Elon Musk will meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, warfare cupboard minister Benny Gantz and representatives for households of hostages held in Gaza, because the worlds richest man faces rising furor over antisemitic content material on his social media platform X.
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The Tesla Inc. and SpaceX chief government is slated to affix a closed-door dialogue on Monday with the household representatives and Herzog about the necessity to curb on-line antisemitism, a spokesperson for the presidents workplace mentioned in an announcement.
He’s scheduled to satisfy Gantz, a political rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who joined a three-member warfare cupboard after Hamas militants killed about 1,200 folks and took some 240 hostages in an Oct. 7 assault.
Musk can even meet Netanyahu, in line with Israels Channel 12. The prime ministers workplace declined to remark.
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The billionaire has defended himself from what he labeled bogus media tales after he endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy concept earlier this month on X, which drew condemnation from the White Home and led many main manufacturers to pause promoting on the platform. Critics have accused the service, previously often known as Twitter, of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred.
Musks submit got here across the similar time Media Issues printed a report exhibiting adverts from firms together with IBM Corp. and Apple Inc. subsequent to pro-Nazi content material on the social media platform. X has sued the liberal watchdog group for allegedly making an attempt to drive away advertisers.
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The Israeli authorities has been holding talks with Musk over establishing Starlink, which offers satellite-based web, to again up its wartime communications. Musk final month angered Israeli officers by saying he may present Starlink to help organizations within the Gaza Strip. He later walked again the remark.
Its unclear whether or not Musk intends to boost different points whereas in Israel, which is waging warfare towards Hamas after the Oct. 7 assault. The preventing has paused throughout a brief ceasefire that started on Friday to permit the discharge of hostages in trade for Israeli-held prisoners.
Whereas Musk has drawn help from notable figures together with hedge fund supervisor Invoice Ackman, criticism of the famously outspoken billionaire reveals little signal of dying down. UK premier Rishi Sunak in a Bloomberg TV interview on Sunday turned the newest to talk out towards Musk, in cautious criticism that stopped in need of the full-throated condemnation by US President Joe Biden.
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On Sunday, tens of hundreds of individuals, together with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, attended a march towards antisemitism in central London. The Israel-Hamas battle has exacerbated group tensions and led to a spike in antisemitic and Islamophobic rhetoric on social media.
