WORLD MACHAL - Volunteers from overseas in the Israel Defense Forces

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Star of David rifle photo caption – original taken in 1948. Latest taken in 2012.

Standing: Left to Right – Luther Brand (South Africa), Unidentified (UK), Joe
Woolf (South Africa), Sam Fagen (Canada), Far Right – Jack Franses (UK)
Small fellow in the middle – unidentified UK
Kneeling: far left – Romanian Gachal Platoon Cook
Left to right: Harry Frankel (UK), Ruben Saul (India), Half face – Sollo-de-
Haas (Holland)
Four sitting and kneeling on ground – Left to Right:
“Ziggy” Stein (South Africa), Stanley Medicks (Kenya), , Aharoni Landman
(Sabra Platoon Officer), Fritz Bornstein (UK)

Magen David Rifle Photo Re-enacted – see letter below from Smoky Simon

Back row left to right: Joe Leibovitz, Maurice Ostroff, Shmuel Amid, Moshe Amiram

Centre row left to right:  Monty Bixen, David “Migal” Teperson, Stanley Sober, Avi Grant, Hymie Josman

Front row left to right:   Smoky Simon, Stanley Medicks, Hymie Goldblatt