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Australia's First Aboriginal & Northern Territorian to Win an Olympic Gold Medal.
Nova Peris became the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal as part of the Hockeyroos in Atlanta 1996 and the first Australian mother to win gold since 1956.
Peris uniquely represented Australia in two sportsโhockey and athleticsโat separate Olympics. She is the only person globally to reach back-to-back Summer Olympic finals in two sports and to win both Olympic and Commonwealth gold medals in different sports.
Australia's First Aboriginal Woman elected to Federal Parliament.
Since the mid-1990s, Nova Peris has been a strong advocate for Aboriginal people, visiting hundreds of communities to understand their challenges. Using her platform in Federal Parliament, she amplified the voices of those often unheard and made a profound, positive impact on young Aboriginal lives through both her words and actions.
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Met my beautiful Torres Strait Islander ๐๐๐ค๐ค sister, Loretta, in Jerusalem ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐พ
We were both delegates of the Indigenous Embassy in Jerusalem. We stood together as Indigenous women to show our support for another Indigenous people, the Jewish people, who are Indigenous to the Land of Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ
It was my third time in Israel and Lorettaโs first. We both spoke about our deep connections to land, spirit, and truth and about the importance of standing for what is right, even when others do not yet understand.
Loretta is still there for a while, and I pray that Hashem continues to keep her safe in her travels. May her journey through Israel open hearts and minds, and may the truth she witnesses return with her back home here to Australia ๐ฆ๐บ and the Torres Strait Islands.
God bless you, my sister โฃ๏ธlove you always. ๐๐พBig Esso โก๏ธ
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๐ฎ๐ฑโ๏ธ My Last Morning in Israel โ๏ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ ~ after 2 weeks!
My final day in Israel ended with breakfast with my beautiful friend โก๏ธ Rachel, from HaGal Sheli @hagalsheli (My Wave) an extraordinary young woman I deeply admire ๐ and met in March 2024 in Israel!
Rachel works as a teacher and mentor, guiding young victims of terrorism since October 7 through healing & empowerment. Her courage, compassion, & light are truly inspiring ๐โจ
HaGal Sheli was founded with a powerful purpose: to give people from all walks of life at-risk youth, trauma survivors, and individuals with disabilities a chance to rebuild confidence and resilience through the sea and the sport of surfing. ๐โโ๏ธ๐ซ
Surfing teaches life itself balance, perseverance, trust, and surrender.
As Rachel says, โThe sea provides calmness and perspective on life. We have no control over what we receive each day storm, calm, wavesโฆ I couldnโt think of a better tool to teach youth about life.โ ๐
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Thank you, my dear friend, for the gift, your kindness, & our friendship. Big love always. โค๏ธ
Until we meet again soon ๐๏ธโฎ๏ธโ๐พ๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Am Yisrael Chai ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐
#HaGalSheli #AmYisraelChai #Israel #Friendship #HealingThroughSurfing #Resilience #LoveAndLight #peace #dreamwalker #WavesOfHope #FromTheHeart
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ Truth Must Be Told ๐๐ฆ๐บ
๐ Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem
๐๏ธ Indigenous Embassy Conference
Antisemitism isnโt just hatred toward Jewish people, itโs being weaponised globally as a political and ideological tool to divide, destabilise, and weaken the moral fabric of Western democracies โ๏ธ๐
When societies start to normalise hate or turn a blind eye to it, truth erodes, trust collapses, and civilisation itself begins to fray ๐ฏ๏ธโ ๏ธ
Today I spoke about the strength and resilience of Aboriginal people, our sacred connectedness to land, and how this mirrors the Indigenous people of Israel the Jewish people. ๐๐ฅโก๏ธ
The indigeneity of the Jewish people has been proven archaeologically, spiritually, and scripturally, through the Torah ๐, through history ๐ชถ, and through the land itself ๐
For more than 4,000 years, their continuous presence in Israel has been recorded and preserved in stone, scripture, and spirit. ๐ชจ๐โจ
And letโs not forget even the Qurโan ๐, written around 1,500 years after the time of Jesus โ๏ธ, makes specific reference to Banฤซ Isrฤโฤซl, the Children of Israel, over 40 times, but never once mentions the word โPalestine.โ ๐ง๐คจ๐ญ๐คท๐พโโ๏ธ๐คฆ๐พโโ๏ธ
The acknowledgement of the Jewish people in the Qurโan itself reinforces what history and archaeology already tell us: that the Jewish people are Indigenous to the Land of Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐
Letโs be honest this isnโt just about Jew-hatred. Itโs about the demise of the Western world ๐ and our way of life. โ๏ธ๐๏ธ
People need to wake up. ๐คฏ๐จ
In the coming days, Iโll share my full speech ๐ค which received a standing ovation ๐๐พ๐ from Indigenous leaders from across the world who came together in solidarity with Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ, her people, and their right to defend themselves. ๐ช๐พ๐๏ธ
#TruthRecognisesTruth #StandWithIsrael #IndigenousEmbassyJerusalem #NoToAntisemitism #Australia #Israel #UnityOverHate
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