Just Before the 67th Independence Day

In the photo the British soldiers are showing off their weapons, in Jerusalem, around 1930.

Some 67 years ago, the British left Palestine and Ben Gurion had declared the independent State of Israel. Today almost 8.5m people live in Israel, and the British legacy is a very distant memory.

So the British built the railroad, going on the left side still today, the police force and the (red color) post boxes. In Jerusalem, stories abound about the British army entering the city in 1917, at the Jaffa Gate, on foot. Starving and war weary residents greeted the victorious army. My grandpa had said that he saw then a British soldier feeding his horse with a perfect cake.