Ford Motor Company X Account Briefly Hacked, Posts Anti-Israel Messages

The official X account for Ford Motor Company called Israel a 'terrorist state' on Monday during an apparent hacking incident. The X posts, which have since been deleted, were all made Monday afternoon. Three separate posts read 'Israel is a terrorist state,' 'ALL EYES ON GAZA' and 'Free Palestine,' according to a'Ford Motor Company must have been hacked by the Free Palestine movement,' Rep. Torres captioned the screenshot.

shared via X Monday evening, Ford said its account was 'briefly compromised' and the three posts were not 'authorized or posted' by the company. 'They do not represent the views of Ford Motor Company,' the statement read. 'Ford and X are investigating this breach.' Some X users expressed frustration with Ford's response. Rabbi Samuel Stern, who co-chairs the Kansas State Holocaust Commemoration, told the company in a reply its statement was 'not an apology.''Incredibly weak statement,' Brianna Wu, the executive director of the Rebellion PAC, added. 'Denounce antisemitism. Apologize to the Jewish community. Promise consequences for the people responsible.' Ford's headquarters is located in Dearborn, Mich. In 2023, more than half of Dearborn's population was Arab-American, making it the largest U.S. city with an Arab-American majority, according to thePresident-elect Donald Trump in November became the first Republican presidential candidate since former President George W. Bush in 2000 to win Dearborn, according to The Associated Press. Trump bested Vice President Kamala Harris in the city by more than 2,500 votes, with the outcome following the vice president receiving criticism forA group called Muslim Women for Harris-Walz also temporarily its support for the vice president in August, citing a lack of Palestinian-American speakers at the Democratic National Convention. The group later reversed its decision

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