Side bar: Quick Quotes by Noa Tishby

by Mark Cooper

(AJNews) – Along with her message of hope, Jewish life and resilience, activist Noa Tishby touched on a number of issues during her appearance as guest speaker at the Calgary B’nai Brith Lodge event on December 7. Her remarks appear below.

On what’s fundamental to her stance on the conflict:

“I’m pro-Israeli and I’m pro-Palestinian and these two things are not mutually exclusive. The only thing that I’m against is the Jihadi terrorist organization that wants to enact Sharia Law all over Israel, the Middle East, the world at large and Canada too. That’s what I’m against.”

On the Government of Canada’s recognition of a Palestinian State and the decision of some municipalities to raise the Palestinian flag:

“Magical thinking is something that should be kept for children. It’s lovely, it’s great but I don’t think it necessarily works when it comes to geopolitics or to the state of the world right now… There’s a lot of work that needs to be done even to have that conversation.

“There’s no doubt in all of our minds that this whole rigamarole of acknowledging a miraculous Palestinian State is nothing but virtue signaling for your extreme voters in order to pacify them and calm them down. I don’t even know that the elected officials themselves think that’s useful but they say it anyways and as a result, what happens is that it’s open season on the Jews again and nothing moves within the Middle East.”

On the current state of progressivism in America:

“Progressivism the way it is presented in America right now is absolutely ridiculous. It’s not progressive, it’s not liberal and it’s not tolerant and I want nothing to do with that.

“It became intolerant. You can’t have different opinions, you can’t have conversations. It’s horrible.”

Her views on the current state of the peace plan

“I think it’s one the most dangerous and severe moments that we have right now because within Gaza and inside the yellow zone (a buffer zone to which Israel is staying outside of for the time being) Hamas is re-arming, re-establishing its hold on Gaza and murdering Palestinians who are resisting it.

“It’s getting money again from Iran through Turkey with money exchange and digital money.

“One of the things we have to make sure is that there will be no rebuilding of Gaza without Hamas being removed from power. It cannot happen. And right now they are doing everything they can to reestablish their hold on Gaza.”

On the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York

“What was unthinkable to say or to think before now gets you elected as the Mayor of New York City. What he already did is inserted into the conversation the notion that he doesn’t think that a Jewish state needs to exist, should exist or has the right to exist.

“Literally New York City chose an anti-Zionist mayor and this again is part of the long game that has been played. All of this is to say ‘the narrative is not changing anytime soon. We need to be able to weather this storm, understand it’s a very big game that is being played against the West.”

Mark Cooper is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter.