in, invading, conquering, killing people. and allenby knows to them, the word crusade has an incredibly toxic legacy. he makes clear that he reveres the city, he respects the city, and he refuses to enter the city except on foot. so this is the iconic photograph of allenby walking into the old city from the jaffa gate, surrounded by his entourage, and then proceeding to st. david citadel where he read out the proclamation of conquest. general allenby announces that from now on, all three languages in the city, arabic, hebrew, and english, will be respected, and all three religions will be respected, and everything will be done to support the idea of freedom of religion. that sounds wonderful, right? for the palestinians, they were all lined up to see him because the british presented
any pretext in order to arrest them, put them in prisons, and in many cases actually, execute them. djemal pasha often hung them from the jaffa gates of the old city to show his power. and that only forced these arab nationalists to speak out all the more, which meant he just began banning their symbols, banning their speech. he was going to make more executions. and every time he tried to suppress their speech, arab nationalism only grew. it causes some people to react very strongly against the brutality of these executions. particularly important among those is prince faisal. prince faisal was the son of sharif hussein, who was in
toxic legacy. he makes clear that he reveres the city, he respects the city, and he refuses to enter the city except on foot. so this is the iconic photograph of allenby walking into the old city from the jaffa gate, surrounded by his entourage, and then proceeding to saint david citadel where he read out the proclamation of conquest. general allenby announces that from now on, all three languages in the city, arabic, hebrew, and english, will be respected, and all three religions will be respected, and everything will be done to support the idea of freedom of religion. that sounds wonderful, right? for the palestinians, they were all lined up to see him because the british presented themselves to the palestinians as the saviors from the ottoman oppression. and there was the white man, so
them. jamal pasha often hung them from the jaffa gates of the old city to show his power. and that only forced these arab nationalists to speak out all the more, which meant he just began banning their symbols, banning their speech. he was going to make more executions. and every time he tried to suppress their speech, arab nationalism only grew. it causes some people to react very strongly against the brutality of these executions. particularly important among those is prince faisal. prince faisal was the son of sharif hussein, who was in charge of mecca at the time. they are part of the hashemites,