As the founders of Indigenous Friends of Israel in 2015, Munganbana Norman and Barbara Miller were concerned about the BDS boycott of the Sydney Festival by Palestinian activists backed by Hamas, a terrorist organization. The reason cited is a $20,000 grant from the...
The 2018 Battle of Semakh (Tzemach) was commemorated in Israel on 25 September 2021 with Australia’s ambassador Paul Griffith, many Israeli dignitaries and others attending the event. The song, I Am Australian was one of the stirring sounds to touch people’s...
The road to launching the Indigenous Coalition for Israel has been long, with many pivotal moments along the way. My husband Perry and I have been involved with Israel related things for many years now. It began in the 1990s with a period of intense theological study...
Modified From Excerpt of Shattered Lives Broken Dreams: William Cooper and Australian Aborigines Protest Holocaust Book by Barbara Miller Abraham’s Well Uncle Boydie or Alf Turner is an Indigenous friend of Israel, as was his grandfather William Cooper. Also, many of...
In October 2017, Norman Miller, co-founder of Indigenous Friends of Israel and the Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace, and I led a Sons of Abraham ANZAC tour to Israel. It was a team of 50 people from Australia including First Nations and Chinese, and...
In October 2017, Norman Miller, co-founder of Indigenous Friends of Israel and the Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace, and I led a Sons of Abraham ANZAC tour to Israel with a number of focuses. Only one of these is discussed here – the centenary of the...