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The wars & local soldiers, 1979

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“No More War” Sword to Sadat

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 May 1979 · page 9

CAIRO: A “no more war” sword was brought by Prime Minister Menachem Begin to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on his visit to Cairo. To prevent future use in…

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Love & war Behold Zion by Burth Hirschfeld (Hutchinson, $13.95)

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 May 1979 · page 12

“Behold Zion” is a book of love and war in Israel. It is nothing like “Exodus,” although the…

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ANZAC Day - no fun for women

Tharunka · Monday 28 May 1979 · page 14

“Man should be trained for war and woman for the recreation of the warrior” (Neitzsche). In the eyes of the media Anzac Day is the day we remember patriotism and the valour and bravery of Australian soldiers…

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Iranian call for war with Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 May 1979 · page 1

TEHERAN: Iran is ready to go to war against Israel to restore the Palestine Liberation Organisation to its homeland, according to two of the country’s foremost religious leaders…

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War Veterans Are a Major Political Force Us Jewish commander on aims

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 June 1979 · page 5

War veterans and their families are a major political force in the world and they should use this power to make it a better and more secure place in which to live, according to Jewish war…

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War and Men

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 June 1979 · page 15

“A Manual of Trench Warfare” at the Seymour Centre York Theatre, is yet another play about war and its effect on men. For some unexplained…

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UN soldier to prison

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 June 1979 · page 9

TEL AVIV: Papa Koli Saar, 39, a Senegalese warrant officer serving with the United Nations…

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International News Asean concocts 'war plan'

Tribune · Wednesday 4 July 1979 · page 9

SOUTH EAST ASIA: Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) members are blaming Viet Nam for encouraging the exodus of refugees as a provocation against its neighbors…

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The New War on Vietnam

Tribune · Wednesday 11 July 1979 · page 1

SYDNEY: Prime Minister Fraser's call to stop all aid to Hanoi "is part of a shoddy, but unfortunately well-organised and effective, world-wide political campaign to isolate Viet Nam and cause further hardship to its people". Communist Party of Australia joint national secretary Eric Aarons told Tribune last Monday…

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Economic War, Says Rockefeller

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 July 1979 · page 11

NEW YORK: The West Virginia Governor, Jay Rockefeller, whose greatgrandfather built an…

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The 'War to End Wars' Was just a beginning

Tribune · Wednesday 1 August 1979 · page 12

Babies born the day World War I began will turn 65 this month. People still living fought and worked through its horrors although the "War to End War" now seems ancient history, the world order it ended…

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War of ideas

Tribune · Wednesday 15 August 1979 · page 10

In the "war" of ideas waged by socialists, the strategy (to paraphrase the Italian marxist…

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But is war rational?

Tribune · Wednesday 15 August 1979 · page 6

Adelaide: Acting Governor of SA, Sir W Crocker, says the chances of nuclear war have never been greater. He told a meeting…

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Moriah War Memorial College Association Annual General Meeting

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 August 1979 · page 4

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Moriah War Memorial College Association will be held at the College, 17 Vivian Street, Bellevue Hill, on…

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Lay Leader’s Suggestion to Combined Conference Jews Must Extend Hand to Refugees Lecture on War, Children

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 August 1979 · page 5

As Jews, we have the duty to see that the hand of friendship is extended to Indo-Chinese refugees, June Lewis said last week. Mrs Lewis, project…

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Death of Nazi War Criminal

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 August 1979 · page 10

AMSTERDAM: War criminal Joseph Kotalla has died in prison in Breda following a cerebral…

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Top Liberal Official Suspended Over War Crimes

Tribune · Wednesday 29 August 1979 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Liberal Party's NSW state executive has suspended one of its members, Lyenko Urbanchich, who has been charged with war crimes…

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Psychology of a Citizen Soldier

Tharunka · Monday 3 September 1979 · page 14

It is difficult for any member of the Army Reserve to pinpoint his or her reasons for being in the Reserve. Some members look to one or two explanations but are left feeling that they haven’t answered the question. Generally, this is quickly followed up with a statement like:…

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The Second World War

Tribune · Wednesday 5 September 1979 · page 12

The Nazi Wehrmacht unleashed the full horror of blitzkrieg against Poland 40 years ago. When Britain declared war on Germany (September 3, 1939), history's first truly…

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Sadat pledges war aid

Tribune · Wednesday 12 September 1979 · page 7

EGYPT: The Sadat regime has pledged military aid to Morocco, currently bogged down in a war of annexation against the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara…

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