World war i

Voices Israel anthology 2025: Celebrating English poetry shaped by war, love, and memory

War, love and memory intertwine in Voices Israel’s 2025 anthology, a powerful collection of global poetry shaped by Oct. 7 and beyond.

|ByNEVILLE TELLER
Typewriter.
Buildings lie in ruins amidst the rubble in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 8, 2025.

IDF confirms Gaza Commonwealth war cemetery damaged in operation to destroy Hamas terror tunnels

The IDF's operation to dismantle Hamas tunnels in Gaza has damaged a Commonwealth military cemetery, raising concerns about the preservation of war graves and the handling of sensitive sites.

|ByJAMES GENN
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.

'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
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

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