GREENS EXTREMISTS TO LOSE ISRAEL BOYCOTT

After new NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell warned Marrickville Council and its Greens Mayor, Fiona Byrne, that it should dump its boycott and sanctions against Israel, or be dumped itself, at least one Greens councillor has had a sudden change of heart.  If Labor continues with its last-minute backflip and votes down the review of the already passed motion, then this is hopefully the end of what Kevin Rudd has now dubbed "nutty" policy from one of Sydney's local councils, but which was supported by Rudd's Marrickville Labor colleagues unanimously when the motion was first carried.

Young Australia's Foundation has no hesitation in denouncing the BDS policy and actions of the NSW Greens, a policy which was once also supported by Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown in the Senate (when he formally registered the Greens' opposition to a Coalition motion for the denouncement of the Israel BDS worldwide).  YAF also denounces the views of incoming senator Lee Rhiannon in relation to the Israel BDS.  Ms Rhiannon enters the Senate on 1 July 2011.  She has refused to back down from her support of the Israel BDS movement when asked on Sky News just this week.

YAF members attended the bipartisan rally on the steps of Victorian Parliament at the beginning of 2009 in support of Israel, a rally which was addressed by both Labor and Liberal members of parliament in a show of solidarity with our ally.  YAF welcomes the decision of Federal Labor to rejoin the Coalition in denouncing this meddling by city councils in the area of Australian foreign policy, and more specifically, the denouncement of this specific BDS policy altogether.