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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended Elon Musk aft media outlets described a motion that the Tesla CEO made astatine President Donald Trump’s inauguration rally connected Monday arsenic a Nazi salute.
Netanyahu took to X connected Thursday to station that Musk is "being falsely smeared."
"Elon is simply a large person of Israel," the premier curate said. "He visited Israel aft the October 7 massacre successful which Hamas terrorists committed the worst atrocity against the Jewish radical since the Holocaust. He has since repeatedly and forcefully supported Israel’s close to support itself against genocidal terrorists and regimes who question to annihilate the 1 and lone Jewish state."
Netanyahu went connected to convey Musk for his support.
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Musk made the motion successful question portion speaking to a assemblage of MAGA faithful astatine the Capital One Arena successful Washington, D.C.
"This is what triumph feels like! And this was nary mean victory, this was a fork successful the roadworthy for quality civilization… I conscionable privation to accidental convey you for making it happen, convey you. From my bosom to yours," an ebullient Musk said arsenic helium placed his manus implicit his ain bosom and reached retired to the crowd.
PBS News Hour fired retired a station connected X that said the Tesla CEO "gave what appeared to beryllium a fascist salute," portion the Jerusalem station wrote, "US billionaire Elon Musk appeared to marque a Heil Hitler salute astatine the Washington DC Trump parade connected Monday, pursuing Trump's inauguration."
CNN big Erin Burnett played the clip of the motion and called it an "odd salute."
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Musk addressed the contention Wednesday connected X, which helium owns, writing, "The extremist leftists are truly upset that they had to instrumentality clip retired of their engaged time praising Hamas to telephone maine a Nazi."
On Thursday, Musk poked amusive astatine the reports successful different station connected X.
"Don’t accidental Hess to Nazi accusations! Some radical volition Goebbels thing down! Stop Gőring your enemies! His pronouns would’ve been He/Himmler! Bet you did nazi that coming," Musk wrote, adding a crying laughing emoji.
The Anti-Defamation League besides defended Musk successful a connection saying that the tech billionaire had made an "awkward motion successful a infinitesimal of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute."
"In this moment, each sides should springiness each 1 different a spot of grace, possibly adjacent the payment of the uncertainty and instrumentality a breath," the connection said.
Fox News Digital's David Spector contributed to this report.
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