Elon Musk is told by the Israeli President that he has a "big role" in anti-Semitism

 Elon Musk is told by the Israeli President that he has a "big role" in anti-Semitism

Elon Musk has been under fire after taking over the social media platform in October 2022 for allegedly facilitating the propagation of hate speech on X, previously known as Twitter.

JERUSALEM: Elon Musk was informed by the president of Israel on Monday that he "has a bigger role to play" in combating anti-Semitism, which is allegedly being promoted via his social media platforms.

Following his visit to a kibbutz community that had been destroyed by Hamas terrorist strikes on October 7, the wealthiest man in the world met with defense officials and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Since assuming control of the social media platform in October 2022, Musk has been under fire for allegedly facilitating the propagation of hate speech on X, the old name for Twitter.

After endorsing a conspiracy theory that purportedly accused Jews of attempting to subvert the white majority, the White House accused him of spreading "hateful propaganda" against anti-Semitism.

Isaac Herzog, the prime minister of Israel, addressed them, saying, "Sadly, anti-Semitism—a hateful attitude toward Jews—is rampant here.

You're going to play a big part," he remarked. "And I believe that we must fight this together because, regrettably, the platforms you're running are feeding a lot of anti-Semitism. Is not."

In his statements, which were made public by Herzog's office on film, Musk made no mention of anti-Semitism but said that Hamas members "have been fed disinformation whenever they were kids."

"It is remarkable what mankind are capable of if they are fed lies through childhood; they will think that killing others who are innocent is a good thing."

Israeli sources claim that the worst incident since the country's inception occurred on October 7, when Hamas terrorists breached Gaza's heavily guarded border, killing over 1,200 people in southern Israel and capturing some 240 captives. Was.

Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas in retaliation and has launched ground assaults and ongoing bombings on Gazan targets, which the Hamas leadership claims have killed some 15,000 Palestinians.

Commencing on Friday, a temporary truce is in place.

- Discussing satellites

Senior military officials and Netanyahu had a discussion on "security aspects of artificial intelligence" earlier on Monday, according to the prime minister's office.

Following their visit to Kafr Aza, one of the villages that Hamas has assaulted, Musk and Netanyahu spoke at the conference.

"After the destruction of Hamas we must demilitarize Gaza," Netanyahu said, advocating for an effort to "radicalize" the Palestinian area.

"Then we also must start again Gaza and I hope our Arab friends will help in that context."

With Hamas's defeat, Netanyahu said Musk, he planned to "expand the scope of peace beyond any imagination" and restart normalization discussions with Saudi Arabia, mediated by the United States.

A reconciliation deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel was put on hold due to the conflict, and early in November, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia denounced the actions of Israeli soldiers battling Hamas in Gaza.

Shlomo Karhi, the Israeli minister of communications, said that his nation has signed a preliminary deal "with the approval of the Israeli Communications Ministry" for the use of SpaceX's Starlink satellites in Israel and the Gaza Strip.

A network of satellites in low Earth orbit called Starlink may provide Internet service to far-flung places or places where regular communications infrastructure is unavailable.

To "not only stop anti-Semitism, or roll back as much of it as possible, however stop any mass hatred" at X, Netanyahu pleaded with Musk in September.

Despite the fact that his platform cannot stop hate speech before it is uploaded, Musk said at the time that he is "are generally against attacking any group, no matter who it is".

Because the website was accused of having a wealth of anti-Semitic content, the X Corp. withdrew the advertising and is now pursuing legal action against non-profit media organizations.

In addition, Musk has taken legal action against the Jewish advocacy organization Anti-Defamation League due to allegations that since his $44 billion purchase of the website, offensive and racist content has escalated.