Israel received Elon Musk this Monday announcing that he had reached an agreement in principle to use his company SpaceX's Starlink communications in the Gaza Strip, where a pause in the war against Hamas has coincided with the visit of the technology entrepreneur.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has scheduled an afternoon meeting with Musk. They will be joined by relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and will also discuss "the need for action to combat growing anti-Semitism online," Herzog's office said.
Prime Minister Beniamin Netanyahu will also meet with Musk today to discuss security aspects of artificial intelligence and hold a conversation that will be broadcast live online, Netanyahu's office said.
In their last meeting, on September 18 in California, Netanyahu urged Musk to strike a balance between protecting free expression and fighting hate speech after weeks of controversy over anti-Semitism on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter.
Last month, as war raged after a wave of Hamas killings and kidnappings in southern Israel, Musk proposed using Starlink to support communications in the Gaza enclave affected by the blackout caused by Israel alongside "aid organizations." internationally recognized".
At the time, Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi objected, saying that "Hamas will use it (Starlink) for terrorist activities." But in a change of tack, Karhi said on Monday that Israel and Musk had reached an agreement in principle whereby "Starlink satellite units will only be operated in Israel with the approval of the Israeli Ministry of Communications, including the Gaza Strip." ".
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The White House condemned what it called an "abhorrent promotion of anti-Semitic and racist hatred" that "runs counter to our fundamental values as Americans."
Major American companies, including Walt Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal parent Comcast, suspended their ads on the social network.
The "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory maintains that Jews and leftists are engineering the ethnic and cultural replacement of white populations with non-white immigrants to cause a "white genocide."
Following the outbreak of the Gaza war, anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased nearly 400% from the previous year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit organization that fights anti-Semitism.
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