Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Tesla CEO ELon Musk in the Nazi Salute row and said that the billionaire was being falsely smeared. PM Netanyahu also called Elon Musk a ‘Great Friend Of Israel’.

The "Sieg Heil" heard 'round the world has made its way to Germany, where activists are using that now-infamous image at Tesla's Gigafactory.

“Last night we were up on the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin, the main European manufacturing site of Elon Musk’s car business,” the group wrote in an email to supporters on Thursday. “It’s the company that makes him the world’s richest man, money he is increasingly using to boost the far-right across Europe.”

Online users shared videos showing Musk twice extending his hand outward from his heart but omitted his words explaining the gesture.

"I’m ending my lease two months early. When the Tesla rep asked why I’m not considering another Tesla, I said I’m sick of being associated with Elon."

Fineman previously took aim at Musk after fellow SNL cast member Bowen Yang revealed on Watch What Happens Live in August 2024 that one SNL host had “made multiple cast members cry on on Wednesday before the table read because he hated the ideas.”

The debate over Musk’s latest move has added fuel to other ongoing feuds, too.

Elon Musk responds to the criticism over his one-armed gesture during Trump's inauguration which sparked controversy.

Calling Elon Musk a great friend of Israel, Netanyahu, in a post on X, said that the Tesla CEO is being “falsely smeared”.

Errol Musk laughed and defended his son against allegations of making a Nazi salute, calling the accusation “absolute nonsense” and “rubbish.”

Left-wing activists have projected a giant image of Elon Musk doing a gesture that has been likened to a Nazi salute alongside the word “heil” on to Tesla’s Berlin factory.