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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1988

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

Kahane ban in High Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 14 October 1988 · page 1

A bench of five Supreme Court justices was this week to hear appeals by Mcir Kahanfc’s extreme nationalist Kach party against the decision of the Central Knesset Li lections Committee to bar it from running in…

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Police net massive drug hauls in Galilee

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 14 October 1988 · page 4

ACRE - Galilee police have made two of the biggest drug busts ever after two major operations involving scores of officers and…

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PEOPLE Tackling France’s racist leader Paris deputy mayor takes on Le Pen in court

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 October 1988 · page 27

THE DEPUTY MAYOR of Paris and one of France’s most vigorous opponents of anti-Semitism is about to be sued for publicly…

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Court victory for Sope

Tribune · Wednesday 26 October 1988 · page 12

The Vanuatu Court of Appeals ruled this week that Barak Sope and four MPs had been unlawfully expelled from parliament last July…

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Supreme Court rules 5:0 Kach is racist Likud seen gaining from Kahane ouster

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 28 October 1988 · page 5

Political observers expect the Likud to be the major beneficiary of the departure of Meir Kahane’s Kach from the Knesset elections…

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News Background Likud and Labour both court, and win, the votes of observant Jews Quest for the religious vote

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 28 October 1988 · page 6

DAVID BEN-GURION once remarked that more religious voters voted for Mapai than for all religious parties put together. Today,…

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WA police protect scabs at Mt Newman

Tribune · Wednesday 9 November 1988 · page 1

Police escorted staff workers through picket lines in the WA town of Newman this week. The situation in…

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High court rejects detainees' appeal

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 18 November 1988 · page 5

The High Court of Justice last week turned down an appeal by 16 administrative detainees at the Ketziot detention camp who claimed…

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South African court outrage

Tribune · Wednesday 23 November 1988 · page 12

Eleven leading activists of the United Democratic Front were found guilty of treason and terrorism by a South African court last Friday. The eleven had been arrested in 1986 at the height of mass strikes against rent rises in urban townships. The minimum sentence for terrorism is five years imprisonment, and…

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The Police

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 25 November 1988 · page 10

I think the police are important because: 1. When we are lost, the police will help us find our way home. 2. They protect us from getting hurt…

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A Visit by the Police

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 25 November 1988 · page 2

Senior Constable Buttrose came to Moriah College and talked to all the students about Safety House, how to protect ourselves and how to be safe during our school holiday…

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Board asks police minister to investigate racist attacks

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 9 December 1988 · page 7

NSW JEWISH Board of Deputies acting public relations chairman Michael Fischer has asked the NSW Government to increase…

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Philippines -- Death squads murder unionists

Tribune · Wednesday 14 December 1988 · page 4

As arrests, illegal detentions and assassinations of Filipino trade union leaders escalate, Australian unions have called on President Aquino to…

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Tuesday, December 13, 1988 Thou shalt murder, if

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 23 December 1988 · page 24

WHILE the PLO, a long-time champion of the right to terrorism, is finding it counterproductive to be openly associated with the practice, the government of Greece thinks…

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OVERSEAS International anxiety at the plight of Syrian Jews detained by secret police

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 23 December 1988 · page 10

THE PLIGHT of Syrian Jews continues to concern Jewish human rights groups around the world, particularly following a…

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‘A unique company whose survival is of national interest’ Court grants Koora a reprieve

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 23 December 1988 · page 6

TEL AVIV - The Koor Group - the Histadrut-linked industrial giant last week received a surprising show of support from the Tel Aviv…

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