Alex Dafner: 100 anniversary Battle of Beersheva... Yiddish Report 29.10.2017

Alex Dafner with his unique Yiddish reports covers this week: Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull, Opp leader Bill Shorten, Senior politicians and military and community leaders will be joined by their Israeli equals including PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Beersheba on the 31st October for the 100 anniversary of the landmark WWI battle that saw the 4th and 10th ANZACs light horse regiments defeat the Turks at Beersheba and to capture the water sources there and that some say paved the way for the establishment of the Jewish State. - The first ever Torah to be inaugurated in Australian Parliament had its final letter inscribed on the final phrase Yisroel - the Jewish Peolple by Rabbi Shmueli Feldman and Rabbi Eli Gutnick, in a historic event in the presence of Jewish Federal Parliamentarians Josh Frydenberg, Mark Dreyfus, Michael Danby, Julian Leeser and Mike Freelander - The Polish Govt published draft legislation on the return of confiscated property requiring claimants to be citizens living in Poland, therefore excluding most Holocaust survivors and their families from potentially making any restitution claims.

Australian soldiers in Beersheva 2017 Source: Getty images