Tech billionaire and Tesla chief Elon Musk visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday as a personal guest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is speaking to Congress about his country’s war with Hamas, while several Congress members <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/07/24/who-is-skipping-netanyahus-congress-address-kamala-harris-nancy-pelosi-and-other-big-names/" target="_self" class="color-link" title="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/07/24/who-is-skipping-netanyahus-congress-address-kamala-harris-nancy-pelosi-and-other-big-names/" data-ga-track="InternalLink:https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/07/24/who-is-skipping-netanyahus-congress-address-kamala-harris-nancy-pelosi-and-other-big-names/" aria-label="boycotted the address">boycotted the address</a>.

<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/66a146ab2da73f4349aa3583/US-ISRAEL-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-CONGRESS-NETANYAHU/960x0.jpg?cropX1=36&amp;cropX2=2956&amp;cropY1=0&amp;cropY2=1948" alt="US-ISRAEL-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-CONGRESS-NETANYAHU" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion class="expandable" current="-1"><p class="color-body light-text">Musk watched Netanyahu's address from the upstairs gallery of the Senate chamber. (Photo by SAUL <span class="plus" data-ga-track="caption expand">... [+]</span><span class="expanded-caption"> LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)</span></p></fbs-accordion><small>AFP via Getty Images</small></figcaption>

 <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>Musk was spotted sitting in Netanyahu’s box in the upstairs gallery of the Senate chamber, according to <a href="https://x.com/mkraju/status/1816169562234315234" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://x.com/mkraju/status/1816169562234315234" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://x.com/mkraju/status/1816169562234315234" aria-label="CNN">CNN</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/kellyfphares/status/1816151835117257207" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://x.com/kellyfphares/status/1816151835117257207" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://x.com/kellyfphares/status/1816151835117257207" aria-label="told reporters">told reporters</a> he was in attendance as a guest of the prime minister.</p>  </div>


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Netanyahu is speaking to Congress about Israel’s war with Hamas.{ai:summary}<p>Tech mogul Elon Musk took a front-row seat in the Senate gallery, mingling with power as he accompanied Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a congressional address on the Hamas conflict, while some lawmakers opted to skip the event. </p><p>The spectacle was a reminder of the tangled connections between tech and politics, where the rich and powerful share stages, even as others turn their backs. #politics</p>

Elon Musk Attends Netanyahu’s Speech To Congress As His Guest

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