To: puborectalis who wrote (799281 ) 8/4/2014 12:17:03 PM From: SARMAN Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578935 Oh look what I found? Australian Jews are disgusted with Israel's action and appealing to all Jews to say "NOT IN MY NAME" us6.campaign-archive2.com An appeal from Australian Jews to the Australian Jewish community Hi all, We are sending this appeal on behalf of Jews Against the Occupation . If you would like to add your signature to the Open Letter please email Vivienne Porzsolt on vporzsolt@gmail.com . Dear fellow-Jews in Australia Jews against the Occupation have drafted an Open Letter (below) to be released to media in a week's time. We are seeking your signatures to have your name publicly attached to this Open Letter. Our aim is to demonstrate that there is a significant group of Jews who reject the official propaganda about the conflict and the rationalisation for inhumanity. We wish to say firmly 'Not in Our Name'. We wish to place pressure on government and opposition to move to a position on Israel/Palestine in accordance with international law and human rights. It is important to demonstrate that Jewish officialdom does not speak in the name of all Jews. We hope you are able to put your name to this Open Letter and will distribute it to other Jews in your networks to sign also. Please email me back as soon as you can, within the next 48 hours, at the latest. Vivienne Porzsolt for Jews against the Occupation AN APPEAL FROM AUSTRALIAN JEWS TO THE AUSTRALIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY As Australians of Jewish identity and background, we are appalled at the current mass killing in Gaza by Israel. We reject the official mythology that Israel is under existential threat and acting in self defence. Since 12 June, the Israeli army has killed more than 1700 people in Gaza. Hospitals, schools, beaches, playgrounds – even UN shelters have been attacked. The whole world has reacted with horror and outrage. In the face of the destruction of so many lives, we cannot remain silent while the official Jewish leadership gives such active support to Israel's attack on Gaza. Their decision to stand with the oppressor rather than the oppressed is a betrayal of our history and values, when authentic moral leadership is more important than ever. Siege, occupation, the slaughter of innocents and collective punishment of an entire people are deeply wrong and unlawful. Yet the Jewish leadership uncritically promulgates the propaganda of the Israeli government that this is self-defence. They are failing to represent and serve the Jewish community. Silence is consent and evil triumphs when good people do nothing. We call on our fellow Jews to break their silence, to take a public stand, not just for an immediate cease-fire, but for an end to the underlying conditions of siege and occupation which are in defiance of elementary morality and decency, to say nothing of international and humanitarian law. All the best, Independent Australian Jewish Voices Peter Slezak Antony Loewenstein Eran Asoulin James Levy