Does it really matter whether Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), visited Israel to stem the loss of ad revenue from deep-pocketed companies, or out of a genuine desire to battle antisemitism?

He went, he toured the site of the Hamas slaughter of Oct. 7, he watched footage of the assault and no doubt learned things he did not know before. That’s far more than many in Congress and on our college campuses have done after displaying ignorance, apathy and a zeal to spread anti-Jewish propaganda.

Hopefully, Musk’s trip will inspire others to do their own reality checks.

As has been reported, Musk had agreed on Nov. 15 with a post on X that falsely claimed Jewish people were stoking hatred against white people, saying the user who referenced the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory was speaking “the actual truth.”

After his post, major U.S. companies including Walt Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and Comcast ended their ads on X.  Paris Hilton’s entertainment company 11:11 Media joined the exodus according to CNN. Only a month earlier the companies announced an exclusive partnership that would include live video and commerce.

So yes, Musk has monetary reasons to do damage control. A positive takeaway is that he is taking action, and given the social media mogul’s outsized influence, his actions could do some real good.

According to Reuters, Musk met families of hostages held in Gaza with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Herzog said Musk had a huge role to play in the global fight against antisemitism.

There’s a lot to fight: When protestors refer to the Oct. 7 massacre as “resistance,”  when posters of those kidnapped by Hamas terrorists are torn down in cities around the world, and when the United Nations remains silent on the rape and other atrocities carried out by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, the tentacles of antisemitism are spreading.

“We’ve sent letters and shared graphic documentation,” Sarah Weiss Maudi, a senior diplomat and legal adviser in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Fox News Digital. “Their silence is so deafening that it’s sickening,” she said.

“We have to do whatever is necessary to stop the hate,” Musk said.

“Essentially these people have been fed propaganda since they were children. And it’s remarkable what humans are capable of if they’re fed falsehoods, from when they are children, they will think that the murder of innocent people is a good thing.

“That is how much propaganda can affect people’s minds,” Musk said, according to a statement

We’ve witnessed that for years, and more so in the weeks since Oct. 7. And we’ve seen with disgust how this propaganda thrives in academia and even in the media.

Musk is no stranger to taking on big projects – he owns Tesla and SpaceX – nor is he adverse to publicity. It’s time for him to use his position for good and do all he can to give truth as much muscle as propaganda.

It won’t be easy – there are too many invested in spreading hate and misinformation. Hamas leaders prosper while Gazans live in poverty – something you won’t read on anti-Israel protest placards.

Musk can help spread truth and stem the spread of antisemitism. The ball’s in his court.

Editorial cartoon by Bob Gorrell (Creators Syndicate)