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The wars & local soldiers, 1973

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

What the Israeli Thinks Today By general consent, the war has had a profound impact on the thinking of the average Israeli. Or has it? Philip Gillon sought the answer by accompanying a young interviewer working for a public opinion survey, and by talking to Professor Louis Guttman, the sociologist who heads the survey

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 November 1973 · page 14

VERY FEW PEOPLE in this country really know what the average Israeli is thinking about war, peace, the Government,…

New V'nam war threat

Tribune · Tuesday 20 November 1973 · page 9

The Nixon Administration and its pupp[?] Thieu regime are trying to prepare world opinion for their planned full-scale war in South Vietnam. They are already claiming…

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Mother Courage Goes to War

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 November 1973 · page 13

There are no two opinions about the prime of place that Golda Meir occupied as Commander in Chief in the Yom Kippur War. While…

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Prospects for Sadat Professor Shimon Shamir, who heads Tel Aviv University’s Shiloah Centre for Middle Eastern and African Studies, became a household figure in Israeli homes as a television commentator on Arab' attitudes and positions during the recent war. Earlier this week he was interviewed by The Post’s Sraya Shapiro on the causes and consequences of Egypt’s resort to war

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 November 1973 · page 14

SADAT’S DECISION to launch a surprise attack against Israel was based on the assumption that, whether they want to or not, the…

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Nuclear arms in new war?

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 November 1973 · page 14

WASHINGTON: “US News and World Report” has quoted a high US official as saying Israel already has nuclear…

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Home Front Vignettes Carl Alpert reports on the lighter side of Israel at War

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 November 1973 · page 14

HAIFA: Israel remains on an emergency footing. No people desired peace more ardently, but bitter experience has taught Israelis to mistrust vague promises. At the ceasefire lines and…

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First Shot Firedin “War of the Rabbis”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 December 1973 · page 11

JERUSALEM: The war of the generals has now been complemented by what appears to be the first shot in the “War of the Rabbis”…

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Shocked by War Perils Communal Leaders on Israel Visit

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 December 1973 · page 2

JERUSALEM: Australian Jewish leaders visiting Israel in the immediate aftermath of the Yom Kippur War have been shocked to discover how perilously close Israel came to defeat in the first days…

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Lesson of war was noted by leaders

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 December 1973 · page 3

The lessons of the Yom Kippur War have been well noted by the Israeli leadership, Mr Louis Klein said at the North Shore synagogue last week. Mr Klein was speaking at a…

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Sydney Singer and the Yom Kippur War

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 December 1973 · page 6

A young Sydney housewife, who has never been to Israel has written a song which may well become the song of the Yom Kippur War, just as “Jerusalem, the Gold” represents the feelings and sentiments of the Six-Day War…

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‘No time for quarrels’ Morale on Two Fronts As Israel heads towards a peace conference, it is becoming clear that thousands of men will be mobilized on the battle-fronts, while the old folk, the women, the children and those not needed for war carry on at home. Philip Gillon investigates morale on the battle and nome fronts, and discusses what is wrong behind the lines with sociologist Dr. Rivka Bar-yosef

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 December 1973 · page 11

“TELL THE PEOPLE back home that we’ve done well, very well, said the major angrily. “What’s the matter with them? So we lost…

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