“Actions speak louder than words”: why Elon Musk was welcomed by Netanyahu to Israel Business bosses turn away from right-wing extremists

The richest man in the world visited Israel on Monday. Elon Musk saw with his own eyes the massacre that the terrorist organization Hamas caused in a kibbutz on October 7. The entrepreneur was accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials; A meeting between Musk and President Isaac Herzog was also scheduled later.

Musk is constantly on the move, as pillars of his technology empire such as Tesla, Starlink and X have a global presence. What was surprising about this visit, however, were the outspoken pro-Israel statements the 52-year-old made during his visit. In recent weeks, Musk has been sharply criticized, not only in the US, for the anti-Semitic hatred he tolerated as the sole owner of the internet platform.

Netanyahu speaks, Musk listens

A few days ago, Musk described an As a result, numerous companies that advertised on the Internet service canceled their advertisements. This would have cost X several million dollars. Musk then backed down, describing the insinuation that he was an anti-Semite as “far from the truth.”

The Israeli Prime Minister appears to believe the multi-billionaire – who has repeatedly caused a stir with provocative statements about global political hotspots such as Ukraine. After the visit to the kibbutz, Netanyahu recorded a 23-minute conversation with Musk (which was, of course, published on X).

In it, the head of government did not mention the allegations against Musk. Instead, Netanyahu reduced the world’s richest man to a largely passive interlocutor who could occasionally say “exactly, exactly” as the prime minister lectured on Nazi Germany, Hamas and the Palestinian people.

Starlink now needs approval from the Netanyahu government

Musk reiterated during his remarks that Israel has “no choice” but to “neutralize” the Hamas terrorists. He was “shocked” by the impressions he had gained during his short visit to kibbutz Kfar Aza.

And he assured Netanyahu that he would do his part to ensure that the Palestinians would have “a good future” once the Israeli military deployment was over. It is now important that terrorist organizations like Hamas can no longer spread their anti-Israel propaganda so that they fail to train a new generation of killers.

Netanyahu must have had his reasons for not addressing Musk directly about the anti-Jewish hatred that is available for free on and the Gaza Strip would operate.

Musk had previously assured that humanitarian organizations operating in the Gaza Strip could use Starlink. Israel often accuses nonprofits of collaborating with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The coming days will show whether Netanyahu has managed to obtain further guarantees from the entrepreneur in private conversations. When the two last met in California in September, Musk assured that he would oppose anything that would promote “hatred and conflict.”

However, a few days later he seemed to no longer remember this assurance – perhaps because the technological all-rounder always sympathizes with absurd conspiracy theories, as his biographer Walter Isaacson put it.

In line with this, Musk wrote on X on Monday: “Actions speak louder than words.” (aargauerzeitung.ch)