Carly Adno
Australia Jewish News, July 25, 2024
“We find ourselves in echo chambers and TikTok will deliberately suppress pro-Israel content, so it’s important to take the fight beyond social media as well.”
In a wide-ranging interview in this week’s AJN, former Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy says fighting the information war against Israel is an immense challenge that will require work, particularly with the younger generation.
Levy will be in Australia in September, when he will headline JNF Australia’s annual events in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
Having studied at Oxford university, Levy says he isn’t surprised by the rampant antisemitism seen on campuses around the Western world. “I remember over a decade ago, when I was at Oxford, a BDS motion came up with the student union and we managed to defeat it by a margin of six to one,” Levy told The AJN.
“By the way, that’s unthinkable nowadays. I spoke with one of the proponents of the motion and I asked her why she was doing this, because it was clear she had no idea what she was talking about. She said, ‘I’m left-wing, it’s just part of what we do.’
“It’s just part of the bundle of causes that if you support LGBT rights and don’t like oil and you’re a vegetarian that you also think Israel should die,” Levy said.
“I think maybe what has surprised me is just how deeply entrenched and how little resistance that ideology has found.”
Articulate and sharp, Levy became a sought-after government spokesperson at the beginning of the war before politics saw him forced to leave the position.
“If it was up to me, I would have stayed.” … [To read the full article, click here]