RSS
European Commission Pulls Advertising From X/Twitter Following Elon Musk’s Latest Antisemitic Outburst
X/Twitter owner Elon Musk. Photo: Reuters/Jaap Arriens
The European Union’s top executive body has suspended advertising on the X/Twitter social media platform, citing concerns over the spread of antisemitism and disinformation concerning the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization.
The decision came amid a new antisemitism controversy involving Elon Musk — the platform’s billionaire CEO — who effusively endorsed an antisemitic posting on Wednesday.
In an internal communication to staff that was first reported by Politico‘s Brussels bureau, Dana Spinant — the deputy chief spokesperson of the European Commission — noted the “widespread concerns relating to the spread of disinformation” on X/Twitter.
The profusion of disinformation regarding the current war in Gaza, triggered by the Hamas pogrom in southern Israel on Oct. 7, had led the Commission to “recommend to temporarily suspend advertising on this platform until further notice to avoid risks of reputational damage,” Spinant wrote.
Spinant added that the Commission “will consider using alternative platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook) or digital advertising on websites, as appropriate. We are also exploring new platforms to diversify our social media presence.”
According to Politico, the Musk-owned platform has been under “growing scrutiny in Europe as a result of the bloc’s new content moderation law, the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission, which enforces the law, in October sent a formal request for information to the company to explain how its handling of illegal content and disinformation connected to Hamas’ October 7 attack complies with the DSA.”
The latest storm around Musk’s ongoing flirtation with antisemitic tropes concerned his endorsement of an unambiguously antisemitic post.
An account belonging to “The Artist Formerly Known as Eric” accused “Jewish communties [sic]” of “pushing the exact kind of dialectical [sic] hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.”
Invoking the “Great Replacement Theory” — a far right conspiracy theory holding that white people are being systematically displaced by immigrants of color — the posting continued: “I’m deeply disinterested in giving the tiniest s—t now about Western Jewish populations coming to the disturbing realization that those hordes of minorities that support flooding their country don’t exactly like them too much. You want truth said to your face, there it is.”
Musk then retweeted the post, adding the comment: “You have said the actual truth.”
You have said the actual truth
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2023
As well as the European Commission, top corporations are considering ending advertising campaigns on X/Twitter, which has seen its revenues collapse over the last year against the background of Musk’s antics.
On Friday, IBM announced that it was suspending advertising. “IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation,” a spokesperson for the company said.
Similar moves are being considered by Apple, Oracle, and NBC Universal.
Top executives are also piling the pressure on Musk. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, who is also CEO of project-management software maker Asana Inc., called on the billionaire to resign, while Kristin Hull, founder and chief executive officer of Nia Impact Capital, a social-impact fund that owns nearly $300,000 of stock in Tesla, the electric car manufacturer also owned by Musk, said she was “appalled.”
“The impact of erratic, racist, and antisemitic speech from a CEO directly affects Tesla’s brand and bottom line in significant ways,” Hull said on Thursday. “This behavior has the power to tarnish the brand long-term.” She recommended that an appropriate response to Musk’s actions would include “censure by the Board, demotion, re-assignment, suspension, or removal.”
As well as calling for Musk to step down, Moskovitz urged X/Twitter’s recently appointed CEO, Linda Yaccarino, to resign from her post.
However, in a tweet on Thursday, Yaccarino appeared to back Musk, insinuating that alleged anti-white racism was as serious a problem as antisemitism or racism targeting minorities.
“X’s point of view has always been very clear that discrimination by everyone should STOP across the board — I think that’s something we can and should all agree on,” she wrote. “When it comes to this platform — X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination. There’s no place for it anywhere in the world — it’s ugly and wrong. Full stop.”
The post European Commission Pulls Advertising From X/Twitter Following Elon Musk’s Latest Antisemitic Outburst first appeared on Algemeiner.com.
RSS
After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
RSS
Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
RSS
Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.