Billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of the social media network X, announced Tuesday that he intends to donate some of the company’s revenue to medical authorities in Israel and Gaza.
“X Corp will be donating all revenue from advertising & subscriptions associated with the war in Gaza to hospitals in Israel and the Red Cross/Crescent in Gaza,” he tweeted Tuesday afternoon.
X Corp will be donating all revenue from advertising & subscriptions associated with the war in Gaza to hospitals in Israel and the Red Cross/Crescent in Gaza
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2023
When subsequently asked how he’ll ensure that the money “won’t end up in Hamas’ hands,” he responded by vowing to closely “track” how the funds are spent.
Look:
That’s great you’re going to donate. How do you know that money won’t end up in hamases hands ?
— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) November 21, 2023
We will track how funds are spent and go through Red Cross/Crescent.
Better ideas are welcome.
We should care about the innocent regardless of race, creed, religion or anything else.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2023
Interestingly, critics responded to the posts by complaining that the medical authorities in Gaza need money far more than the authorities in Israel.
“I don’t think it’s hospitals in Israel that need resources. Gaza is the one with no fuel and overwhelmed with injured and mutilated bodies. Probably shouldn’t be 50/50,” one critic tweeted.
“99.9% of donations should go to Gaza if we’re being fair here,” another added.
See more responses below:
That’s kind of you. All of the wounded need care. But the situation in Gaza is desperate. Israel is a wealthy nation with lots of support already. So I hope you’re sending more of the revenue to Gaza as they desperately need it.
— Propaganda and co (@propandco) November 21, 2023
i get you’re trying to backtrack and make up for what you said last week (& i truly hope the adl sees this bro) but only one side in this conflict desperately needs donations to hospitals and such and its not the one being supported and funded by the US government
— shoe (@shoe0nhead) November 21, 2023
Charity is never bad but don’t you think Gaza hospitals need help more right now? Also U.S. taxpayers just sent billions of dollars to Israel.
Even if this move brings back advertisers, how long until they inevitably leave again because you speak too much truth @elonmusk?
— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) November 21, 2023
“Israel” is an occupying organization.
While Gaza is the one being subjected to genocide… the Israeli occupation does not deserve anything because Biden supports it with weapons of murder, devastation and destruction to kill Palestinian civilians.
Support Gaza only.— غزة الآن – Gaza Now (@nowgnna) November 21, 2023
The government funds war.
Elon funds hospitals.
Let that sink in.Thank you Elon for being a humanitarian! pic.twitter.com/b5JLO657jV
— Empress Heavy (@HeavyMetalShip) November 21, 2023
Notice what one critic wrote: “[I] get you’re trying to backtrack and make up for what you said last week.”
Critics believe Musk’s sudden generosity is motivated by an attempt to appease the Jewish critics he’d offended with his tweets a week earlier.
Last week, Musk liked an allegedly antisemitic post that accused Jewish powerbrokers like the Anti-Defamation League of tolerating and promoting anti-white hatred.
“You have said the actual truth. … The ADL unjustly attacks the majority of the West, despite the majority of the West supporting the Jewish people and Israel. This is because they cannot, by their own tenets, criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat,” he wrote in response to the controversial tweet.
“It is not right and it needs to stop,” he added.
You have said the actual truth
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2023
The ADL unjustly attacks the majority of the West, despite the majority of the West supporting the Jewish people and Israel.
This is because they cannot, by their own tenets, criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat.
It is not right and needs to stop.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2023
The tweets prompted massive backlash, including even from the Biden White House.
“We condemn this abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate in the strongest terms, which runs against our core values as Americans,” the White House said in a statement Friday, referring to Musk’s tweets.
“It is unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of antisemitism in American history at any time, let alone one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” the White House added.
The White House has released a statement condemning Elon Musk. Unclear as to exactly how it is a lie that progressive Jewish organizations promote anti-whiteness and support the very policies that now endanger them. pic.twitter.com/XTSzUIs6A3
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 17, 2023
The great irony, as previously reported, is that on the same day the White House slammed Musk, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt praised Musk for his efforts in “fighting hate,” including anti-Semitism, on X.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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