Elon Musk agrees with Israel not to activate Starlink over Gaza without approval
Musk’s plane touched down in Tel Aviv on Monday morning
Elon Musk agrees with Israel not to activate Starlink over Gaza without approval!
Tech billionaire Elon Musk arrived in Israel to kick off a high-profile trip to the country amid the ongoing truce with Palestinian group Hamas on Monday morning.
⚡️Elon Musk, who told me to stay “neutral ” 2 months ago (I am Lebanese, that’s impossible), is now in “Israel” visiting PM Netanyahu. pic.twitter.com/pkKLBbjGMO
— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) November 27, 2023
As Musk arrived, Israel stated that it reached an agreement with Elon Musk that SpaceX would provide ‘Starlink’ satellite internet services in Gaza only with its approval.
Musk had earlier backed the idea of Starlink for war-hit Gaza.
Israel’s Communications Minister, Shlomo Karhi, posted on X that Starlink satellite units would only operate in Israel and the Gaza Strip with his ministry’s approval.
Elon Musk, I congratulate you for reaching a principle understanding with the Ministry of Communications under my leadership.
As a result of this significant agreement, Starlink satellite units can only be operated in Israel with the approval of the Israeli Ministry of…
— 🇮🇱שלמה קרעי – Shlomo Karhi (@shlomo_karhi) November 27, 2023
The billionaire is expected to meet with officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, as well as relatives of Hamas-held captives, as pe the Israeli media reports.
Starlink is a satellite internet venture operated by SpaceX, owned by Musk, that makes it easier to provide internet services in rural and isolated regions of the world where the internet terminals and cables are not strong.
