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.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV
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

Armistice Day, observed annually on November 11, marks the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany that brought fighting on the Western Front during World War I to an end.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
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

Avraham Saide grew up wearing a Turkish fez before donning a British trilby, and obtaining, upon request, the first known passport issued during the British Mandatory rule.

|ByILAN SADE
Lord Arthur James Balfour and the text of the Balfour Declaration

On this day: 109th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

On November 2, 1917, Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour wrote a letter that made history.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Personal photos capture Holy Land stories of British World War I soldiers

World War I represented the first time that British soldiers could carry a personal camera with them into a military expedition.

DECEMBER 19, 2017ByEYTAN HALON
British soldiers pictured in the Middle East during World War I

New Zealand’s G-G to replace ex-PM in Beersheba

The fallen soldiers of the Battle of Beersheba will be honored by New Zealand Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy.

OCTOBER 27, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
The charge of the Austrlian light horse at Beersheba 1917 George Lambert

The Light Horse Centenary

The premiers of Israel, Australia and New Zealand will lead a massive celebration in Beersheba at the end of October.

OCTOBER 20, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
‘The charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba, 31 October 1917,’ painted by George Lambert three years later

Australia, New Zealand PMs to join Battle of Beersheba commemorations

While in Australia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the battle “the last great successful cavalry charge in history.”

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

In the know: Itai Hermann is the smartest man on TV

The real secret to gaining a wide knowledge base: actively deciding that no topic is too hard or too boring and striving to taste them all.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017ByTALI KORD
Itai Hermann