After the Israeli prime minister defended Musk following controversy over a gesture at a Trump rally, the tech entrepreneur posted puns using the names of notorious Nazi officials.

Elon Musk pounded his fist to his chest and extended his right arm into the air during a speech Monday, which many have equated to a Nazi salute—while defenders say it was accidental.

In addition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Anti-Defamation League, a leading antisemitism watchdog, also defended Elon Musk this week.

Netanyahu pointed to Musk’s visiting Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack and advocating for what he said was “Israel’s right to defend itself against genocidal terrorists and regimes who seek to annihilate the one and only Jewish state.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk was being "falsely smeared" in a row over a gesture he made at Donald Trump's inauguration that critics described as a Nazi salute.

Netanyahu was responding to a post by the X owner, which read, "The radical leftists are really upset that they had to take time out of their busy day praising Hamas to call me a Nazi."

Nazi salute getting out of hands? After his bizarre gesture mimicking a ‘ sieg hiel ,’ aka nazi salute, at Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk is cracking jokes about it, even as allies like Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu downplay his shenanigans.

The Israeli Prime Minister thanks the billionaire for being a "great friend of Israel" after he was accused of giving a Nazi salute The post Netanyahu Defends Elon Musk Over Salute: ‘Falsely Smeared’ appeared first on TheWrap.

Elon Musk sparked controversy as he appeared to do the “Nazi salute” during US President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony when he addressed a crowd.

Musk’s satirical post comes after the Tesla boss sparked a massive controversy on January 20 by raising his right arm in the air while thanking Trump’s supporters.

Elon Musk criticised the social media algorithm after encountering repeated "Nazi salute" images in his feed. The controversy stems from a gesture he made on January 20 during Donald Trump's inauguration.