2023-11-27 14:48:36
The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, traveled this Monday to Israel and is meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Together they visited Kfar Aza, one of the ‘kibbutz’ attacked more than a month ago by the armed wing of the Palestinian movement. Hamasan attack to which the Jewish State has responded by devastating the north of the Gaza Strip.
Musk’s Israel trip comes just ten days after the tycoon amplified a message Islamophobe y anti-Semite in X, the red social formerly known as Twitter. “You have told the honest truth,” the magnate responded to a user’s comment that said Jews support Muslim “hordes of minorities” who are “flooding” the country to replace whites, a very popular conspiracy among supremacists and groups. contrary to the immigration.
It is not the only controversy that has surrounded Musk. An investigation published on November 16 revealed that the ads that companies hire on X could appear next to messages nazis who praise the figure of Adolf Hitler. That information led to big brands like Apple, Disney, IBM o Warner Bros to paralyze its advertising investment on the platform, a decision that could cost X the loss of up to $75 million, according to internal documents seen by ‘The New York Times’. Musk has chosen to sue the organization that published those facts.
Netanyahu in Kfar Aza with Elon Musk who arrived in Israel today.
Hard to stomach welcoming someone who just days ago endorsed a virulently antisemitic trope, has dabbled for years in antisemitism and has turned this platform into a cesspool of hate.
It’s quite frankly gross. pic.twitter.com/oRoEN6IP6U
— Amy Spiro (@AmySpiro) November 27, 2023
The last time Musk and Netanyahu met was on October 18. Then, in California, the Israeli ‘premier’ asked him to fight against hate speech that proliferates on the platform.
The controversial American businessman will also meet this Monday with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzogas well as with representatives of the families of the hostages captured by Hamas. Musk has visited Israel taking advantage of the temporary ceasefire declared by both parties. However, from Gaza, Netanyahu refused this Sunday to call a truce and promised to continue his offensive “until victory.”
Business with Israel
Musk’s meeting with the political authorities of Israel can be understood as a facelift after his last controversy. “Actions speak louder than words,” she said in a message published on X.
However, it has also been a journey of business. The Israeli Minister of Communications, Shlomo Karhihas announced a “preliminary agreement” so that Musk cannot activate the services of internet by satellite from Starlink in Israel or Gaza without their approval. At the end of October, Netanyahu’s supporters opposed Musk’s proposal to deploy this satellite network to “assist in the connection of aid NGOs recognized by the international community,” ensuring that Hamas would use it to carry out “activities.” terrorists“.
Starlink’s role has already been vital in Ukraine to keep resistance afloat. However, the great power that Musk holds has generated problems with Kiev and worries other countries.
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