The meeting between the president and the tech entrepreneur became known on Sunday evening through a statement from the Israeli presidential office. – Actions speak louder than words, Musk wrote on his own platform when he landed in Israel. Together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he visited Kibbutz Kfar Aza. The farming community was one of 27 places taken over by Hamas during the terrorist attack on 7 October. It took three days for Israeli forces to liberate the kibbutz. – I visited Kfar Aza together with Elon Musk to show him up close what crimes against humanity Hamas committed here, Netanyahu writes on X. In the statement announcing the visit, President Isaac Herzog said he would meet with Elon Musk to talk about the need for to combat anti-Semitism spread on the Internet. – Terrible lies Several human rights groups have accused X, formerly Twitter, of helping to spread hatred against Jews, according to Reuters. In mid-November, the Biden administration joined the criticism, after Musk apparently gave his support to an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. It happened after Musk wrote “you have spoken the actual truth” to a user who accused Jews of spreading hatred against whites. The person apparently referred to several different conspiracy theories and used, among other things, the words “hordes of minorities”. A White House spokesman said it was “unacceptable to repeat appalling lies” that spread racism and anti-Semitism. Elon Musk himself claims he is “in favor of freedom of expression, but against all forms of anti-Semitism”. Met the families of hostages Musk is said to have met several families affected by the Hamas attacks during the day. In Kfar Aza he heard about Ofir Leibstein, one of those who was killed in a shootout when the kibbutz was attacked. Four-year-old Avigail Idan was also visited by Musk. She was taken hostage and taken to Gaza, and was released on Sunday. Her parents were among those killed, and Musk got to see pictures of the destruction in the village. Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem together with the new US ambassador to Israel, Jacob J. Lew, on 5 November. Photo: AMMAR AWAD / Reuters Meeting with Netanyahu After the visit to Kibbutz Kfara Aza, Musk received a briefing in the Israeli national assembly Knesset, according to a press release from the Israeli authorities. In addition to discussing security aspects of artificial intelligence, Musk was shown videos showing Hamas’ destruction from October 7, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. The meeting between Musk and Prime Minister Netanyahu was held in the Knesset. Photo: The Israeli government’s press office The last time the two met was when Netanyahu visited Musk at the Tesla headquarters in California on September 18. Then the Israeli prime minister asked Musk to find a balance between protecting freedom of speech and fighting hate speech. The debate then raged for several weeks about X allowing messages with anti-Semitic content. Musk replied to Netanyahu that he is against anything that encourages hatred and conflict. Elon Musk has stated that X should be a platform where people can present different points of view, but that they will stop individual posts that go beyond what the company has decided is acceptable. Major American companies, such as Walt Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Comcast, Apple and IBM have chosen to stop advertising on X as a result of the controversies. While the White House has announced the creation of a profile for President Joe Biden on X competitor Threads, which is owned by Meta and Musk rival Mark Zuckerberg. Not allowed to use Starlink Musk, who also owns the space company SpaceX alongside X and Tesla, is said to have promised Israel not to activate the satellite-based Internet service Starlink in Gaza without Israeli approval, according to Reuters. Internet and telephone access in Gaza has collapsed several times after Israel bombed communication towers and shut down the internet. Musk has previously said that aid organizations in Gaza can get internet connection through Starlink. Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi then responded that Israel would use all means to stop Starlink. The reason was also that Hamas wanted to exploit the satellite service. This has not been confirmed by independent sources. Al Jazeera writes that Karhi now praises Musk for the promise that Starlink “will not operate in Israel, including the Gaza Strip”, without approval from the Ministry of Communications.
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