The atmosphere was electric as General Edmund Allenby dismounted his horse in humility, removed his hat in reverence, and entered the walls of the Old City through the Jaffa Gate, which hadn’t been in use for many years.

       Six hundred and seventy-three years of Muslim rule were over. Iconic footage shows Jewish people welcoming the general as if he was some kind of messiah, and the Land was never the same again.

       As time went on, Britain’s ardor for a Jewish state quickly cooled, but the story of how this particular moment came about is one of breathtaking wonder.”
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