The cemetery, it turned out, was one of the fallen British soldiers of World War I.

Jerusalem celebrated the 100th anniversary of its liberation from oppressive Ottoman rule by British troops led by the famed General Allenby. 

"Exactly 100 years ago, brave ANZAC soldiers liberated Beer Sheba for the sons and daughters of Abraham and opened the gateway for the Jewish people to reenter the stage of history," Netanyahu stated.

Some 200 Australian riders reenacted WWI's crucial battle for Beersheba, which decided the end of the war and reshaped the Middle East.