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The wars & local soldiers, 1973

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New US chemical war weapon

Tribune · Tuesday 1 May 1973 · page 9

NEW YORK (TASS): Although most Americans are under the impression that the United States has ceased work on chemical and…

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Anzac — Australian loyalty and sharing Israel burden

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 May 1973 · page 5

Australian Jewry should commemorate Anzac Day by rededicating themselves to be loyal to their country and accept the full share in the sacrifices of Israel, Rabbi…

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Prettiest Side of the Army Chen, the women’s branch of the Israel Defence Forces, has always had an image problem. First there were the stories about the tough women in the trenches; now foreign writers sem to find Israeli girl soldiers especially sexy. To put things into perspective, the Jerusalem Post’s military correspondent ZE’EV SHUiL talked to Dvora Tomer, Chen’s commanding officer

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 May 1973 · page 25

Foreign news and cameramen have always had an understandable weakness for the Chen — Cheil Nashim, Israel's…

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Bab el-Wad “Bab-el-wad, I will never forget you..." Bringing supplies to besieged Jerusalem was one of the major struggles of the War of Independence, particularly until the “Burma Road” was opened in May, 1948. Ze’ev Schul, of the “Jerusalem Post”, talks to two veteran drivers who drove the perilous road through Bab el-Wad (Sha’ar Hagai), the gateway to the valley up to Jerusalem

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 May 1973 · page 21

The husky voice of Yaffa Yarkoni on a record nearly a quarter of a century old is still one of the nostalgic…

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The anti-war movement in New Zealand today

Tribune · Tuesday 22 May 1973 · page 9

MIKE LAW is chairman of the New Zealand Committee on Vietnam (Wellington), and deputy national chairman of Halt All Racist Tours (HART)…

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Americans start war crimes investigation

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 June 1973 · page 12

NEW YORK: US legal authorities have begun investigations into alleged war crimes carried out by persons now living in the country. This information was…

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My War with the C.i.a. Cambodia's Fight for Survival a Pelican Original

Tharunka · Wednesday 4 July 1973 · page 14

Norodom Sihanouk's memoirs are obviously intended to be much more than a mere blow-by-blow account of the series of plots that eventually led to…

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Ama Heads' War on Health Scheme

Tribune · Tuesday 10 July 1973 · page 1

"If necessary we would refuse to treat pensioner patients... We would bring chaos into the repatriation field, pharmaceutical benefits, local…

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War Against Poverty

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 July 1973 · page 1

JERUSALEM: About 90,000 Israelis are living below the “poverty line” which the Ministry of Social Welfare…

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Soldiers’ Thanks to Local Committee

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 July 1973 · page 10

The Consul for Israel, Mr Shaul Bar-Haim, has expressed the appreciation of maimed and limbless Israeli soldiers to the NSW "Operation Wheelchairs" Committee…

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The Cod War

Tribune · Tuesday 31 July 1973 · page 9

The Icelandic-British cold war continues to embarrass the reactionary Heath Government in Britain. Fish products account for 82% of Icelandic…

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$200,000 for War Veterans

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 August 1973 · page 5

Nearly $200,000 has been raised in Sydney and Melbourne by Keren Mishpachot…

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Soldier Is Dead

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 14 August 1973 · page 7

A Merrylands man who [?]pent 35 years of his life in the Army died at home on July 22…

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‘Israel Will Strike Back in War Against Terror’ Dayan Pleads Self Defence After Plane ‘Idnapping’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 August 1973 · page 1

TEL AVIV: Israel will strike at terrorists wherever and whenever the opportunity arose, Defence Minister, Mr Moshe Dayan, told a press…

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War Honor Book for Publication

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 September 1973 · page 5

Australian Jewry's “Book of Honor, World War II”, will be available in time for next Anzac Day, more than twenty years after the project was first mooted. Contracts were signed in…

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An Outline of French History (Xii) Free France in the War

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 1 October 1973 · page 14

A MONG the Free French Forces who continued the struggle against the Germans and Italians after the fall of France, the glorious…

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Karitane in Class War

Tharunka · Thursday 4 October 1973 · page 13

Never being ones to miss a lovely gathering with the cream of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs society people the Tharunka crowd, aided by assorted freaks, hairies and heads, trucked on down to the Golden Jubilee of the…

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EDITORIAL Middle East war

Tribune · Tuesday 9 October 1973 · page 3

As Tribune goes to press, the war in the Middle East is raging. Because this is a region that is an oil-rich crossroads of imperialist ''interests" and intervention, as well as mounting national liberation struggle, such a war represents a serious…

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War and Atonement

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 October 1973 · page 2

The world has gasped at the treachery and sacrilege of Arab forces using the Day of Atonement to attack Israel. At the time when Jews around the world and…

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Israel at War Israel Knew Arabs Were Readying for Attack

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 October 1973 · page 1

TEL AVIV: Israel had knowingly awaited the Arab attack, the Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Dayan, said on Sunday. The alternative, he said, was a pre-emptive Israeli assault but…

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