Israeli Official Admits Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson Being ‘Monitored’ As ‘Combat’ Targets
Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli spoke to The Post about Aliyah, rising antisemitism, and the role of social media in perpetuating Jew-hatred.
Qatar is partially responsible for the increase in Diaspora antisemitism and X/Twitter is the most problematic social media platform, Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli said in a conversation with The Jerusalem Post about aliyah and hatred toward Jews.
Chikli spoke about the Diaspora Ministry’s launch of a new tool two months ago, which aims to combat antisemitism.
The AI-based system allows the ministry to monitor every social network and provide key details that prevent terror attacks against Jewish communities, as well as give indications of the level of antisemitism in various countries.
Chikli said the system also helps the ministry understand who the “engines of antisemitism” are, be they politicians or influencers or organizations.
The ministry’s tool enables them to understand who is spreading antisemitism, Chikli added, which is the first step to combating it.
The team at the Diaspora Ministry has also maintained constant correspondence with the leadership of social networks, especially TikTok. The platform, which Chikli said was particularly problematic at the start of the war, has taken many steps to try to prevent antisemitism.
“TikTok is better now than it was 10 months ago, but there is still a lot of work to do [regarding social networks], especially on X,” Chikli said.
Speaking on allegations by some that the Diaspora Ministry politicizes antisemitism, Chikli said this was “not true, it’s not accurate.” Critics of the ministry have argued that the ministry overly focuses on left-wing, and not right-wing, Jew-hatred. He noted that the ministry does a lot of work monitoring anti-Israel influencers, such as Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, who are both right-wing commentators.
Chikli also spoke on his suspicion regarding right-wing anti-Israel influencer Dan Bilzerian, who “all of a sudden became an Islam promoter.”
“All of a sudden, [Bilzerian] has changed the narrative. He is speaking about the Quran and Islam and the state of Israel.”
While Chikli noted that it was too early to tell, he suggested that there might be “a Qatari effort behind some of these influencers and the changes they have made in their opinions.”
“I have said from the beginning of the war, the cooperation with Qatar regarding the hostages is a grave mistake because Qatar should have been pressed first and foremost by the Americans and also by Israel to pay the price for their support of Hamas,” Chikli stressed.
“I don’t see Qatar as a friendly state. I don’t see Qatar as a fair mediator in the negotiations.”“Qatar is an enemy state,” Chikli told the Post.
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