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23 (Un)Familiar Facts About Jerusalem: Part 3

  #11: General Edmund Allenby (1861-1936) – The commander of the British troops who liberated Jerusalem and Palestine from the Ottomans on the first day of Chanukah in 1917. Approaching the walls of Jerusalem, Allenby had dismounted his horse, entering the city through the Jaffa Gate by foot. By doing that, Allenby showed just how […]