Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Elon Musk is being “falsely tarnished” amid a storm of international condemnation for a gesture made by the world’s richest man.
Musk extended his right arm across his chest and then extended it toward the audience at a rally after President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, drawing attention because the gesture has similarities to the Nazi or Roman salute. used by fascist leaders in Germany and Italy.
Musk himself pushed back against the criticism, writing in X that “the ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is so tiring.”
Amid ongoing controversy, Netanyahu defended Trump’s key ally.
“Elon is a great friend of Israel. He visited Israel after the October 7 massacre, in which Hamas terrorists committed the worst atrocity against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Since then, he has repeatedly and vigorously supported Israel’s right to defend itself against genocidal terrorists and regimes that seek to annihilate the only Jewish state,” he said on Thursday.
Musk reposted Netanyahu’s response with a “thank you.”
Javier Milei, a libertarian and self-described “anarcho-capitalist” president of Argentina, also came to Musk’s defense.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this Thursday (23), Milei, who also attended Trump’s inauguration, said that his “dear friend Musk” was “unfairly vilified by wokeism because of an innocent gesture that it just reflects his enthusiasm and gratitude to the people.”
The Anti-Defamation League dismissed it as “an odd gesture in a moment of enthusiasm,” but it was also embraced by many right-wing extremists.
This content was originally published in Netanyahu defends Elon Musk for gesture at an event after Trump’s inauguration on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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