World war i

'Post' writer rediscovers grave of fallen British World War I hero in Jerusalem

HISTORICAL AFFAIRS: Private Sam Greyman's journey took him from Russia to Leeds to Jerusalem.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
THE GRAVE of Pvt. Sam Greyman in the British military cemetery in Jerusalem. Pvt. Greyman was shot by a Turkish sniper as he tried to protect the British camp near Umm esh Shert Ford on September 8, 1918, at 27 years old.
Members of the Australian Lighthorse Association watch over an Anzac Day dawn service at Bogan Gate in western New South Wales. Members of the Australian Lighthorse Association watch over an Anzac Day dawn service in the western New South Wales town of Bogan Gate, located 400 km (249 miles) west of

Letters from the dead: Letter written by WWI soldiers found in bottle off Australian coast

The letter penciled in 1916 finally reached the families of Malcolm Neville, 27, and William Harley, 37, decades after their death.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
US President Donald Trump in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 30, 2025

How US President Donald Trump is boxing Israel, Hamas into a Gaza deal - analysis

To get to “yes” on both sides, Trump reached into his toolbox of his concept of dealmaking - as well as his own doctrine about big ideas and peace in the Middle East.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Divers discover World War I cruiser HMS Nottingham in the North Sea.

Divers discover World War I cruiser HMS Nottingham in the North Sea

Undisturbed at a depth of 82 meters, the wreck of HMS Nottingham bore a tragic human toll - 38 crew members perished when the cruiser was torpedoed by the German submarine U-52 on August 19, 1916.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Lessons from history: Untying an intractable knot

MARCH 21, 2019ByMICHAEL M. COHEN
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.

NOVEMBER 11, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

NOVEMBER 11, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

NOVEMBER 8, 2018ByLIAT COLLINS
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."

OCTOBER 25, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
University of Southampton, England

Israel to host 44th International Congress of Military History

Over 150 guests expected to come from across the world

AUGUST 27, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
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.

JULY 25, 2018ByPETER BAILEY
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.

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