Elon Musk met with Benjamin Netanyahu today as the X owner visited the sites of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
The Times of Israel reported that the Israeli prime minister accompanied Musk on a tour of an Israeli kibbutz destroyed by the October 7 attack, before Musk heard briefings from a local council leader and an Israeli army representative about the massacres at Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
During Musk’s tour of Israel, he will also meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and other Israelis whose family members have been detained by Hamas in Gaza.
According to Reuters, Herzog’s office announced the meeting on Sunday night, adding: “In their meeting, the president will emphasize the need to take action to combat rising anti-Semitism online.”
The move comes at an interesting time for Musk’s relationship with the Jewish community. The
As a result, numerous major brands pulled X’s ads, including Disney and Paramount, and Musk filed a lawsuit.
Musk met with Netanyahu before the attacks on October 7, when Netanyahu visited a Tesla facility during a US tour that included a meeting with Joe Biden.
Musk’s visit to Israel comes after a momentous weekend after the first group of hostages were released from Gaza six weeks after they were kidnapped, in exchange for a lull in fighting and the return of Palestinian prisoners in the opposite direction. The last group of hostages released under the original Israel-Hamas deal is expected to leave Gaza later today. Hamas has said it wants to extend the current four-day pause in fighting and increase the number of hostages released.
Source: Deadline
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