Alberta NDP MLA Lizette Tejada (Calgary-Klein) made a number of disparaging tweets about Israel on a defunct Twitter account. .Rebel News reported Wednesday Tejada made the tweets before she was elected as an MLA in May on a personal Twitter account, which she has since made private. .Tejada said in 2014 she remembers when sanctions were imposed on South Africa. .“We need more than strongly worded admonitions now,” she said. . Lizette Tejada tweet 1Lizette Tejada said she remembers when sanctions were enacted on South Africa. .Another tweet sent by her in 2014 saw her complain about Israel mistreating Palestinians. .“Maybe another sign that the world has grown tired of a genocidal apartheid state in 2014,” she said. . Lizette Tejada tweet 2Lizette Tejada said the world might have "grown tired of a genocidal apartheid state in 2014." .After she went on this tirade, she followed up one week later by saying her heart is ready to let go. .“I want to scream,” she said. .“#GazaUnderAttack #watchIsrael commit genocide, unhindered!” . Lizette Tejada tweet 3Lizette Tejada said her heart cannot hold in her emotions. .She chirped former prime minister Stephen Harper in 2014 by saying he “unequivocally supports an apartheid state.” .“Our government is an international embarrassment on many levels,” she said. . Lizette Tejada tweet 4Lizette Tejada said former prime minister Stephen Harper "unequivocally supports an apartheid state." .When Tejada wrote a blog post about Israel in 2009, she called Israelis “barbarians.” .“This is not about self-defence,” she said. .“This is about killing the past, present and the future.”.Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley condemned Hamas’ attacks on Israel. .“Our hearts are with the victims, their families and all those impacted by this violence,” said Notley. .“The lives of Israeli and Palestinian civilians must be protected and violence must be swiftly de-escalated.”.Ontario NDP MPP Sarah Jama (Hamilton Centre) said on Tuesday Israel’s treatment of Palestine amounts to apartheid. .READ MORE: UPDATED: Ontario NDP MPP says Israel committing apartheid against Palestinians.“We are seeing this definition of apartheid in real time through the continued violation of human rights in Gaza through the use of white phosphorus chemicals; the withholding of access to food, fuel, electricity and water; and the destruction of the only exit from Gaza that isn’t controlled by the State of Israel — the Rafah border,” said Jama. .Especially with this context in mind, she said the news coming out of Israel and Palestine is problematic. For 75 years, she said violence and retaliation rooted in settler colonialism “have taken the lives of far too many innocent people.” .Tejada could not be reached for comment in time for publication.
Alberta NDP MLA Lizette Tejada (Calgary-Klein) made a number of disparaging tweets about Israel on a defunct Twitter account. .Rebel News reported Wednesday Tejada made the tweets before she was elected as an MLA in May on a personal Twitter account, which she has since made private. .Tejada said in 2014 she remembers when sanctions were imposed on South Africa. .“We need more than strongly worded admonitions now,” she said. . Lizette Tejada tweet 1Lizette Tejada said she remembers when sanctions were enacted on South Africa. .Another tweet sent by her in 2014 saw her complain about Israel mistreating Palestinians. .“Maybe another sign that the world has grown tired of a genocidal apartheid state in 2014,” she said. . Lizette Tejada tweet 2Lizette Tejada said the world might have "grown tired of a genocidal apartheid state in 2014." .After she went on this tirade, she followed up one week later by saying her heart is ready to let go. .“I want to scream,” she said. .“#GazaUnderAttack #watchIsrael commit genocide, unhindered!” . Lizette Tejada tweet 3Lizette Tejada said her heart cannot hold in her emotions. .She chirped former prime minister Stephen Harper in 2014 by saying he “unequivocally supports an apartheid state.” .“Our government is an international embarrassment on many levels,” she said. . Lizette Tejada tweet 4Lizette Tejada said former prime minister Stephen Harper "unequivocally supports an apartheid state." .When Tejada wrote a blog post about Israel in 2009, she called Israelis “barbarians.” .“This is not about self-defence,” she said. .“This is about killing the past, present and the future.”.Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley condemned Hamas’ attacks on Israel. .“Our hearts are with the victims, their families and all those impacted by this violence,” said Notley. .“The lives of Israeli and Palestinian civilians must be protected and violence must be swiftly de-escalated.”.Ontario NDP MPP Sarah Jama (Hamilton Centre) said on Tuesday Israel’s treatment of Palestine amounts to apartheid. .READ MORE: UPDATED: Ontario NDP MPP says Israel committing apartheid against Palestinians.“We are seeing this definition of apartheid in real time through the continued violation of human rights in Gaza through the use of white phosphorus chemicals; the withholding of access to food, fuel, electricity and water; and the destruction of the only exit from Gaza that isn’t controlled by the State of Israel — the Rafah border,” said Jama. .Especially with this context in mind, she said the news coming out of Israel and Palestine is problematic. For 75 years, she said violence and retaliation rooted in settler colonialism “have taken the lives of far too many innocent people.” .Tejada could not be reached for comment in time for publication.
