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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Suspended government spokesman Levy to be officially booted — report
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Israeli spokesman Eylon Levy, who rose to fame over the course of the war for his interviews with often combative international media outlets and for his social media presence, will be removed from his position, according to Channel 12 news.
Levy had been suspended since he responded on X directly to British Foreign Minister David Cameron earlier this month, causing the British Embassy to ask the Prime Minister’s Office whether Levy’s response was an expression of official Israeli policy.
The National Public Diplomacy Directorate tells The Times of Israel only that Levy is suspended.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara has been reportedly seeking to remove Levy for having previously participated in Tel Aviv protests against the proposed judicial reform.
Netanyahu recently bemoaned the fact that Israel had a dearth of spokespeople who could “string two words together” in English.
Levy, who had previously worked as a journalist as well as an adviser to President Isaac Herzog, declined to comment when asked by The Times of Israel about the report.
