Elon Musk Visits Tel Aviv
Starlink’s SpaceX company-owner Elon Musk landed in Tel Aviv today, Monday. His visit starts on the last day of the four-day truce in Gaza.
Musk is due to meet with Israel’s Isaac Herzog in the afternoon. Relatives of the hostages held captive in Gaza will also attend the meeting, announced the office of Israel’s president Issac Herzog Sunday.
Musk will also meet with the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss security aspects of artificial intelligence, announced Netanyahu’s office.
Avi Charf, an aviation expert with Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, took to Musk-owned X to announce that a plane carrying the American millionaire landed in Israel this morning.
Israeli Communications Shlomo Karhi wrote on X that he hopes the visit “will serve as a springboard for future endeavors, as well as enhance your relationship with the Jewish people and values we share with the entire world”.
Starlink to Be Used in Gaza Under Israeli Supervision
As part of Israel’s war on Gaza, it cut all communication networks and internet leaving Gaza strip in complete communication blackout that lasted for long hours.
Consequently, Musk offered using Starlink to restore communication for “internationally recognised aid organizations” in the strip.
In return, Karhi objected because “Hamas will use it (Starlink) for terrorist activities”.
However, in a sudden turn of events, Karhi said that Musk and Israel agreed to use Starlink satellite units in Israel, including Gaza Strip, with the approval of the Israeli Ministry of Communications.
Musk & Israel to Discuss Anti-Semitism
During Musk’s visit, Israeli officials intend to bring up online antisemitism.
On November 15, Musk faced backlash after he agreed with an X post that was deemed anti-Semitic.
Major U.S. companies including Walt Disney (DIS.N) and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) paused their advertisements on his social media site.
Elon Musk said that X is a platform that tolerates different points of view. However, the company will limit the distribution of certain posts that may violate its policies.
On September 18, Netanyahu met with Musk and urged him to find the balance between protecting freedom of expression and combating hate speech.
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