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How will Australia-Israel ties grow? New envoy talks with 'Post' - opinion

Israel-Australia ties go back 75 years, but the basis goes back to the Battle of Beersheba in 1917. New Ambassador Ralph King talks about these ties.

|ByBRENDA KATTEN
AUSTRALIAN Ambassador to Israel H.E. Dr. Ralph King.
PREVIEW XML A view of flood damage in the the aftermath of cyclone Gabrielle in Hawke?s Bay, New Zealand, in this picture released on February 15, 2023

New Zealand's cyclone death toll at 11, thousands still missing

Relief teams from Fiji and Australia have been deployed to help recovery efforts.

|ByREUTERS
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

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.

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

Military expenditures continues to increase across the globe

An estimated $1.822 trillion spent around the world; Israel ranks 17th out of top 40 military spenders for a second year in a row.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Grapevine: Bibi on a high

Earlier in the week, Rivlin went to Beit Shemesh to deliver a civics lesson to 12th grade students from schools, yeshivot and ulpanim.

MARCH 31, 2019
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN hands out uniforms at an IDF induction center (Mark Neyman/GPO)

Australian and New Zealand soldiers honored on ANZAC Day

‘Gallipoli showed Australians, and New Zealanders, what they were made of,’ Canberra’s envoy says

APRIL 25, 2018
Descendants of soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), ride horses along the trail that their ancestors took as troops when they made their way to Beersheba.

A watershed event

Celebrating the Battle of Beersheba Centenary with Australia and New Zealand

NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Sporting Australian bush hats, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnball takes a selfie with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the reenactment of the Battle of Beersheba on October 31

Reporter's Notebook: The spirit of the ANZAC centennial

The climax of the day came later in the afternoon at the reenactment of the Light Horse Charge.

NOVEMBER 4, 2017
Members of the Australian Light Horse Association take part in a reenactment of the famous World War I cavalry charge known as the ‘Battle of Beersheba’ yesterday as part of the centenary commemorations in the southern city.

Comment: Balfour’s real victory came at Beersheba

Historians have recorded how General Allenby had given each of his soldiers a Bible, and he was often found on his knees looking for direction from above.

OCTOBER 30, 2017
Descendants of soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), ride horses along the trail that their ancestors took as troops when they made their way to Beersheba.

Australian PM Turnbull to arrive in Israel amid political crisis at home

Malcolm Turnbull said he hopes to strengthen defense and security ties with Israel.

OCTOBER 30, 2017
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appeared inseparable during Netanyahu’s visit. They made several joint appearances, with Turnbull dedicating two full days to his counterpart.