Executive president André Lajst explains how StandWithUs Brazil engages Portuguese speakers worldwide on Israel, antisemitism, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He discusses education over activism, why public diplomacy matters, the risks of rising extremism, and how post October 7 narratives shape opinion in the West and Latin America.
Topics include, Brazil’s media landscape and journalist delegations to Israel, reaching 200 million Portuguese speakers, educating policymakers, professors, and students, radicalization within Palestinian politics, the limits of military messaging alone, the need for more resources in public diplomacy, diaspora unity, and working across the political spectrum.