Musk and Netanyahu: Meeting for reconciliation and interests during Gaza war

Israeli media believe that Elon Musk, the owner of the X platform and the American billionaire, visited Israel during the war in the Gaza Strip in the context of reconciliation and overlapping interests with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli media strongly criticized Musk and Netanyahu for their warm reception in the Gaza Strip settlements yesterday and Monday after he was accused of being “anti-Semitic” and amplifying anti-Semitic hatred on the X platform in exchange for permission Tweeting in solidarity with Gaza and siding with the Palestinians during the war.

On October 7, the Palestinian resistance launched Operation “Aqsa Flood” against military sites and settlements around the Gaza Strip in response to the crimes committed by the occupiers against holy sites and civilians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, killing more than 1,200 Israelis. people died and about 250 were captured.

On the other hand, Israel launched a devastating war against the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of more than 15,000 Palestinians, most of whom were women and children.

Israeli analysts estimate that by visiting some settlements in the “Gaza envelope” with Netanyahu, Musk aims to turn a new page with Israel and the Jewish community and is willing to provide support to Israel after the Gaza war. and investment.

Musk also met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and a delegation of families of Israelis detained by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

Whitewash Musk’s website

Israeli analysts believe Musk aims to use the meetings to dispel the fallout from his tweets describing the Israeli military’s actions in the Gaza Strip as “genocide” and correct boycotts imposed by major international companies on his platform . The companies stopped advertising on the platform after he was accused of “anti-Semitism.”

Haaretz reporter Siaghi Cohen strongly criticized Netanyahu, accusing him of whitewashing Musk, who “incited” anti-Jewish and critical Israeli military action in Gaza, and allowing anti-Semitism on the X platform continue to exist.

He explained that the meeting with Israeli officials gave him legitimacy at a time when Jewish communities in the United States and around the world oppose Musk’s practices and policies. All in exchange for the business and investment benefits Netanyahu craves amid Israel’s worsening economic crisis caused by the war in Gaza.

Cohen said Israel is expected to be at the forefront of the fight against Musk and his company to force him to remove all anti-Semitic and anti-Semitic content targeting Israel on the honor”.

preliminary agreement

He believes that meetings between senior political leaders and Musk reflect their desire for Musk’s future investment in Israel and the rescue of the Israeli economy, noting that such expected investment may hasten the end of the fighting.

In an effort to allow Musk and Netanyahu to move on from the past, Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Kawhi announced a preliminary agreement with Musk that would provide that satellite internet would not be available in the country and Gaza unless approved by the Israeli government. Zone operations.

The Israeli journalist also sees the visit as a preliminary deal on the possibility of expanding trade relations with the American billionaire and attracting more investment.

Cohen believes that Musk wants to show the Jewish community in the United States and around the world that Israel welcomes him with open arms, and that his most important goal is to eliminate the advertiser boycott that has caused huge financial losses to his company.

This claim was corroborated by Hagai Amit, editor of the economic newspaper TheMarker, who confirmed that the American billionaire came to Israel during the war to conduct business and conduct commercial transactions, the first of which The deal could be lifting the boycott, perhaps most importantly lifting the boycott of Platform X, which is losing tens of millions of dollars in revenue every month due to advertiser boycotts.

In fact, Amit said, “Musk is visiting Israel for business and possibly future investments, and no one is fooling themselves into thinking that he is meeting Netanyahu to help free Israeli hostages. Rather, it is a A gathering of interests aimed at glorifying Musk’s page in front of the Jewish community, while Israel hopes to use the visit to push for measures to curb, to some extent, incitement against Israel in X.”

He added that the fight against what he said was rampant incitement on the contentious political party. “

Surrender in time of war

On the other hand, Anat Ben-David, a researcher in the field of digital communications, believes that Israel’s political leadership chose to give in to Musk and accept the American billionaire’s plans for the Israeli economy after the Gaza war. Scenarios for making investments.

She believes, “We should blame him for failing to prevent crime. Every one of us is a victim of terrorism because of the way Musk allows the platform.”

In his article in The Seventh Eye magazine, Ben-David explains that Musk, who is considered the world’s richest man, was given the Israeli leader’s “precious time” during the war because he owned Platform X and was therefore ” Freedom of speech and owners of information systems”.

She concluded: “Israeli leaders came out to welcome Musk, who is dealing with boycotts of his company and platform over anti-Semitism. It was all just a joke. He can say anything and then regret it. We Became a puppet in Musk’s theater.”