Israel pivots to say Elon Musk attacks on George Soros now not antisemitic
Washington Post
23-05-19 12:56
Israel's minister of diaspora affairs, Amichai Chikli, has defended billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk over a tweet comparing George Soros, the Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor and liberal philanthropist and Soros to a Marvel comic book villain. Days earlier, Israel’s foreign ministry had condemned Musk's tweet, which it said “reeked of antisemitism”. Chikli tweeted that criticism of Soros, who finances "the most hostile organisations to the Jewish people and the state of Israel is anything but antisemitism". Antisemitic posts and the phrase “The Jews” were trending on Twitter following Musk's original comment.