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10/11/2009 9:34:00 PMA7 Radio's "Walter's World" with Walter Bingham
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and .An observation on the start of the new school year in Israel - and the state of our teachers. And: A look at collective punishment as it was dealt out during the British Mandate. Does a defensive military action to halt and repel an armed attack have to be commensurate with the attack? Also: Klezmer, lead by a flute, as it might have sounded 200 or 300 years ago. And: Would one get the Nobel Prize for Literature for the outline of a book, or in Physics for a vague idea about the Universe? Surely not, but the Peace Prize is awarded for a declaration of intent, regardless of its prospect for success. That Committee has lost its sense of purpose and with it its credibility.
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Walter Bingham was born in, Germany. Just days before the outbreak of WWII, with the help of a Zionist youth movement he was selected for a place on the ‘Kindertransport’ to Great Britain. Walter saw front line action during the Normandy invasion of Europe and was awarded the Military Medal for ‘Bravery in the Field’. In England Walter also acted in films including several Harry Potter films. On the day of his Aliyah in August 2004 he transferred his programme ‘Walter’s World’ to Israel National Radio as a weekly Magazine programme and it has been running here regularly ever since. Walter is an accomplished public speaker and was a member of a visiting panel of lecturers at schools throughout the UK, where he spoke on events in the Third Reich. He has also spoken at schools in the USA and addressed audiences in Israel.
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