World war i

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
Lord Arthur James Balfour and the text of the Balfour Declaration
Jewish visitors walk near the separation barrier at Rachel’s Tomb, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, ahead of the annual Hilula commemorating the death of the biblical matriarch Rachel, October 20, 2026.

The West Bank is the historic heartland of the Jewish people - opinion

Jewish history and international legal instruments underpin Israel’s claim to Judea and Samaria, while past withdrawals raise questions about territorial concessions.

|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministers of Culture of Greece and Bulgaria, Lina Mendoni and Evtim Miloshev, September 30, 2026.

Bones of medieval tsar, 48 religious relics to be exchanged under new Greece-Bulgaria heritage MoU

The official handover ceremony will take place on October 3, at the the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
WEIMAR GERMANY: DEATH OF A DEMOCRACY by Victor Sebestyen

'Death of a Democracy': Exploring the rise and fall of Weimar Germany - review

Victor Sebestyen has painted a vivid picture of the life and eventual death of Weimar Germany, telling the painful story of Germany between 1918 and 1933.

|ByCOLIN SHINDLER

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