Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not solely make a shock look on the US Capitol when Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Congress however say within the PM’s non-public field within the guests’ gallery above the Home flooring, alongside Netanyahu’s spouse Sara. He was there on the occasion as Netanyahu’s visitor — whereas greater than 30 members of the Congress boycotted the deal with amid widespread protest towards Netanyahu.
Elon Musk’s go to to the Capitol Hill got here a day after he introduced on X that his Starlink had been activated in a Gaza hospital with the assist of Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
This was Netanyahu’s first deal with to a joint assembly of Congress since Hama’s October 7 assault on Israel that ignited the warfare.
Elon Musk traveled to Israel in November within the wake of an issue he sparked after showing to endorse an antisemitic publish on X. Musk pushed again towards accusations of antisemitism, saying that “nothing could possibly be farther from the reality.”
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) blasted Netanyahu’s “political speech” geared toward Republicans. “He provided only a few, if any particulars on how he was truly going to safe Israel,” Murphy stated. “It was a number of poor sloganeering, a number of applause traces, however little or no in the best way of, of substance. So I knew this is able to be a setback for US-Israel relations.”
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, held ‘Battle Felony’ signal as Netanyahu spoke. “Netanyahu is a warfare legal committing genocide towards the Palestinian folks. It’s completely disgraceful that leaders from each events have invited him to deal with Congress. He ought to be arrested and despatched to the Worldwide Felony Courtroom,” Rashida earlier stated.
Elon Musk’s go to to the Capitol Hill got here a day after he introduced on X that his Starlink had been activated in a Gaza hospital with the assist of Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
This was Netanyahu’s first deal with to a joint assembly of Congress since Hama’s October 7 assault on Israel that ignited the warfare.
Elon Musk traveled to Israel in November within the wake of an issue he sparked after showing to endorse an antisemitic publish on X. Musk pushed again towards accusations of antisemitism, saying that “nothing could possibly be farther from the reality.”
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) blasted Netanyahu’s “political speech” geared toward Republicans. “He provided only a few, if any particulars on how he was truly going to safe Israel,” Murphy stated. “It was a number of poor sloganeering, a number of applause traces, however little or no in the best way of, of substance. So I knew this is able to be a setback for US-Israel relations.”
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, held ‘Battle Felony’ signal as Netanyahu spoke. “Netanyahu is a warfare legal committing genocide towards the Palestinian folks. It’s completely disgraceful that leaders from each events have invited him to deal with Congress. He ought to be arrested and despatched to the Worldwide Felony Courtroom,” Rashida earlier stated.
