Billionaire and X-rated CEO Elon Musk on Monday visited one of the kibbutzim in southern Israel attacked on October 7 by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
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We must demilitarize Gaza after the destruction of Hamas" and "deradicalize" the Palestinian territory, Benjamin Netanyahu told him in a discussion posted on his X account (formerly Twitter) after their visit to Kfar Aza.
Standardization Discussions
The Prime Minister's Office released footage showing the two men walking through the ruins of the kibbutz. The unprecedented Hamas attack on October 7 killed about 1200,15 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to authorities. In retaliation, Israel is waging an offensive in Gaza that has killed nearly 000,<> people, according to the Hamas government. A truce has been in place since Friday and will be extended for two days, according to Hamas and Qatar.
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We will have to rebuild Gaza and I hope to have the help of our Arab friends for that," Netanyahu continued, adding that he hoped to resume normalization talks with Saudi Arabia and "extend the circle of peace beyond what is imaginable." Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi also announced an agreement in principle on the use of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet access service in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
'Ending anti-Semitism'
None of Netanyahu's public remarks concern accusations of unbridled anti-Semitism on social network X. The Israeli presidency had announced that Musk was scheduled to discuss Monday with President Isaac Herzog the "need for action to combat anti-Semitism online," but the meeting has not been publicly reported. President Herzog was to be accompanied by "representatives of families of hostages held by Hamas."
Elon Musk has been under fire for the proliferation of hate speech on X since he took control of it in October 2022. The White House accused him in mid-November of "abjectly promoting anti-Semitic and racist hatred." In a post on X, he endorsed a conspiracy theory that Jews have a secret plan to encourage illegal immigration to Western countries in order to weaken the white majority there.
In September, before the war between Israel and Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu met in San Francisco with Elon Musk, who is also the boss of the giants Tesla and SpaceX. "I hope you're going to find the ability to end anti-Semitism or roll it back as much as possible," within the bounds of free speech, he told her.