Foreign Ministry fires Noa Tishby as special envoy on antisemitism

Actress and author Noa Tishby announces that she has been fired from her position as Israel’s special envoy for combating antisemitism after she spoke out against the government’s controversial judicial overhaul plans.

“It is not possible for me to know if their decision was driven by my publicly stated concerns about this government’s ‘judicial reform policy,'” Tishby writes. “But given the reality that antisemitism continues its dangerous rise globally, and the threat to Israel’s existence through delegitimization policies has not slowed, it is difficult to come to any other reasonable conclusion.”

Tishby was appointed to the unpaid, newly created position by then-foreign minister Yair Lapid.

“I am disappointed by their decision but remain steadfast in my commitment to fighting antisemitism and the delegitimization of Israel on the global stage,” she adds.

She attaches a copy of a letter from the Foreign Ministry dated today, which says that her official term lasted through 2022, and while at the start of the year they had discussed extending the relationship, “under current circumstances, the ministry does not intend to renew the relationship.”

The letter instructs her to stop using the title “special envoy for combating antisemitism” moving forward.