The Battle of Beersheba: Historic Joint Postage Stamp Issue by Australia and Israel

Israel Today | by | Volume 19, Issue 6 | November – December 2013

“The capture of Beersheba allowed British Empire forces to break the Ottoman line near Gaza and then advance into Palestine, a chain of events which eventually culminated in the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.”[1]
This remarkable statement is quoted from the text on the back of an…

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