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The wars & local soldiers, 1988

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MP charged to see War crimes papers

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 January 1988 · page 1

CANBERRA: A Federal MP has been told he will have to pay more than $7500 to see a war crimes document he could have had for nothing if he had agreed to…

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News Background a new phase in an old war

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 January 1988 · page 3

A FEW days after the violence erupted in the occupied territories. Chief of General Staff Dan Shomron attempted to calm the nation's…

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Opposition renews attack on war crimes evidence from USSR

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 January 1988 · page 8

CANBERRA: The Federal Opposition has renewed its attack on the validity of War Crimes evidence from Soviet and Eastern Bloc sources. Federal Shadow…

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World Jewish Scene War criminal dies of old age in prison

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 January 1988 · page 9

ZAGREB: Andrija Artukovic, known as the Butcher of the Balkans and responsible for the death of more than…

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The war needs -- girls with grit

Tribune · Wednesday 3 February 1988 · page 8

If, like this reviewer, you were one of the (mainly young) women who decided to help feed the army during the Second World War…

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War: what women say

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 February 1988 · page 17

TWO HEBREW university professors, Naomi Chazan and Galia Golan, have been granted $150,000 by the Golan? have granted $150,000 by the…

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Moriah War Memorial College

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 February 1988 · page 16

17 Vivian street, Bellevue Hill Principal: Mr L.I. Link. Aim: To give a combined secular and Jewish dayschool education of the…

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Beyond politics: women and war

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 February 1988 · page 12

Elaine Ruth Fletcher talks to the author of a book about Israeli and Egyptian war-widows “IF YOU’RE LOOKING for the myth of the exceptionally strong,…

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Two badly wounded in attacks on cars Who are the victims? a settler’s perspective

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 February 1988 · page 1

The Hadassah Hospital neurosurgery ward which houses Meshulam Moskowitz, a West Bank settler seriously wounded by a rock hurled…

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For David Levy, the unrest is ‘a war which must be won’

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 February 1988 · page 7

THE TURMOIL in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip is well into its eighth week, and Deputy Premier David Levy encapsulates the clash…

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BACKGROUND Soviet evidence for war crimes trials in Australia: the "battle lines" are drawn

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 February 1988 · page 2

Last week in Canberra, a Senate committee heard evidence from a range of individuals and groups on the advisability or otherwise of admitting Soviet and Eastern Bloc evidence in any war crimes trials held in Australia. This highly contentious issue,…

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Two soldiers killed in border clash

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 February 1988 · page 4

KIBBUTZ YIFTAH - “If that’s the price for children not crying in kindergarte[?] then, unfortunately, ve have to Pay it” said the commander…

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Weapons of war -- made in Tasmania

Tribune · Wednesday 17 February 1988 · page 8

The following article, by PAUL CHATTERTON and MICHAEL ROBERTS, looks at Australia's own weapons manufacturing industry in the…

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Forum a shepherds’ war?

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 February 1988 · page 10

SOMEONE HAS called it “the shepherds’ war.” We seem to be going back to biblical times, using the same weapons - clubs and stones…

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‘There is a war going on here which is no longer hidden by a facade’ Notes from an uprising

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 February 1988 · page 3

ANYONE TRAVELLING the roads of the West Bank these days cannot fail to sense the change that has come over the area in the last two months…

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SPOTLIGHT Reporter Joshua Brilliant spends 24 hours with troops in the Gaza Strip the Soldier’s Dilemma

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 February 1988 · page 15

THE CONVOY of jeeps turned into the empty lot, made a wide circle and came to a halt facing the road. Some soldiers remained in…

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War Crimes Investigators Target Major Nazi

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 February 1988 · page 1

CANBERRA: There is at least [?]e major Nazi war criminal nong the 15 most serious war imes allegations being given…

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More Names Added to War Crimes List

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 February 1988 · page 43

From front page The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee presented its report on whether and how…

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No quarrel with Senate War Crimes conclusions

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 February 1988 · page 6

The deliberations and findings of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the question of the alleged Nazi war criminals living in Australia have aroused intensive public interest,…

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Verdict in war crimes case expected in April Demjaniuk trial hearings end

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 February 1988 · page 4

Hearings in the Demjanjuk war crimes trial ended last Thursday, almost exactly a year after they began, with defence attorney John Gill…

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