This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Eylon Aslan-Levy, also known as Eylon Levy,[1] is a British-Israeli figure who served as official Israeli government spokesman, from the start of 2023 Israel–Hamas war to March 2024, when he was suspended as spokesman after complaints from the UK government following his public criticism of their stance towards Israel and the war against Hamas.

[2][3] He continues his public advocacy work, with a podcast partly-sponsored by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism.

Levy was born in London, United Kingdom to Israeli emigrant parents who worked in real estate, and is of Iraqi-Jewish ancestry.

[10][11][12] In his final year at Oxford, he also co-wrote A Theory of Justice: The Musical, a satirical musical comedy adapting John Rawls's A Theory of Justice; premiering in 2013, it was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe later that year and at a London West End production in 2018, and was nominated for numerous awards.

[13] He received his master's degree in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, where he wrote his thesis on the issue of Jewish refugees from the Arab world in Israeli foreign policy.

[15][16][17] He moved to Israel in 2014 at the age of 23 to enlist in the Israeli military during the 2014 Gaza War, and served in the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit.

[25] Mark Regev had encountered Levy in the public diplomacy directorate, recognizing his potential and setting him work tasks.

[25] During the early stages of the conflict, Eylon Levy encountered a diplomatic setback characterized by a press conference response to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

"[6]In November 2023, host Lewis Goodall of radio show LBC questioned Levy about his tweet[28] labelling protestors at pro-Palestinian protests in London, where pro-Hamas signs have been present,[29] as "rape apologists".

Levy replied that he challenged anyone offended by the term to hold up a sign at a pro-Palestine march with the sentence "I condemn Hamas for raping Israeli women and girls".

[6] The independent UN Commission of Inquiry (CoI) subsequently published a legal and in-depth investigative report in June 2024 which concluded from "documented evidence" that there was a pattern indicative of sexual violence by Palestinian forces during the attack, that these incidents were not isolated, and that Hamas and other militant groups were responsible for gender-based violence "by willful killings, abductions, and physical, mental and sexual abuse.

In March 2024, he engaged in an online row with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron Levy said in response to a tweet from Cameron urging Israel "to allow more [aid] trucks into Gaza":[35][36]"I hope you are also aware there are NO limits on the entry of food, water, medicine, or shelter equipment into Gaza, and in fact the crossings have EXCESS capacity.

"Cameron commented on Levy's claims that there were "no limits" on the entry of aid into Gaza, and that the Kerem Shalom border crossing into Gaza was closed on Saturdays because of the UN, in a letter addressed to MP Alicia Kearns:[35]In response to the Israeli spokesman claims you quote in your letter, I can confirm that the UN has not requested that the Kerem Shalom crossing is closed on Saturdays.

The main blockers remain arbitrary denials by the Government of Israel and lengthy clearance procedures, including multiple screenings and narrow opening windows in daylight hours.

[4] Since he was suspended as a spokesperson following complaints from the British government, he has since founded the State of the Nation podcast in which he interviews guests about Israel, antisemitism, and Jewish history.

The podcast is partly funded by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism and the initiative is supported by the Minister, Amichai Chikli.

[42] The lecture was cut short by campus security over safety concerns, and students evacuated through a hidden back entrance.

Levy condemned the "hateful extremism" of the protestors, but added that he was "pleasantly surprised" by the number of non-Jewish students that attended his lecture, describing them as "genuinely curious and empathetic.

[45][46] The protestors were condemned in a joint declaration by the Federation CJA and Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs: "radicals came to desecrate the tranquility of one of (our) community's residential neighborhoods and houses of worship by calling for 'intifada' in front of the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue in Montreal.

Levy raised his eyebrows dramatically in apparent disbelief at the question and stayed silent for a moment, then replied that Burley's accusation was "astonishing", continuing "If we could release one prisoner for every one hostage, we would obviously do that".

[3] These include a humorous parody of the typical Israeli accent on an American podcast and a video where he facetiously apologizes to those he accused of supporting Hamas, asserting that they were, in reality, merely "indifferent" to the organization's atrocities.