An opportunity for both men to get the sort of endorsement that only the other could provide.
, “I would like to clarify that the Israeli government and the vast majority of Israeli citizens see Elon Musk as an amazing entrepreneur and role model. Criticism of Soros — who finances the most hostile organizations to the Jewish people and the state of Israel is anything but anti-Semitism, quite the opposite!”
Netanyahu predictably echoed this sentiment during Monday’s summit. “I know your commitment to free speech. I respect that, because I think it’s an integral part — it’s the foundational thing of democracies, really,” he told Musk with a straight face. “But I also know your opposition to antisemitism.
or roll it back as best you can, but any collective hatred of the people that antisemitism represents, and I know you’re committed to that.”Musk met the prime minister’s empty request with a similarly empty response. Anyone who hoped for new commitments to fight antisemitism on social media got “All Lives Matter” rhetoric instead. “Generally, I mean, I’m sort of against attacking any group. You know, it doesn’t matter who it is,” Musk said.
Far from Musk’s “opposition to antisemitism” being common knowledge, as Netanyahu suggests, Musk has been openly hostile toward the idea of softening his language when speaking about Jews. “I’ll say what I want, and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it,” Musk
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