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Ford Motor Company's social media site was hacked on Monday with messages posted in support of Gaza and against Israel that appeared to come from Ford.
“ALL EYES ON GAZA,” “Israel is a terrorist state,” and “Free Palestine” were posted before Ford deleted the messages.
“Our X account was briefly compromised and three posts were made that were not authorized or published by Ford,” the company wrote on X. “They do not represent the views of Ford Motor Company. “Ford and X are investigating this violation.”
The posts circulated widely before Ford removed them, and some X readers who were unaware the site had been hacked praised Ford, while others attacked the company. After Ford posted a message about the hack, several X posters criticized the company for not apologizing for the tweets.
“This is a statement and not an apology,” Rabbi Samuel Stern wrote in a response post. “I wonder if the unauthorized posts were directed at someone else if you had apologized?”
“Incredibly weak statement,” Brianna Wu, executive director of Rebellion PAC, told her followers on X. “Denounce anti-Semitism. Apologize to the Jewish community. “It promises consequences for those responsible.”
Ford has a mixed history with anti-Semitism and with Israel. The company's founder, Henry Ford, was notoriously anti-Semitic and spread conspiracy theories about Jewish people. Adolf Hitler congratulated Henry Ford in his famous book my fightand Germany awarded Ford the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the country's highest honor for foreigners, in 1938.
The Ford company, however, has supplied armored vehicles to the Israeli army, while the Ford Foundation has provided aid in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
