I am a director of NIF Australia and can assure Mr Waldmann that NIF worldwide has the very best interests of Israel at the heart of our work. NIF funds only organisations that are registered NFPs with the Israeli government. Our consultations were with our database but also with like-minded members of the wider Jewish community. Everyone involved with NIF is a proud Zionist. Mr Waldmann should better inform himself of our work before he criticises. We invite him and anyone who is interested in Israel’s wellbeing to attend our events and ask difficult questions. This is the basis of traditional Jewish discourse and debate and we welcome it.

In regards to the objections raised by NIF to several matters concerning the status of Israel as a Jewish State and all related issues as presented by NIF, it comes as NO surprise that NIF, once again and persistently, is far more concerned with the “causes” of non Jewish matters and non- Jews specifically than what one may suspect that “I” in the NIF would stand for. Going by the principles and cases defended by NIF, the “I” in NIF cannot possibly stand for Israel as NIF has NOTHING to do with maters Jewish in a positive protective way.
That NIF is a clear extension of all concerns espoused by political entities inimical to Israel, is a fact well documented.
Addressing the minute issues raised by NIF here is as redundant as it is sufficiently clear that NIF may NOT be included in a frank, genuine debate concerning Israel’s well-being.