Laughing Elon Musk compares George Soros to Jewish supervillain Magneto again in bizarre interview where he pauses for a full 12 SECONDS and claims he is a 'pro-Semite' - as Israeli government blasts him for anti-Semitism

• Soros, a Hungarian-born billionaire, heads the Open Society Foundation and is a Holocaust survivor 
• Musk, 51, compared the 92-year-old to the X-Men villain who 'fights to help mutants replace humans as the world's dominant species' 
• In a statement released by Israeli authorities shared on Twitter, they slammed Musk for his 'anti-Semitic' tweet 

Elon Musk has doubled down on comments comparing George Soros to Jewish supervillain Magneto in a bizarre interview - hours after the Israeli government blasted him for being anti-Semitic. 

The Tesla CEO, 51, compared Soros, 92, to X-Men supervillain Magneto on Twitter following the announcement that Soros' investment fund had dumped all of their Tesla stock.

Soros, a Hungarian-born billionaire, heads the Open Society Foundation and is a Holocaust survivor.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Musk's tweet had resulted in a flood of conspiracy theories and the hashtag 'The Jews' to trend on the platform. 

During a bizarre interview with CNBC's David Faber, Musk was asked about his Soros tweets - where the tech billionaire went off on a bizarre tangent about the 1987 fairytale adventure, The Princess Bride, nonchalantly stating: 'I'll say what I want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money so be it.'

Musk tells Faber: 'I said he reminds me of Magneto, you know calm down people.'

Faber asks: 'When you do something like that, why share it? Why share it when people who buy Tesla's may not agree with you, advertisers on Twitter may not agree with you, why share it wide?'

Musk responds: 'Freedom of speech, I'm allowed to say what I want.'

Faber kicks back at Musk asking him: 'It puts you in a middle of a partisan divide in the country, it makes you a lightning rod for criticism, do you like that?'

Musk then claims he is a 'pro-Semite' and after a lengthy awkward silence totaling 12 seconds he goes into a bizarre tirade and quotes 1987 film The Princess Bride.

He continues: 'I'm reminded of a scene in The Princess Bride, where  he confronts the person who kills his father. 

'He says, "Offer me money. Offer me power. I don't care".'

Musk then says: 'I'll say what I want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money so be it.'

In response, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted: 'The phrase "The Jews" jumped to the list of trending topics on Twitter today following an anti-Semitic tweet by none other than the owner and CEO of the social network, Elon Musk.

Musk's tweet immediately resulted in a flood of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on Twitter. 

'Unfortunately Twitter does nothing to address this problem.'

Director of the Digital Diplomacy Bureau at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, David Saranga tweeted: 'It reminds me of Niemöller's words which are prominently featured on a wall of the Holocaust Museum in Washington.

'"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist. 

'"Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews

'"I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew. 

'"Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me." Niemöller's words serve as an indictment of passivity and indifference during the Holocaust'.

Musk did not explain the reasoning behind his outburst, but the tweet was posted shortly after a regulatory filing revealed that Soros' office had dumped its entire stake in Tesla.

Tesla shares have surged by nearly 54 percent since the start of the year, though the value of the stake that Soros had is not currently clear.

After he shared his tweet, Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, hit back at Musk over his remarks.

Greenblatt tweeted: 'Soros often is held up by the far-right, using anti-Semitic tropes, as the source of the world’s problems. 

'To see Elon Musk, regardless of his intent, feed this segment — comparing him to a Jewish supervillain, claiming Soros "hates humanity" — is not just distressing, it's dangerous.

'It will embolden extremists who already contrive anti-Jewish conspiracies and have tried to attack Soros and Jewish communities as a result.'

CEO of American Jewish Committee Ted Deutch told CNN: 'The tweet about this notion that Soros hates humanity, is trying to destroy civilization just plays into the classical anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about Jewish wealth and power.

'We've seen anti-Semitism surge since Musk took over at Twitter, our own survey show that two thirds of Jews have experienced anti-Semitism online, 85% of those under 30.

 'It is unacceptable and dangerous.'

On Wednesday afternoon, Elon again refused to back down on his comments. 

In response to his original tweet, he said: 'I'd like to apologize for this post.'

But he quickly followed up with: 'It was really unfair to Magneto.'  

It comes after a study found that anti-Semitic tweets soared after Musk's takeover, a 105 percent increase following the $4 billion deal.