Levy: “For years, Israeli propaganda was based on a single manipulation, mainly to label criticism of Israel as antisemitism.”
By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy blamed Israel for causing antisemitism on a podcast whose host has expressed sympathy for Hamas and has visited the Houthis in Yemen.
Levy, long known for his vocal criticism of the Israeli government, told Jackson Hinkle, “For years, Israeli propaganda was based on a single manipulation, mainly to label criticism of Israel as antisemitism.”
Hinkle, who calls himself a “conservative Marxist-Leninist,” visited Yemen last month, where he addressed the Houthis and often describes terrorist leaders, such as the late Yahya Sinwar, as heroes.
On Hinkle’s podcast “Legitimate Targets,” Levy began by attacking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and blamed him for the collapse of the hostage release deal, which he alleged was due to the premier’s “political considerations.”
He added that the fact the October 7th massacre is said to have killed “the peace camp” is proof that it never existed, and claims that it should have instead strengthened the peace movement.
When Hinkle expressed skepticism about accounts and evidence of sexual assault on October 7th, Levy said he believed the crimes did occur but added that “it doesn’t really matter.”
“It doesn’t really matter, I was in the Kibbutzim on the 9th of October, and I saw horrible things which I’ve never seen in all my career,” Levy said.
Levy added, “They claim there were rapes and I can only believe because there’s no room for doubts since there is no doubt that horrible things happened there. Were there some rapes? I guess there were here and there.”
However, Levy added he would be “more than happy to see proof that they didn’t.”
Hinkle characterized Levy’s criticisms of the Israeli government and the IDF as “brave” and, during the interview, referred to Zionists as “hardcore genocidal people.
Levy concurred with Hinkel’s claim that Israel dismisses all criticism as antisemitism and added,” It seems that Israel doesn’t care about fueling it (antisemitism).’
Alleging that claims about antisemitism are merely strategic, Levy said, “This was working excellently, it paralyzed Europe, because nobody wants to be labeled as an antisemite. Even in the US, it has an effect, and people are very cautious when criticizing Israel or when giving a platform to someone who wants to criticize Israel.”
He explained, “Now, we are reaching a point where things have become much worse…When you see what’s going on, what can you say? That it is self-defense? That it has to do with terror?”
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