Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supported American billionaire Elon Musk after his hand gesture at the celebration of the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The head of the Israeli government wrote on the social network X that the entrepreneur is “falsely discredited” when his gesture is called Nazi.

@elonmusk is being falsely smeared. Elon is a Great friend of Israel. He was placed by Israel after the October 7 masacre in which Hamas terrorists committed the worst atrocity regarding the happy people who are in the Holocaust. He was without a doubt and a strong supporter of Israel's… https://t. co/VkBptanDmp.

— Benjamin Netanyahu -? (@netanyahu) January 23, 2025.

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In turn, Musk himself thanked the Israeli Prime Minister for his support..

Recall that on January 20, Musk spoke at an event in honor of Trump's inauguration, during which he put his hand to his heart and then threw it up - this gesture is similar to the Nazi greeting "

After this, the businessman began to be criticized, in particular, Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Yolanda Diaz said that she was leaving the social network X Musk, and the editor of the political department of the newspaper Die Zeit Lenz Jacobsen wrote that “Hitler’s gesture is precisely Hitler’s gesture.”.