After the communications blackout in Gaza during the Israel war, Elon Musk wants to provide satellite internet to humanitarian organizations. Tel Aviv is angry.
Elon Musk also wants to help in the Israel war with his Starlink internet. – keystone
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Elon Musk wants to provide Starlink Internet to humanitarian organizations in Gaza. Israel is angry and warns that Hamas will misuse it for terrorist purposes. Musk tries to reassure people that he will closely monitor satellite Internet users.
On Friday, Israel cut off communications in the Gaza Strip. The people who are already suffering from the air strikes in the Israel war no longer have internet and phone calls don’t work either. International organizations such as the WHO or Unicef were no longer able to reach their local employees.
A solution could now come from Elon Musk: The billionaire wants to use his satellite company Starlink to support internationally recognized aid organizations with communication connections. He shares this on his social network X, formerly Twitter. He did not know who had the authority for ground connections, but no terminal had requested a connection from there.
Musk already supported Ukraine during the Ukraine war by providing the country with satellite internet. The US Department of Defense will cover the costs.
The billionaire receives mixed reactions on Twitter successor X – and Israel also chimes in. Tel Aviv has announced that it will “fight by all means” the provision of satellite internet to organizations in the Gaza Strip.
Israel War: Musk wants to ensure Starlink is used for humanitarian purposes
“Hamas will use it for terrorist activities,” warns Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi. Maybe Musk would be willing to tie it to the release of “our kidnapped babies, sons, daughters and seniors,” he suggests. Until then, his office will cut all ties to Starlink.
During the Israeli war, much was destroyed in the Gaza Strip, including the communications infrastructure. – Keystone
Musk tries to reassure the minister that he is not so naive as to not see the danger. So far there have been no attempts to connect a terminal in Gaza to Starlink. If this happens, he will take “extraordinary measures” to ensure that it is used only for humanitarian purposes. To achieve this, he will work with the US and Israeli governments.
Do you think it’s good that Musk wants to make internet available to humanitarian organizations in Gaza?
At the beginning of the Israel War, Elon Musk was already being criticized. According to the EU, X was used to spread anti-Semitic opinions and fake news.
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2023-10-29 20:06:12
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