(JNS) Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday criticized a tweet by Twitter CEO Elon Musk accusing Jewish billionaire George Soros of conspiring against humanity.
Foreign Ministry Director of Digital Diplomacy David Saranga stopped short of accusing Musk of antisemitism, but said that his remark had “an antisemitic flavor.”
In a follow-up tweet to an original post comparing the 92-year-old American Holocaust survivor to the Marvel Comics villain Magneto, Musk accused Soros of conspiring against civilization itself.
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Elon Musk's tweet about George Soros (Twitter)
The phrase “The Jews” became one of the top trending topics on Twitter following Musk’s tweet.
“Musk’s tweet immediately led to a flood of antisemitic conspiracy theories on Twitter,” said Saranga. “Unfortunately Twitter does nothing to address this problem.”
“The Jews” is trending right now on #Twitter and it’s filled with AntiSemitic conspiracies and hate speech targeting Jews around the world.
— David Saranga (@DavidSaranga) May 16, 2023
Unfortunately Twitter does nothing to address this problem.
It reminds me of Niemöller's words which are prominently featured on a wall of… pic.twitter.com/igT3RsrViq
Soros is a major donor to left-wing and progressive causes. He founded Open Society Foundations in 1993, an NGO which has been accused by NGO Monitor of participating in anti-Israel activities.
Soros has donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations.
In November, shortly after acquiring the social media company for $44 billion, Musk posted a picture of a World War II Wehrmacht soldier carrying three carrier pigeons in a cage during the Nazi invasion of France.
Musk visited Israel in 2018, posting a video to Instagram and Twitter of himself lighting cocktails on fire in a Jerusalem bar.
“Learning how to pour flaming absinthe over a tower of glasses in Gatsby, a Jerusalem speakeasy. Everything’s better with fire,” Musk wrote on Instagram. He also posted a selfie from the ancient Judean desert fortress of Masada with the caption: “Paid respects to Masada earlier today. Live free or die.”
