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RECONCILIATION NEWZ BUZZ NOV 2024 no 1, Nov 2 Newsletter

Ps Norman presenting a 2m boomerang he made and painted to Israel Ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, at the embassy in Canberra on Oct 8. David and Carol Jack and Glen Sebasio accompanied us. It has Am Yisrael Chai on it in English and Hebrew meaning “The people of Israel live!” The story of the painting is HERE.

Left – Norman and Barbara at Never Again is Now rally at Parliament House Canberra Oct 7. Right – Millers lighting candles along with all attendees at the Oct 7 commemoration event at the Israel Embassy Canberra, a very touching event.

Prophetic Word and Vision Re Angels by Ps Norman Miller 26.10.24

Reenactment of famous charge of the Australian Lighthorse of 1917 by descendants and others at the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba (Beer Sheva) on Oct 31 2017. Photo by David Jack. Norman and Barbara were blessed to be there leading a team of 50 – Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, New Zealanders, Pacific Islanders, Chinese spiritual ANZACS, British and Irish. There were Indigenous Australians in the original charge and in the reenactment and there were Jewish Australians in the original charge as well. We toured all the holy sites and all the sites ANZACS fought in world wars 1 and 2. 

While the charge changed the situation from sure defeat to an amazing victory, it would not have been possible without all the Allied forces including the Kiwis who fought all day. 

What is significant is that the defeat of the Turks and Germans that day led to the opening of the way to Jerusalem and the surrender of the Islamic Ottoman Empire which had ruled for 400 years. Along with the Balfour Declaration passing through the British Parliament supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland, this helped pave the way for the modern state of Israel in 1948.

israel and Australia celebrated together in 2017 at Beer Sheva but the current Australian government has turned its back on Israel, turning Australia into a goat nation of Mat 25 and bringing judgement on it. Please continue to pray for Israel and Australia and the nations relationship with Israel.

Lighting of Candles for Sukkot & Shabbat 2024 & Prophetic Act of Water Offering: Jesus Fulfils Feast by Ps Barbara Miller

See here for Sukkot Message with quote from PM Benyamin Netanyahu by Ps Norman Miller 19.10.24

WATCH THIS SPACE

  • Next Indigenous Friends of Israel International zoom seminar on 18 Nov 8pm AEDT.  One speaker confirmed so far – former Colonel Mike Kelly, co-founder of Labor Friends of Israel. Mike Kelly served in Somalia, Timor, Bosnia and Iraq. He then became the federal MP for Eden Monaro in 2007 retiring in 2020. Flyer out soon.
  • Exciting Hanukkah Boomerang being made by Norman for a project to bring Jews and Indigenous people together with an event in Sydney that Indigenous Friends of Israel international is partnering with ECAJ on. They are the peak body for Jewish organisations in Australia. Hannukah and Christmas both fall on the same day this year.
  • Possible Dec 6 event in Melbourne to commemorate Christian Aboriginal William Cooper’s protest against Kristallnacht in 1938 when he led a group of Yorta Yorta people to the German Consulate in Melbourne in protest. 
  • Our public education program and school curriculum programs are progressing well. We are partnering with Jewish organisations with this also. 

VOICE TREATY TRUTH

Right – We just had the one year anniversary of the Voice referendum which divided Australia. Here is the book Barbara wrote about it “Voice Treaty Truth” which is a must read as state governments are running with it instead of the federal government who have been in a policy vacuum since. She presents both sides of the argument and a Christian view. 

Find it and “Shattered LIves Broken Dreams” about William Cooper HERE

Are you Ready for the Second Coming, Armageddon & The Valley of Jehosophat? by Ps Barbara Miller

Are you worried about the evil in the world? Cosmic clash between good and evil. 26.10.24

ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES


Indigenous Friends of Israel International Zoom Seminar 21 10 24 – Speakers Etienne Sakr, Lebanese leader and Norman Miller, Australian Aboriginal leader Etienne Sakr or Abu-Arz is a Christian Lebanese political leader who had to escape to Cyprus. He founded Guardian of the Cedars and has a book written about him called “The Conscience of Lebanon” by Mordechai Nissan, an Israeli professor. He was interviewed by Barbara Miller and the full interview with him is HERE.

PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS 

Our Public Relations Campaign is underway though the Gofundme campaign to support it is very slow to gain momentum. We don’t have any paid staff and have limited funds. Please help spread the word about it, donate yourself no matter how small, and volunteer. We are pleased an experienced curriculum writer is looking at the Queensland schools curriculum for us to see where we can get an inroad and will help us prepare materials. 

Barbara has already written a training manual for adults and upper secondary with activities. We have met with the Executive Council of Australian Jewry which is a peak body for Australian Jews and they have asked to partner with us which is great.

We are continuing with our monthly zoom seminar series and daily social media reaching out worldwide to counter lies re current events and history. 

Adam Kreuzer who is Education Officer for the Australian Jewish Association is writing regular articles for our website and we have been working for a couple of years with Eli Rabinowitz of the WE ARE HERE Foundation in Perth as he is an educator.

The Australian Jewish News wrote an article about our project last week SEE HERE

You can donate HERE as the donate to support button on the banner is not a link.

EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTISEMITISM & DISINFORMATION ABOUT ISRAEL

USING GOFUNDME TO MAKE IT MORE PROFESSIONAL AND SUSTAINED

CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW – COMPASSION AND EDUCATION
In a world where misinformation and prejudice often overshadow truth, it’s crucial to elevate voices that stand for justice, compassion, and education. The Indigenous Friends of Israel International is dedicated to fostering understanding, combating disinformation, and supporting the Jewish community both locally and internationally.

Please see the website to find out more information and see the video below to be inspired. We need your help. CLICK HERE

Education Campaign Against Antisemitism by Indigenous Friends of Israel International 

Please get involved! We need your help!

We would love to connect with you and help you support Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, working against calls for its destruction and the genocide of its people. These calls are advancing at great pace since October 7. Indigenous Friends of Israel formed in July 2017 because of concerns over Australia’s policy towards Israel. Since then we have gone international as antisemitism is international and isan ancient hatred. The forces standing against Israel also oppose Western and/or Judeo-Christian values which have helped us achieve a society with social cohesion and the rule of law.

Please help us take a stand against antisemitism, and for a community where all are valued and safe.  There are many opportunities to use your passion, gifting and skills as avolunteer whether you are a person of faith or not.  United we stand and divided we fall. Please complete the form to volunteer.

Are you good at creating or sharing social media, fundraising, administration, film and video making, government advocacy, newsletters, speaking, representing a geographical area, organising zoom meetings or do you have other giftings or talents that you can use to bless the Lord, the Jewish people, and Israel. It doesn’t matter where you live in the world, you can get involved. Check it out here.

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In The Steps Of The Lighthorse/Anzacs

By Barbara Miller

We timed our visit to Israel so that we would be in Be’er-Sheva for the 93rd anniversary of the famous charge of the Australian Light horse on October 31, 1917 and the ceremonies being held that day. We travelled to most of the other battle sites where the ANZACS fought as well

  • Norman & Barbara Miller at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery after wreaths laid by our group along with a poppy wreath donated by the Cairns RSL
  • Australians at Park of the Australian Soldier, Be’er- Sheva, donated by Pratt Foundation, Australia. We laid wreaths there also.

For those who haven’t heard the story before, I’ll briefly say that the taking of the wells of Be’er-Sheva (Beersheba) was critical for Allied victory in Palestine. The British had fought all day, the NZ Mounted Rifles and an Australian regiment took the high place of Tel es Sabe after heavy fighting. Still, all would have been lost had it not been for a daring charge by the Australian Light horsemen (about 800 of them) charging straight into the Turkish guns.

They were regarded as the crazy Australians to charge over an open area to the Turks who were in trenches in fortified positions. German planes were firing on them. The horses had not had water for days and if the Allied forces did not take the wells of Be’er-Sheva by nightfall, all would be lost. The horses smelled the water and galloped ahead at a furious pace. The men were not cavalry but mounted infantry and the daring charge just before nightfall took the Turks by surprise. They didn’t adjust the sights on their guns quickly enough. Some Australians fought hand to hand in the trenches and others jumped the trenches and rode into the city to stop the Germans blowing up the wells. While the charge brought the breakthrough, the charge could not have happened without the British fighting all day and the New Zealanders taking the high ground, preventing them from being mowed down.

This happened on Oct 31, 1917. On the same day, the British Parliament passed the Balfour Declaration in favour of the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The political will and the military victory went hand in hand. After fighting in other towns, Gen Allenby was able to walk into Jerusalem with his forces and accept the surrender of the Turks, thus ending 400 years of the Ottoman Empire, and nearly 1200 years of almost uninterrupted Islamic rule of Jerusalem. There had always been a Jewish presence in Jerusalem and Palestine however and Jewish forces fought alongside the British to free their land.

This was a precursor to the formation of the modern state of Israel in 1948 and again, ANZACS played a critical role in the defence of Israel, then Palestine.

So, as we prepared to go to Be’er-Sheva for the Oct 31 service, we approached a number of organisations in Australia to let them know we were going and the Cairns RSL donated us 4 red poppy wreaths, one of which we laid at the Park of the Australian Soldier, Be’er-Sheva and one at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery. We laid one at the Commonwealth Cemetery at Mt Scopus in Jerusalem and one at the NZ monument in Ness Ziona. We also laid wreaths of fresh flowers at all three ceremonies in Be’er-Sheva, including the one at the Turkish memorial. We approached the Turkish embassy before leaving Australia for permission to do this. We did it in a spirit of reconciliation.

The New Zealand team brought with them pillows with poppies sewn into them to lay as wreaths at each place noted above because the NZ soldiers didn’t have pillows according to Lila Diprose who made the pillows. They also brought loose poppies to strew.

Norman is wearing a Torres Strait Islander flag at the ceremony as he gave the Aboriginal flag to Richard Evans to wear and he wanted the other Indigenous group in Australia to be represented. Kris Schlyder, an ex-army man with our team laid the wreath at the Park of the Australian Soldier with Liz Wright and Joanna Moss.

We went to three commemoration ceremonies – the Park of the Australian Soldier, the British Cemetery and the Turkish ceremony where we laid wreaths at all three – Australia, New Zealand and Britain together. It was a moving time for all of us and there was time for the team to pray at the cemetery the next day when Norman and I met with the Municipality of Be’er- Sheva.

On Oct 31, we had organised for the Vice Chairman of the Society of the Heritage of World War I, Mr Ezra Pimentel to be our guide and he was very informative. As well as going to the ceremonies, we went to Tel es Saba where the NZ Mounted Rifles and some Australians took the high place, Abraham’s well and Chauvel’s Hill from where he watched the 800 Australian Light horsemen ride into history with their famous charge. We also saw the Warriors Club where a local ex IDF serviceman has built a museum in his backyard with much war memorabilia.

While in Be’er-Sheva, we visited HaMaKom or Bible House where local Messianic congregations have a library, meeting place and coffee shop. Ps Howard and Randi Bass are very involved there and Randi had prepared a wonderful display re the Australian Light horse and NZ Mounted Rifles. It is becoming an ANZAC Museum and deserves support from Australians and New Zealanders. They also gave us refreshments.

Norman and I and our team hosted Howard and Randi Bass from Be’er-Sheva in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra) and, with Sue Rowe, in New Zealand (Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga) in July 2010 in preparation for our ANZAC tour of Israel.

We followed the steps of the Australian Light horsemen and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles as they fought in Gaza, Be’er-Sheva, Ashkelon, Armageddon, Semakh, Ayun Kara near Rishon Le Zion, Yafo near Tel Aviv, Jericho, Hebron and Jerusalem.

We arrived in the dark at Semakh which was amazing as the battle was fought in the dark although early morning and we were there in the evening. It is near the Sea of Galilee and was captured 25 Sept 1918 by the 11th and 12th Australian Light horse who charged a heavily fortified Turkish railway station. Indigenous light horsemen were involved too. The charge was not as big as the charge at Beersheba but just as dangerous and daring. They were mostly Queenslanders and some from South Australia. This ended Turkish and German opposition around the Sea of Galilee. Recently, a statue has been erected to the Australian Indigenous Light horseman and his horse, a worthy commemoration.

We went to Mt Carmel and Megiddo, the Allied forces capturing it on 19 Sept 1918, with Australian General Chauvel calling it the Battle of Armageddon. British General Allenby was made Vicount of Megiddo or Lord of Armageddon.

On Friday, Nov 5, we visited Rishon Le Zion which is built on top of Ayun Kara where, outnumbered 8 to 1, the NZ Mounted Rifles won a hard-fought victory. We visited the graves of the 50 Kiwis who died in that battle buried at Ramleh. We laid wreaths at the statue to the NZ Mounted Rifles at Ben Gurion School in Ness Ziona. This statue was only built in 2010 with the opening on March 1.

This account is only a quick summary of one aspect, though an important one of our tour i.e. our journey in the steps of the ANZACS and Light horse.

  • Joanna Moss, NZ, Liz Wright, Britain & Barbara Miller, Australia after laying a wreath together at the Turkish memorial
  • HaMaKom or Bible House ANZAC Display made by Randi Bass, Be’er-Sheva for Oct 31
  • 175 Aussies & 31 Kiwis buried at Be’er-Sheva
  • Ceremony at 93rd anniversary Be’er-Sheva
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