The General Who Walked Through the Gate
On December 11, 1917, British General Edmund Allenby stood at the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem. After four centuries of Ottoman rule, the city had surrendered....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 24:7-10.
On December 11, 1917, British General Edmund Allenby stood at the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem. After four centuries of Ottoman rule, the city had surrendered. Every conqueror before him — Kaiser Wilhelm II had insisted on it in 1898 — rode through on horseback or in motorcades, demanding the walls themselves be reshaped to accommodate their pride. A section of the wall near Jaffa Gate had literally been breached to let Wilhelm's carriage pass.…
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