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The wars & local soldiers, 1986

103 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 6

backblocks Liberal "uglies" and war crimes

Tribune · Wednesday 8 October 1986 · page 15

SYDNEY: The far-right "uglies" in the NSW Liberal Party reasserted themselves in the recent Liberal Party…

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SOLIDARITY Australians in the Spanish Civil War

Tribune · Wednesday 8 October 1986 · page 14

Tribune republishes Lloyd Edmonds' article, first printed 10 years ago, and written after hearing news of the death of…

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News Report Demjanjuk charged with war crimes

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 October 1986 · page 3

Attorney-General Yosef Harish last week released the State of Israel’s indictment of John Demjanjuk for his alleged role in the deaths…

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Australia May Act on Baltic War Criminals

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 October 1986 · page 1

The crimes of 40 suspected war criminals living in Australia, named in a list handed to Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Hayden, were committed during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, Latvia and Byelorussia…

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Rabin’s New Year message hopes for peace, fear of war

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 October 1986 · page 4

Jerusalem Post Reporter Defence Minister Rabin, greeting soldiers last week before Rosh Hashana, said that Israel might face…

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Shmitta eased for soldiers

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 October 1986 · page 5

TEL AVIV. - The IDF Chaplaincy Corps and the Chief Rabbinate have reached an agreement according to halacha which will enable soldiers to…

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BOOKS Pacific under threat of militarisation and nuclear war

Tribune · Wednesday 22 October 1986 · page 10

A newly released book American Lake (Penguin $14.95) looks at US military activities in the Pacific over the…

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BOOKS Images of a unique war Images of the Spanish Civil War: photos, paintings, cartoons and posters with an introduction by Raymond Carr. Allen and

Tribune · Wednesday 22 October 1986 · page 11

The Spanish Civil War has a unique place in 20th century history. Its political significance lies in the…

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Survivor slams post-war Jews

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 October 1986 · page 7

The failure of post-war Jews to take action against anti-Semites is worse than the alleged inaction of the previous generation, a Holocaust survivor…

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Arab economic troubles trigger for war

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 October 1986 · page 5

The next war in the Middle East will not be sparked by problems of the West Bank, a Heading Israeli academic told the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ October session last week…

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TV show fails to spark ethnic war crimes dog fight

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 October 1986 · page 28

The charge that the Jewish community is stirring up inter-communal tensions over the search for Nazi war criminals was given the lie last week…

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SOLIDARITY Australia and the Spanish Civil War

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1986 · page 12

Spain was rarely off the front pages of Australian papers from 19 July 1936 when the insurgent generals…

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Herzog in Canberra War Memorial Tour

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 November 1986 · page 12

President Herzog is escorted through the Australian War Memorial museum…

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First Strike: The Pentagon's war plans and Star Wars

Tribune · Wednesday 19 November 1986 · page 8

The following article is an edited version of a speech first given by Dr Michio Kaku as part of the 1985 commemorative services marking the…

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USA The Presidency-- lame duck, wounded bull. But what do the parties offer?

Tribune · Wednesday 26 November 1986 · page 7

The following article is based on an interview conducted by Jane Inglis, for the current affairs program "Razor's Edge"…

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Try War Criminals Not ‘Communities’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 November 1986 · page 8

If there is sufficient evidence to build a prima facie case against suspected war criminals in Australia “justice requires these persons to be brought to trial”, former Israeli Supreme Court Judge Moshe Landau told the Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s…

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First shot in chocolate war

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 November 1986 · page 20

SAFED. - The new Vered Hagalil chocolate and candy company last week took the wraps off its first products, heralding the start of the…

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BOOKS Israel's Lebanon war -- just an obsession? Israel's Lebanon War, Ze'ev Schiffand Ehud Ya'ari, Updated edition, 1986. Unwin Paperbacks. $14.95

Tribune · Wednesday 3 December 1986 · page 11

Since Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, a number of books have appeared, from both sides,…

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War ended

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 December 1986 · page 2

There were Jewish families in that most cosmopolitan, and most ancient of cities, whose lifestyle was…

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El Salvador Salvador war continues after earthquake

Tribune · Wednesday 10 December 1986 · page 6

When President Duarte entered the University of El Salvador on November 11, students shouted…

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