Israel-Hamas War: Elon Musk To Visit Israel Next Week

The billionaire businessman Elon Musk is scheduled to visit Israel next week, when he will tour towns near the Gaza border that were assaulted by Hamas on October 7.

According to the report, Musk will meet with President of Israel, Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit.

Musk has recently come under fire for apparent failures to address antisemitism on the social media network X, formerly Twitter, which he purchased in April 2022.

In the midst of the controversy surrounding the endorsement of ‘anti-semitic’ posts on X, platform owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has stated that the social media platform will file a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against the media watchdog ‘Media Matters,’ alleging that it “completely misrepresented the real user experience” and “undermined free speech.”

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Earlier this week, Musk said that X would give all advertising and subscription revenue “associated with the war in Gaza” to Israeli hospitals and the Red Cross/Crescent in Gaza.

Musk wrote on X (previously Twitter), “We will track how funds are spent and go through the Red Cross/Crescent.” Better ideas are always welcome. “Regardless of race, creed, religion, or anything else, we should care about the innocent.”

According to The Jerusalem Post, Musk declared last month that he wants to extend internet connectivity to the Gaza Strip via his ambitious new Starlink satellite, which provoked uproar from Israeli officials, notably Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi.

Karhi claimed that he would oppose any such attempt; nevertheless, Musk stated that if Starlink access is provided to Gaza, the business will take “extraordinary measures” to ensure that it is only utilised for humanitarian purposes.