Brendan O’Neill: How big is the disconnect between the pro-Palestine media and the reality of Israel’s war with Hamas?
Eylon Levy: Talking to the Western media is definitely an enormous challenge. It’s obvious to everyone in Israel that we are fighting a just war and a defensive war. I can go blue in the face saying that this is not a war that we started. It’s not a war we wanted. It’s not even a war we expected. It’s a war that was declared on us. And that’s why we have to win.
The problem is that we are coming up against a very large, anti-Israel machine. Not just Hamas, but also the UN agencies like UNRWA (the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) that have been complicit with Hamas and that have adopted the pro-Palestine narrative. The whole so-called human-rights industry has decided to throw its lot in with Hamas and the Palestinian cause and is trying to force Israel to stop this war. But how can we stop when there are still hostages in Gaza and Hamas is still in power?
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