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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1988

76 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4

Police want settlers’ leader to be tried for manslaughter

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 8 April 1988 · page 8

The police have recommended that settler leader Pinchas Wallerstein be tried for manslaughter for the shooting of a Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Beitin in January. The recommendation to prosecute Wallerstein, who heads the Mateh…

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MKs want inquiry into police actions

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 April 1988 · page 7

Two Knesset members called last. week for a commission of inquiry to investigate charges that the man recently appointed to head police…

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Comptroller Maltz asked to join Supreme Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 April 1988 · page 7

Jerusalem Post Reporter State Comptroller Ya’acov Maltz, who has served in his present job for only 14 months, confirmed last…

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Police corruption: minister rejects report

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 April 1988 · page 9

Police Minister Haim Bar-Lev acknowledged last week that the police had not properly handled 10 of the 13 cases of suspected police…

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Thursday, April 14, 1988 The police, honestly

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 April 1988 · page 24

COMPARED with a great many police forces abroad, the Israel police is the very model of efficiency, honesty and propriety. This is encouraging, but the strange career of the withering, nearly nine-month old internal report by the Police…

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Florida paroles American-Israeli after 13 years in prison Ex-cop jailed for murder now on kibbutz

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 April 1988 · page 9

KIBBUTZ AYELET HASHAHAR - A former Israeli police officer, convicted in Florida of a murder he maintained he did not commit, has started a new life on a kibbutz, as part of his rehabilitation…

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Gendarme's murder bid on FLNKS president

Tribune · Wednesday 27 April 1988 · page 3

In covering the Kanak revolt, the media has concentrated on the events in Ouvea Island, in which four French gendarmes were killed and 27 taken…

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Belau victory -- women win court challenge

Tribune · Wednesday 4 May 1988 · page 3

Belauan women have won their Supreme Court challenge to a referendum last August. This sought to change the constitutional…

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After review of Negev terror attack Police opt for heavier weapons

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 May 1988 · page 4

TEL AVIV - The police have stepped up paramilitary training and are considering making carbine rifles standard equipment on police patrols as a result of the “incident” during the March 7 terrorist infiltration in the…

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News Report John Demjanjuk - ‘Ivan the Terrible’ of Treblinka - sentenced to death in Jerusalem ‘In this case, there is no forgiving’

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 May 1988 · page 5

John Demjanjuk was last week sentenced to death for war crimes and crimes against the Jewish people and against humanity. Sentence was pronounced by Judge Zvi Tal, speaking for the special court composed of Justice Dov Levin, Judge…

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Une Ancienne Aubergine De Noumea, Agent De Police a Melbourne

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 13 May 1988 · page 12

La police de Melbourne compte depuis le 29 février, une Française dans ses rangs. Il s'agit de Mai Chaumont, devenue Mme Fitzsimmons par son…

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When the police investigate themselves

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 May 1988 · page 17

The State Comptroller’s report casts some doubts about the speed and efficacy of the police’s investigations into complaints of police…

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Demjanjuk trial — ECAJ faith in court process

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 May 1988 · page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN Jewish community has responded to the visit of Edward Nishnik, the son-inlaw of convicted Nazi war criminal…

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Police: Settler killed Arab for land

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 May 1988 · page 6

Shilo settler Israel Ze’ev shot an Arab shepherd earlier this month because of a land dispute and not because the shepherd attacked him,…

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High Court rules woman can serve on religious body

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 May 1988 · page 1

Compiled from reports by Haim Shapiro, Bradley Burston, and Michal Yudelman The High Court of Justice stepped into the sensitive area of the role of women in Judaism lat week, ruling…

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Sporting Times Hip hip... Big Julie’s on the comeback court

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 May 1988 · page 40

ASK BIG JULIE what he thinks of Sydney’s recent big wet and he’ll tell you it’s a big nuisance! It robbed him of the…

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Police evidence on Black death

Tribune · Wednesday 1 June 1988 · page 12

WEST AUSTRALIA: Perth Barrister Lloyd Davies, who will appear for John Pat's family at the Muirhead Royal Commission into…

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Settler charged with killing Arab shepherd

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 June 1988 · page 2

West Bank settler Israel Ze’ev was charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault in the Jerusalem District Court last week for shooting…

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NSW summary offences Act widens police powers

Tribune · Wednesday 8 June 1988 · page 2

Proposed summary offences legislation in NSW gives police more power to make arrests and allows for three months imprisonment for…

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Top rabbis attack High Court tor rulings on women

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 10 June 1988 · page 7

Both the Supreme Rabbinical Council and the leader of the ultraOrthodox Shas party blasted the High Court of Justice last week for…

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