World war i

On this day: Armistice agreement to end World War I signed

The armistice was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne outside Paris; it silenced the guns within hours of its ratification.

First World War: soldiers of the English infantry in France, running out of their trenches at the signal to assault, Somme, France, 1916.
People cross Westminster Bridge as they take part in a National March in support of Palestine, organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in central London on October 10, 2026.

Pro-Palestine groups plan protests on Armistice Day in United Kingdom

AVRAHAM SAIDE’S passport, issued on November 3, 1926, defines him as a British protected Palestinian citizen.

Avraham Saide: The 100th anniversary of British-Palestinian passport No. 1

Lord Arthur James Balfour and the text of the Balfour Declaration

On this day: 109th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration


How it really was: Eliyahu the prophet, in snow and sun

The story of Rabbi Jacob Sonderling and a special Shabbat during World War I.

A portrait of Rabbi Dr. Jacob Sonderling (1868-1964), who was called ‘my fighting rabbi’ by Theodor Herzl; he fought for Zionism and served as a chaplain to fight for Jewish lives

Book review: On the run

Rachel Barenbaum’s debut novel follows the lives of four Russian Jews in 1914, desperate to escape the war closing in around them.

A PHOTOGRAPH of Jewish girls in Samarkand, in what was then Russia sometime between 1909 and 1915.

Grapevine: Zionist hero Aaron Aaronsohn remembered

Aaronsohn is credited with the discovery of wild wheat, as well as running the influential espionage organization during World War I.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Atlit at the 100th anniversary commemoration of the passing of Zionist hero Aaron Aaronsohn

Lessons from history: Untying an intractable knot

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Monroe Room of the State Department in Washington September 2, 2010.

Netanyahu, Putin talk in Paris for first time since downed plane

Initially there was a scheduled meeting between the two men to formally meet in Paris, but then it was canceled.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), November 11th, 2018

Netanyahu joins world leaders marking 100th anniversary of WWI in Paris

Starting on Sunday, France is holding a Peace Forum, a massive three-day international event that ends Tuesday and includes world leaders and civic society.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah take off for Paris for the ceremony marking 100 years since the end of WWI, 2018.

My Word: The Great War and the battle for online consumers

Nonetheless, for many 11/11 is more about remembering to part with money in a typical merging of the digital age with the consumption obsession.

MORE THAN 15,000 poppies, handmade by local craft groups, schools and care homes, are displayed at Hertford Castle in Britain this week to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War

Student leader in UK vows to paint over mural by artist of Jewish origin

Emily Dawes, the student leader, tweeted "mark my words, we're taking down the mural of white men in the uni Senate room, even if I have to paint over it myself."

University of Southampton, England

Israel to host 44th International Congress of Military History

Over 150 guests expected to come from across the world

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot

Jan Smuts given honor where honor was due

Smuts was an international statesman of great repute who bestrode the world political stage like a colossus for the first half of the 20th century.

A street sweeper cleans sidewalk next to a flower bed in shape of U.S. flag, near location of new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, 2018.