Elon Musk arrived in Tel Aviv on Monday for a two-day go to.
Billionaire Elon Musk not too long ago expressed assist for Israel within the ongoing battle with Hamas after receiving a symbolic canine tag from a father whose youngster was allegedly held by the Palestinian group in Gaza. Mr Musk arrived in Tel Aviv on Monday for a two-day go to. During a gathering with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and the households of hostages, a mother or father named Malki introduced the tech mogul with a canine tag with “our hearts are hostage in Gaza” engraved on it.
Taking to X (previously Twitter), the Israeli president’s workplace shared a video of Mr Musk assembly the households of the hostages. “In a gathering President @Isaac_Herzog held with @ElonMusk & households of hostages, Rachel confirmed Elon a video of her son Hersh, badly injured, being kidnapped by Hamas. Malki, father of one other hostage, Omer, introduced Elon with a dog-tag inscribed “our hearts are hostage in Gaza,” the caption of the submit learn.
Responding to this, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO vowed to put on the canine tag each day till all hostages are launched by Hamas. “I’ll put on it each day till your family members are launched,” he tweeted.
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I’ll put on it each day till your family members are launched
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 27, 2023
During the assembly, Mr Herzog advised Mr Musk that he has a “big position to play” in combating anti-Semitism, which his social media platform is accused of spreading. Mr Herzog advised him: “Unfortunately, we’re inundated by anti-Semitism, which is Jew hatred. You have an enormous position to play”.
“And I believe we have to struggle it collectively as a result of on the platforms which you lead, sadly, there is a harbouring of a number of… anti-Semitism,” the president added.
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Mr Musk, alternatively, didn’t point out anti-Semitism in his video remarks launched by Mr Herzog’s workplace, however stated that Hamas militants “have been fed propaganda since they have been kids”. “It’s outstanding what people are able to in the event that they’re fed falsehoods, from when they’re kids; they are going to suppose that the homicide of harmless individuals is an efficient factor,” he stated.
Earlier on Monday, the Tesla CEO additionally met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They mentioned “safety points of synthetic intelligence” with senior defence officers, the Prime Minister’s Office stated. Mr Netanyahu additionally took Mr Musk on a tour of an Israeli kibbutz destroyed throughout Hamas’s October 7 attack. He heard briefings from an area council chief and a consultant of the Israeli Defence Forces in regards to the massacres within the Kfar Aza kibbutz. He was proven pictures taken just a few days after the attack, as per a press launch from the prime minister’s workplace.
