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}}}>Begin Australian Jews free to play at war in Israel By Craig Skehan, Defence Correspondent July 4 2002 The Federal Government and law enforcement authorities are refusing to stop the recruitment of young Jewish Australians from undergoing military training in Israel. Australia's Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act states that it is an offence to "recruit another person to serve in any capacity in or with an armed force in a foreign state" or to publish an advertisement for the purpose of any such recruiting. An advertisement in the Australian Jewish News offered a "five-day army experience" in Israel. "It is both an exciting and challenging program and involves basic training, shooting M-16 rifles and various other physical and intellectual activities," it said. The newspaper has in recent years carried a number of stories about young Australians on tours to Israel, one with a photograph of a group in army uniforms with camouflage paint on their faces. A journalist with the paper, Bernie Freedman, said last night that such tours were aimed at people who "want to play soldiers - they are not recruiting for the army". An article in the Australian Jewish News on May 31 referred to 20 Australians from Sydney and Melbourne going to Israel as volunteers to fill a labour shortage arising from the current large call-up of reservists. One of the Australian volunteers, Zvika Ledder, said his son had already travelled to Israel for military training. The head of the Palestinian delegation to Australia, Ali Kazak, said he had received a letter from the director of National Investigations for the Australian Federal Police, Tim Morris, which said "there is no evidence to suggest that recruitment of Australian nationals, to serve in or with an armed force in a foreign state, has occurred in Australia". The man who headed that investigation, federal agent Bob Wynn, said last night that the time being spent with the Israeli army was more along "youth camp lines" than any attempt to recruit young people from overseas "to actually fight". A senior diplomat at the Israeli Embassy in Canberra, Michael Ronen, said the attack on the visits was "sheer propaganda". "There is a big difference in learning to fire an M-16 in a friendly democratic country to doing so with a terrorist organisation which kills innocent civilians," he said. This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/03/ 1025667008114.html End<{{{ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forwarded as information only; no automatic endorsement + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of Teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sutta + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
