King George Street (Jerusalem)

[2] King George Street was dedicated in honour of the seventh anniversary of the British conquest of Jerusalem under General Allenby.

The inauguration took place in 1924,[3] in the presence of Sir Herbert Samuel, the High Commissioner for Palestine, Sir Ronald Storrs, the military governor of Jerusalem,[4] and Raghib al-Nashashibi, the Arab mayor of Jerusalem.

[5] Jerusalem's first traffic light was installed at the intersection of King George Street and Jaffa Road.

[6] In 1950–1966, the Knesset, Israel's parliament, met at Beit Froumine on King George Street.

It was used by Israel's first five governments, until the Knesset moved to a permanent building in Givat Ram.