From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
‘Hamas isn’t even in Gaza’: Noa Tishby interviews anti-Israel protesters
Israel actress, model and director Noa Tishby, who is also a staunch advocate for Israel and previously served as a volunteer antisemitism envoy, aired footage from an anti-Israel protest at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday where she interviews protesters who appear to be clueless about the war against terror group Hamas.
Tishby goes around asking protesters at the event in Park City, Utah questions such as which river the infamous “river to the sea” chant calling for the destruction of Israel at such protests is referring to.
“For the river to the sea, Palestinians need to be free from the occupation,” one protester tells Tishby. “What river?” she asks. “I forgot the river’s name but the sea is the Red Sea,” says the protester.
That same protester says he thinks “Israel should be dissolved.”
Making lemonade ???? from watermelons ???? pic.twitter.com/lM0CvA52q6
— (((noa tishby))) (@noatishby) January 22, 2024
Another protester holding a colorful poster with a watermelon drawing says she thinks “it’s the Black Sea and the river on the other side of Gaza.”
The protester says she was holding a poster with content she didn’t quite understand, as it was handed to her, and was protesting “against the occupation of Palestine.”
Asked about the mass documentation and accounts of rape, mutilation and sexual violence committed by Palestinian terrorists during the October 7 massacre, the protester says she “heard things… and also they are not confirmed.”
A third protester tells her that the “Palestinian genocide is just awful,” and when Tishby asks about the Israeli hostages, she responds, “Unfortunately, I’m not that educated about that part.”
Another protester tells Tishby, “It’s a genocide, it’s not about Hamas… Hamas isn’t even there… in Gaza.”
“Are there hostages in Gaza right now?” Tishby asks her. “Oh, I don’t know,” comes the reply.
Tishby concludes with a piece-to-camera, saying: “So this is it, a demonstration at the Sundance Film Festival calling for the genocide of Jews. As you can see, some of the people don’t even know what it is they are talking about.”
Tishby was booted in April as a volunteer antisemitism envoy after criticizing the Netanyahu government’s judicial overhaul.
