The Inside History

Fall of Jerusalem: British forces officially occupied Jerusalem from the Ottomans

On December 11, 1917, General Edmund Allenby, the high commander of the British military forces, entered Jerusalem and which marked the official end to Ottoman rule in Jerusalem after a period of 400 years (1517 to 1917 CE). General Allenby entered the Holy City on foot through the Jaffa Gate and the city became an occupied territory. According to Aljazee…