Elon Musk visits Israel after criticism for endorsing antisemitic post
By Dan Williams and Howard Goller
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Elon Musk, the social media mogul assailed for his endorsement of an anti-Jewish post, toured the site of the Hamas assault on Israel on Monday and declared his commitment to do whatever was necessary to stop the spread of hatred.
Musk, the owner of the X platform, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and SpaceX, also watched footage assembled from Hamas bodycams, CCTV and other sources of the Oct. 7 Hamas killing spree in which Israel says 240 people were taken captive back to Gaza.
As well as meeting families of some of the hostages, he had a live online chat with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on X Spaces. Early on Monday, Musk posted on X: «Actions speak louder than words.»
On Nov. 15, Musk had agreed with a post on X that falsely claimed Jewish people were stoking hatred against white people, saying the user who referenced the «Great Replacement» conspiracy theory was speaking «the actual truth».
The theory holds that Jewish people and leftists are engineering the ethnic and cultural replacement of white populations with non-white immigrants that will lead to a «white genocide».
Following the post, major U.S. companies including Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS), Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) and NBCUniversal parent Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) suspended their advertisements on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The White House had criticised Musk for what it called an «abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate» that «runs against our core values as Americans».
Musk met families of hostages held in Gaza with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Herzog said Musk had a huge role to play in the global fight against antisemitism.
“We have to do whatever is necessary to stop the
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