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Musk’s Amnesia Over Israel’s Past ‘Conspicuous Acts of Kindness’

Like Elon Musk, Israelis have stubbornly believed that acts of kindness would eventually win over Palestinians. Israelis’ naivete ended on Oct 7.
Musk’s Amnesia Over Israel’s Past ‘Conspicuous Acts of Kindness’
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) takes Elon Musk (L) on a tour of Kibbutz Kfar Aza after the Oct. 7 massacre took place there, in Kfar Aza, Israel, on Nov. 27, 2023. Amos Ben-Gershom Handout via Getty Images
Lawrence Solomon
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To win over Palestinians and end the Gaza War, Elon Musk recently suggested a “counterintuitive thing ... that Israel engage in the most conspicuous acts of kindness possible ever.” Mr. Musk then endorsed “talk of establishing, for example, a mobile hospital” to help the Gazans. “I recommend doing that. Just making sure that, you know, there’s food, water, medical necessities.”

Lawrence Solomon is an Epoch Times columnist, a former National Post and Globe and Mail columnist, and the executive director of Toronto-based Energy Probe and Consumer Policy Institute. He is the author of seven books, including “The Deniers,” a No. 1 environmental best-seller in both the United States and Canada.
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