Known neo-Nazi and white supremacists have had their accounts reinstated. Members of the Islamic State returned to the platform and some QAnon conspiracy theorists have been allowed to pay for verification badges on the site.

Under Musk’s leadership, X has turned into a swamp of prejudice and bigotry. A chat with Musk and a personal tour of Hamas’ devastation seems like it could have waited.Ī tour of Israel in the middle of a war doesn’t even come close to solving the root problem of antisemitism - and it shouldn’t absolve Musk of responsibility for his own words and actions. Meeting with a billionaire on a reputation-saving mission should certainly be pretty low on the list of priorities for Israeli leaders, who, at this particular moment, are still negotiating the return of dozens of Israelis are being held hostage by Hamas, and overseeing a devastating war in Gaza that has killed thousands of innocent civilians and displaced countless more. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization. Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. He added that Gaza must be made “prosperous,” and “If (all) that happens, I think it will be a good future,” noting that he’d “love to help.” Musk and Netanyahu had a live conversation on X, during which Musk, referring to Hamas, said, “Those who are intent on murder must be neutralized. 7 and meet some of the family members of the hostages taken by Hamas that day.

And so, off to Israel he went, to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tour a kibbutz that was attacked by Hamas on Oct.

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