late 19th century the growth of modern Jerusalem was so great that the Ottoman monarch in 1887, Sultan Abdul Hamid II, decided to open a New Gate in the city walls just east of Zahal Square to serve the new neighborhoods to the west.
Sultan Abdul Hamid II was the Ottoman monarch in 1887.
The amount of the payment reflects the difference between (a) the benefits that the OASDHI trust funds would have paid to railroad workers and their families if railroad employment had been covered by OASDHI and (b) the payroll taxes that the OASDHI trust funds would have received if railroad employment had been covered by OASDHI.