Remembering The Battle Of Jerusalem 1917: A Time When Britain Occupied Palestine After WWI

Entering the second decade of the 20th century, with the First World War coming to an end, and with the deterministic Balfour Declaration, the British forces under the command of Edmund Allenby were able to seize the city of Jerusalem from Ottoman rule on December 9, 1917; the date is confirmed by the Palestinian researched Abdulqader Yassin. This period marks one of the most important stages, if not the most important of all, in the history of the Zionist project. During this stage, the Zionist idea found its tangible embodiment in the experience of establishing the “Jewish national homeland” on the land of Palestine, under conditions that were almost ideal for the Zionist movement.

Allenby’s first move was to support the efforts of Lawrence of Arabia, the infamous British spy who worked to hinder the Arab rebellion against Turkey which was ruling the levant at that time. Allenby promised to allow Sharif Hussein bin Ali to establish an Arab state that included the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant. He fought the battle of Gaza against ruling Turkey from October 31 to November 7 back in 1917.

Although Turkey succeeded at first in blocking the British army route, Allenby nevertheless had the upper hand. After a defeat in a battle that took place on December 1, the English were able to advance easily into Jerusalem.

After more than seven decades of Muslim role in Palestine, the British occupation of Palestine was a major goal of the battles of World War I in the East, after the British government pledged to establish a national homeland for the Jews in Palestine in accordance with the Balfour Declaration.

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