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“We must demilitarize Gaza after the destruction of Hamas” and “deradicalize” the Palestinian territory, Benjamin Netanyahu told him during a discussion posted on his X account (ex-Twitter) at the end of their visit to Kfar Aza.
The Prime Minister’s Office released footage showing the two men walking through the ruins of the kibbutz.
בקיבוץ כפר עזה כדי להראות לו מקרוב את הפשעים נ גד האנושות שביצע חמא ס @elonmusk
(צילום: עמוס בן גרשום, לע״מ) pic.twitter.com/aipX6ryv7T
— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) November 27, 2023
The unprecedented Hamas attack on October 7 killed around 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to authorities. In retaliation, Israel led an offensive in Gaza that killed nearly 15,000 people, according to the Hamas government.
According to Hamas and Qatar, a ceasefire has been in place since Friday and will be extended by two days.
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“We must rebuild Gaza and I hope that we will enlist the help of our Arab friends in doing so,” Netanyahu continued, adding that he hopes to resume normalization talks with Saudi Arabia and “bring the circle of peace beyond imaginable to expand beyond.” .
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi also announced an agreement in principle on the use of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet access service in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
None of Mr Netanyahu’s public comments concern allegations of rampant anti-Semitism on the social network X.
The Israeli presidency had announced that Mr. Musk would discuss the “need for measures to combat anti-Semitism online” with President Isaac Herzog on Monday, but the holding of that meeting was not publicly reported.
President Herzog was to be accompanied by “representatives of the families of the hostages held by Hamas.”
Elon Musk has been under fire for spreading hate speech on X since he came to power in October 2022.
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In mid-November, the White House accused him of “abject promotion of anti-Semitic and racist hatred.” In a post on
In September, before the war between Israel and Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu met Elon Musk, also the head of the giants Tesla and SpaceX, in San Francisco.
“I hope that you find the opportunity to put an end to anti-Semitism or reduce it as much as possible,” he told her in the context of freedom of expression.