 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, in the presence of Sir Herbert Samuel, the High Commissioner for Palestine, Sir Ronald Storrs, the military governor of Jerusalem, and Raghib al-Nashashibi, the Arab mayor of Jerusalem.Jerusalem's first traffic light was installed at the intersection of King George Street and Jaffa Road.