Musk set to fulfill Netanyahu and hostage households in Israel as Twitter antisemitism row deepens

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is predicted to fulfill with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, president Isaac Herzog and households of hostages taken by the fear group Hamas on Monday as he continues his harm management efforts and tries to persuade Twitter’s fleeing advertisers that his platform doesn’t harbour antisemitism.

Mr Herzog introduced the plans for the assembly on Sunday, Reuters reported; though Israeli media had beforehand recommended the 2 males would meet. He’s additionally anticipated to fulfill Mr Netanyahu. Mr Musk’s X, previously referred to as Twitter, has largely ceased providing responses to the information media, and had not instantly confirmed it publicly.

The 52-year-old Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX mogul has confronted a brand new spherical of public outrage prior to now few weeks as his feedback about Jews have sparked extra accusations of antisemitic beliefs. On 15 November, he tweeted “you’ve gotten stated the precise fact” in response to a follower who had tweeted to him, “Jewish communties have been pushing the precise sort of dialectical hatred in opposition to whites that they declare to need individuals to cease utilizing in opposition to them”. The identical tweet to which Mr Musk was responding additionally denied any concern for rising antisemitic hatred all over the world.

It was a shocking embrace of antisemitic rhetoric from one of many richest businessmen on this planet, and got here at a time when his social media platform has been faulted for permitting hate speech to flourish on the platform; teams together with Media Issues have revealed reporting over the course of the Israel-Gaza battle which erupted in October exhibiting how blatantly antisemitic and pro-Nazi posts had been exhibiting up on the platform subsequent to ads for main manufacturers. Mr Musk insists the claims are unfair and has filed a lawsuit in opposition to Media Issues.

Plenty of manufacturers have begun pulling advertisements en masse from Twitter within the newest spherical of a recurring advertiser boycott that appears to ebb and circulation with Mr Musk’s personal questionable behaviour. Mr Musk has responded by accusing Media Issues (with out offering proof for his claims) of manipulating photos to indicate manufacturers like Apple and IBM’s content material showing subsequent to neo-Nazi postings on the platform.

That controversy could be introduced up on Monday as Mr Musk meets with Israel’s president, whose workplace instructed reporters on Sunday: “Of their assembly, the president will emphasize the necessity to act to fight rising antisemitism on-line.”

Mr Musk was individually sued himself final week and accused by a 22-year-old from Texas of amplifying a conspiracy unfold by neo-Nazis falsely accusing the person, Ben Brody, of being concerned in an effort to sabotage a protest held by right-wing teams.

He has addressed accusations of holding antisemitic beliefs in a current Twitter posting, writing: “This previous week, there have been tons of of bogus media tales claiming that I’m antisemitic. Nothing might be farther from the reality.”

“I want solely the very best for humanity and a affluent and thrilling future for all.”