Haaretz Editor Condemns “Venal” Musk’s Israel Visit

The Hill reports:

The editor in chief of Israeli news outlet Haaretz blasted Elon Musk’s visit to Israel, calling the tech billionaire a “blatant antisemite and publisher of antisemitism” amid backlash over antisemitic content on X.

“Blatant antisemite & publisher of antisemitism Elon Musk should be persona non grata in Israel,” Haaretz editor-in-chief Esther Solomon wrote in a post on X, which Musk owns.

“Instead, Netanyahu — plumbing new depths of amoral sycophancy — gifts him a PR visit to the kibbutzim devastated by Hamas. Profane, venal, bilious, both of them.”

Read the full article. Last week Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi called for sanctions against Haaretz over its criticisms of Netanyahu and the failures of Israel’s security apparatus. Haaretz is Israel’s longest-running print outlet.