反ユダヤ主義根絶へ「大きな役割」 イスラエル大統領、マスク氏に呼び掛け

【エルサレムＡＦＰ＝時事】イスラエルのイツハク・ヘルツォグ大統領は２７日、同国を訪れた実業家のイーロン・マスク氏と面会し、同氏には反ユダヤ主義根絶に向け果たすべき「大きな役割」があると呼び掛けた。マスク氏が運営するＸ（旧ツイッター）は、反ユダヤ主義を拡散していると非難されている。（写真はイーロン・マスク氏）
　マスク氏は、多数派の白人の割合縮小を狙って不法移民を流入させることをユダヤ人が企図しているとの陰謀論に賛同しているとみられている。米ホワイトハウスはそれについて、反ユダヤ主義を助長する「忌むべき」行為だと批判。
　ヘルツォグ氏はマスク氏に対して、「あなたには果たすべき大きな役割がある」「われわれは共闘しなければならない。あなたが率いるプラットフォームには、残念ながら反ユダヤ主義が潜んでいる」と語り掛けた。
　大統領府が公開した動画の中でマスク氏は反ユダヤ主義には言及していないが、イスラム組織ハマスの戦闘員について「子どもの頃からプロパガンダを吹き込まれている」と指摘。「幼少期から虚偽の情報に接していると、罪のない人々を殺すのも良いことだと考えるようになる」と話している。
　マスク氏はこれに先立ち、１０月７日にハマスに襲撃されたキブツ（生活共同体）を視察し、ベンヤミン・ネタニヤフ首相や国防省高官とも会談した。
　首相府は、ネタニヤフ氏はマスク氏と「人工知能（ＡＩ）の安全保障面」について話し合ったとしている。
　また、シュロモ・カルイ通信相は、マスク氏率いる米宇宙開発企業スペースＸが提供する衛星インターネットサービス「スターリンク」について、イスラエルおよびパレスチナ自治区ガザ地区で使用できるようにすることで基本合意に達したと明らかにした。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/11/28-16:37）

Israel's president told Elon Musk on Monday that the tech mogul has a huge role to play to combat anti-Semitism, which his social media platform is accused of spreading.
The meeting came after the world's richest person visited a kibbutz community devastated in attacks by Hamas militants on October 7, and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence officials.
Musk has been criticised over what critics say is a proliferation of hate speech on X, formerly Twitter, since his takeover of the social media site in October 2022.
He has been accused by the White House of abhorrent promotion of anti-Semitism after endorsing a conspiracy theory seen as accusing Jews of trying to weaken white majorities.
Israel's figurehead President Isaac Herzog told him: Unfortunately, we are inundated by anti-Semitism, which is Jew hatred.
You have a huge role to play, he said. And I think we need to fight it together because on the platforms which you lead, unfortunately, there's a harbouring of a lot of... anti-Semitism.
Musk did not mention anti-Semitism in his video remarks released by Herzog's office, but said Hamas militants have been fed propaganda since they were children.
It's remarkable what humans are capable of if they're fed falsehoods, from when they are children; they will think that the murder of innocent people is a good thing.
On October 7 Hamas militants broke through Gaza's militarised border into southern Israel to kill around 1,200 people and seize about 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials, in the worst-ever attack since the nation's founding.
Vowing to destroy Hamas in response, Israel has carried out a relentless bombardment of targets in Gaza, alongside a ground invasion, that the Hamas government says has killed almost 15,000.
A temporary truce has been in effect since Friday.
- Talk of satellites -
Earlier Monday, Netanyahu and Musk discussed security aspects of artificial intelligence with senior defence officials, the Prime Minister's Office said.
Musk and Netanyahu held a conversation on X following their tour of Kfar Aza, one of the communities attacked by Hamas.
We have to demilitarise Gaza after the destruction of Hamas, Netanyahu said, calling for a campaign to deradicalise the Palestinian territory.
Then we also have to rebuild Gaza, and I hope to have our Arab friends help in that context.
Netanyahu told Musk he hoped to resume United States-mediated normalisation talks with Saudi Arabia after Hamas's defeat and expand the circle of peace beyond anything imaginable.
The war stalled progress towards a Saudi-Israel normalisation deal, and in early November Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler denounced the conduct of Israeli forces fighting Hamas in Gaza.
Israel's Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said his country had reached an understanding in principle on the use of Starlink satellites, operated by Musk's company SpaceX, in Israel and the Gaza Strip with the approval of the Israeli Ministry of Communications.
Starlink is a network of satellites in low Earth orbit that can provide internet to remote locations, or areas that have had normal communications infrastructure disabled.
In September, Netanyahu urged Musk to stop not only anti-Semitism, or rolling it back as best you can, but any collective hatred on X.
Musk said at the time that while his platform could not stop all hate speech before it was posted, he was generally against attacking any group, no matter who it is.
X Corp is currently suing nonprofit Media Matters on the grounds that it has driven away advertisers by portraying the site as rife with anti-Semitic content.
Musk has also threatened to file suit against the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy group, over its claims that problematic and racist speech has soared on the site since he completed his $44-billion takeover.