Battle of Beersheba
Speaker of the House of Representatives Milton Dick is part of a delegation visiting Israel. Photo: Facebook
July 25, 2023, 6:47 am
‘Historic, multi-partisan delegation’
"Our delegation was welcomed to the Knesset by Speaker Amir Ohana. I was honoured to lay a wreath at the Gal-Ed Memorial and signed the guest book on behalf of the Australian Parliament."
By AJN STAFF
Laying a wreath at the Anzac Memorial in Beersheba. Photo: Facebook
November 7, 2019, 12:00 am
Israel, pollies honour the Anzac sacrifice
Howard: the Battle of Beersheba has an 'enduring outcome beneficial to this part of the world'.
By Nathan Jeffay
Australian ambassador to Israel Chris Cannan laying a wreath at the Beersheba commemoration.
November 8, 2018, 12:00 am
Spirit of commemoration remains strong in Beersheba
This year's service to commemorate the great Anzac success in Beersheba 101 years ago could easily have felt like an anti-climax, bit it had renewed energy.
By Nathan Jeffay
NSW Governor David Hurley (centre of back row) at Government House with Rona Tranby Trust (RTT) Australian Light Horse Project participants and RTT trustees on April 27.
May 16, 2018, 11:27 am
Indigenous heirs of Beersheba Charge honoured
Eleven Indigenous participants of the Rona Tranby Trust's Australian Light Horse Project, who participated in last October's re-enactment of the Battle of Beersheba centenary commemoration, were honoured at a reception at Sydney's Government House late last month.
By Shane Desiatnik
The late Jeremy Spinak.
November 23, 2017, 12:00 am
Injection of youth for JBOD
TWENTY-two people under the age of 35 have been elected as NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) general franchise deputies.
By Joshua Levi
Dan Springer addressing JNF mission participants in Independence Hall.
November 10, 2017, 12:00 am
JNF group recalls Balfour
A GROUP of more than 50 Australians sat in Independence Hall in Tel Aviv last Thursday – in the same room where David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the State of Israel – exactly 100 years after the Balfour Declaration was signed.
By Joshua Levi
New Zealand Governor-General Patsy Reddy, then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu lay wreaths during a memorial ceremony at the Beersheba War Cemetery in Beersheba, Israel, in 2017. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Peled
November 1, 2017, 2:05 pm
‘They defied history, they made history’
BETWEEN speeches, it dawned on the thousands of people at the British War Cemetery in Beersheba during a moment of silence that they were standing on a battlefield.
By Joshua Levi
Re-enactment of the cavalry charge at the 90th anniversary commemorations in Beersheba. Photo: AP/Ariel Schalit
October 26, 2017, 12:00 am
Turnbull and Shorten bound for Beersheba
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will be joined by senior politicians, military personnel and communal leaders next Tuesday when they stand shoulder to shoulder with their Israeli counterparts in Beersheba to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the landmark battle that saw the defeat of the Ottoman Turks and helped pave the way for the establishment of the Jewish State.
By Joshua Levi
Riders in the In Pursuit of Beersheba tour pass through the town of Balcaldine in western Queensland last month. Photo: Sally Cripps/Queensland Country Life
October 22, 2017, 12:00 am
Outback hosts Beersheba re-enactment
AS the countdown continues to the October 31 Battle of Beersheba Centenary commemoration in Israel, the people of Central West Queensland got into the spirit by turning out in droves on the streets of four outback towns to witness last month's In Pursuit of Beersheba tour.
By Shane Desiatnik
Australian War Graves director Ken Corke speaking at the launch of the In Their Steps exhibition at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Photo: Giselle Haber
April 30, 2017, 12:01 am
Bringing the Battle of Beersheva alive
Erenst Pauls' words and pictures form the backbone of a new exhibition called “In Their Steps” at the Sydney Jewish Museum presented by JNF Australia.
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