War on Howard - and vice versa
In 1999 News Ltd effectively declared war on the federal government and the PM because of its plans for digital television…
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The wars & local soldiers, 2000
63 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4
Medal for war crimes probes
FORMER director of Australiaâs war crimes Special Investigations Unit Graham Blewitt has been appointed a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War re-enacted
JERUSALEM: The 1973 Yom Kippur War is being re-enacted on the Golan Heights as camera crews capture the fighting on film. Kippur, directed by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →More War Criminals?
IF there are war criminals from former Yugoslavia trying to enter Australia now — just as Konrad Kalejs and other suspected Nazi war criminals did 50 years ago — there is every…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Feature Courage under fire Today’s Israeli soldiers are unique in the history of the Israel Defence Force — they are the first generation to have grown up without experiencing a major war. Has this factor, combined with fear of being killed in Lebanon, harmed the IDF’s legendary fighting edge? Arieh O’Sullivan reports
ISRAEL’S soldiers are shedding their stoicism and making unabashed confessions. Those who are sent to serve in Lebanon…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bee-sting death sparks video bidding war
SYDNEY, Thursday Video footage of a tragic death by immense number of bee stings has been the subject of an intense bidding war in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Israel to withdraw: Army warns of war
JERUSALEM: The Israel Defence Force has warned of increased cross-border violence if Israel pulls its troops out of Lebanon without an agreement with Syria…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldier won’t serve
JERUSALEM: Israeli military officials jailed a soldier for four weeks for refusing to serve in Southern Lebanon. Tank technician Yigal…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In de war
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exploding the myth of war criminals Canberra File
NAZI-hunter Eli Rosenbaum has finally exploded the myth by which opponents of war crimes trials in Australia have been able for years to cast doubt on evidence available from behind what we used to call the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Latvia probing “highest-ranking alleged war criminal in Australia”
LATVIAN prosecutors have launched a war crimes investigation which could lead to the extradition and trial in Riga of Karlis Ozols, once described as “the highest-ranking…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The unhealed wounds of war Once it was called shell shock and derided. Now Israel is recognising the damage that can come after combat, reports Nechemia Meyers
A NEW Israeli documentary on combat stress disorder — once known as shell-shock — may not win an Oscar as its producers…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Call to arms Title: America’s Real War Publisher: Multnomah, $36.95
THIS book is a call to arms, addressed in particular to American Jews, but also to all people who “share the same moral vision” of a society based on Judeo-Christian…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →La somme, haut lieu des exploits Anzac durant la Grande Guerre
Le Premier ministre John Howard, en se rendant en France à l'époque où est commémoré l'Anzac Day ne pouvait éviter d'effectuer un détour par les champs de bateille de la Somme, où les troupes australie s'étaient illustrées durant la Première Guerre mondiale…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy (1868)
I won't even attempt to tell you what War and Peace is…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Timor hero salutes Jewsih soldiers
THE Jewish contribution to defending Australian interests is being recognised by East Timor hero Major-General Peter Cosgrove for this year’s Anzac Day…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →War against deniers goes on ANALYSIS
THERE were heartfelt sighs of deep relief in the offices of Jewish organisations worldwide when word was received that David Irving had lost his libel suit against…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →soldiers saluted
JEWISH ex-servicemen and women commemorate Anzac Day: march from cnr Liverpool and Elizabeth Sts, 2.30pm; wreath laying, Great Synagogue, 2.30pm; commemorative…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →How I liberated myself Alexander Ferson survived a death march in the final weeks of World War II. This is his story
AS we commemorate the Shoah, in the realisation that the numbers of survivors is dwindling, and also in view of the trend among nations to forgive and forget”, it is necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Feature Fighting for the other side Contrary to accepted wisdom, many Palestinian Jews joined the Turkish-German struggle against the Allies in World War I. And one of them, Mina Weizmann — the youngest sister of the man who became Israel’s first President — allegedly spied for Germany. Abraham Rabinovich reports
HISTORY tells us that the Jews of Palestine in World War I were oppressed by their Turkish overlords and did their best to bring about a British…
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