This is a fascinating story from the 1948 War of Independence as told by Mike Amir (Landshut). To see a written profile of
Joe Woolf (92) who was a Machal volunteer in the 1948 War of Independence and then came back to live in Israel with
Al Schwimmer, who guided the vast operation to build Israel’s air force, with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. (Courtesy of Boaz Dvir) A
Canada’s last surviving Machal fighters mark the 1948 Israel War of Independence A Podcast with grateful courtesy Canadian Jewish News (CJN) and Ellin
Smoky Simon’s talk on the role of Machal in Israel’s War of Independence
by Aron Heller Late on the night of Oct. 24, 1948, on the last night of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and amid
Harold “Smoky” Simon, a founder of the Israel Air Force, joins VOI’s Ari Abramowitz in-studio to give a first-hand account of a defining
(Editor – you can watch the film Waves of Freedom below this article. November 10, 2021) By Yocheved Miriam Russo (Jerusalem Post)16th October,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II9mU5ERYak “Link to Exodus 1947 film” – https://www.exodus1947.com/watch.html Film excerpt on EXODUS Story of the Exodus Link to
The volunteers who answered the call of history.
This video shows registration and arrivalsM.Nachal Reunion 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nBhu_jNxOo This video shows picnic area and interviewsM.Nachal Reunion 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HskCyp_-G_0