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The wars & local soldiers, 1999

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

US soldiers looted stolen Jewish property

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 29 October 1999 · page 15

WASHINGTON: American soldiers looted a train filled with Hungarian Jews’ property at the end of World War II, it has been…

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Five wounded in terror attack

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 November 1999 · page 13

JERUSALEM: Terrorists in a parked car opened fire on a bus in Hebron this week, wounding five passengers from Ramat Gan who had spent Shabbat in Hebron. There were about 50 people…

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The End in History The End of the Great War by Andries Snoek

Dutch Weekly · Monday 8 November 1999 · page 20

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Disturbing images as IDF soldiers evict settlers

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 November 1999 · page 15

NEW YORK: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has won his first open confrontation with Jewish settlers since taking office…

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six-day war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 December 1999 · page 24

ABC documentary, Secrets of War: Shadows of the Six Day War. Secret agents gathered information for Israel’s daring first strike find crafted an ingenious plan to capture a Russian jet…

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'Real TV' in bidding war for Chechen atrocity footage

The Chaser · Friday 3 December 1999 · page 2

ULTIMO (Thursday): Channel Ten's Real TV is involved in a bidding war to get television footage of atrocities committed by the Russian army in…

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Unveiling war memorial in Canberra

Dutch Weekly · Monday 6 December 1999 · page 20

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On Tv six-day war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 December 1999 · page 24

ABC documentary, Secrets of War: Shadows of the Six-Day War. Secret agents gather information for Israel’s daring first strike and craft an ingenious plan to capture a Russian jet…

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Government urged to open war crimes probe

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 December 1999 · page 4

Sydney Jewry's funniest Arab, page 32 Jewish Movie Challenge, page 32 Jewish Arts Festival pictures, page 35 JEWISH community leaders this week called on…

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Extradition of war criminals “best option” for Australia

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 December 1999 · page 4

FORMER war crimes investigator Robert Greenwood QC believes extradition now offers the best chance of bringing to justice Nazi criminals living in Australia…

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Vanstone turning a blind eye on war criminals - Danby

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 December 1999 · page 4

LABOR MP Michael Danby has accused Justice Minister Amanda Vanstone of turning a blind eye to the presence of alleged Nazi war criminals in Australia and to the possibility of…

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JN Opinion the Australian Jn Jewish News War criminals among us

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 December 1999 · page 16

IN a powerful address to the House of Representatives last week, Dr Andrew Theophanous said: “One of the worst things in our history has been the fact that war criminals were able to come to Australia when they had done awful things, and that by the time we…

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Fallen soldiers come home after 26 years

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 December 1999 · page 13

JERUSALEM: The bodies of two Israeli soldiers missing since the 1973 Yom Kippur War have been found in the Sinai Desert in Egypt after lying there for 26 years…

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