RUTHFULLY YOURS

Mazal Tov to Australians For A Secure Israel (AFASI), which has just been launched in Sydney.  I’m delighted to see that, in addition to a certain lady for whom my admiration is boundless, one of my favourite international affairs analysts, David Singer, is on the steering committee of this laudable new initiative.To quote J-Wire (where further details and photographs of the inaugural occasion can be found):

‘In his opening speech, AFASI’s president Danny Ginges said:

“Our group was formed out of concern about the growing attempts to delegitimise the State of Israel. Not just by the extremist fringes, but by elements of the political party that currently holds the balance of power in this country. Not just by radical followers of Islam and the church, but by members of our own faith….

 

Our common cause: the right to exist as a free people in our own land.

We are a capable and resourceful people.

We have shown time and again that when we stand together, we can face any adversity.

But not when our backs are exposed. Not when there are holes in our wall. And there are holes. Gaping holes.

The Jews who support the Global BDS.

Who stand outside Max Brenner and accuse Israel of apartheid and genocide. Who call for a renewed intifada.

The Israeli NGO’s who provided 92 per cent of the material used in the damaging and grossly untrue Goldstone Report. Who organize litigation in Holland, England, The US, Spain and New Zealand against IDF officers for war crimes, and are funded by the same Arab organizations that support Hamas, and the families of Palestinian suicide bombers.

Our enemies are using disinformation to divide us and destroy us. We need to fight back with knowledge an understanding.

If we don’t know the truth, we can’t fight the lies.”‘