World war i

'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.

WEIMAR GERMANY: DEATH OF A DEMOCRACY by Victor Sebestyen
 A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025.

PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan’s anti-Israel rhetoric threatens Kurdish-Jewish relations - opinion

British infantry soldiers running out of their trenches at the signal to assault  the Somme, France, 1916.

The Somme, 110 years on: The Jewish soldiers who fought and died

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.

America’s ‘luck’ is running out: The lost industrial engine that powered US greatness - opinion


Haifa Day: Israel, India celebrate 103rd anniversary of the Battle of Haifa

The Battle of Haifa saw the Jodhpur and Mysore Lancers from India liberate the city from the Ottomans. Today, India and Israel celebrate the anniversary of the battle as Haifa Liberation Day.

 Indian lancers are seen in Haifa after taking the city in the 1918 Battle of Haifa.

New book claims Donald Trump said that Hitler 'did a lot of good things'

The supposed statement was revealed in the upcoming book, "Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost."

FORMER US President Donald Trump attends the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday.

On this day: Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, sparking World War I

June 28 is also the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending the war.

An artistic rendering of Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, which sparked World War I, on June 28, 1914.

Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire began 105 years ago today

The impact of the revolt helped contribute to the downfall of the Ottoman Empire and continues to impact Middle Eastern geopolitics to this day.

Soldiers in the Arab Army during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918, carrying the Arab Flag of the Arab Revolt and pictured in the Hejaz.

German military appoints chief rabbi for first time since World War I

The Bundestag voted last year to allow rabbis to serve in Germany's armed forces for the first time since the rise of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich in 1933.

Soldiers of the German army Bundeswehr take part in an exercise during a media day in Munster, Germany September 28, 2018

Australia and New Zealand mark Anzac Day with return of public ceremony

Memorials for Anzac are located in Beersheba in southern Israel and Tzemach in northern Israel, as Anzac soldiers fought a number of battles throughout the region.

Colonel Piers Strudwick, British Defence Attache to Turkey, salutes after laying carnations to the graves of French soldiers of Jewish, Christian and Islamic origins during a ceremony at the French National Cemetery to mark the 106th anniversary of the World War One battle of Gallipoli

Hand grenade from World War I unearthed in Jerusalem

The grenade was uncovered in an ancient cistern by Oscar Becherno, director of the archaeological excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

The cistern where the grenade was discovered in Jerusalem.

George Blake, Jewish British spy for Soviet Union, dies in Moscow at 98

He was recruited to the intelligence community and later offered to spy for the Soviet Union, betraying hundreds of agents until his capture in 1960.

George Blake, a former MI6 officer, enters a car in Moscow, Russia on June 28, 2001.

WATCH: Gantz bestows awards upon Jewish fighters of World Wars

What you may have dreamed of when you fought before and after the establishment of the state, has risen and become a reality," said Gantz.

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and Elazar Stern (r) in December

‘Winston’s hiccup’ and the Jewish homeland

Churchill’s drinking habits were usually incidental to his political activities, although an exception to this is contained in a bizarre story concerning events in the Middle East about 100 years ago

EMIR ABDULLAH of Transjordan, Sir Herbert and Lady Samuel and Winston Churchill meet in Jerusalem in 1921