New Delhi, March 14 -- The world's richest man, Elon Musk, thanked the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, after Jerusalem asked his EV maker company, Tesla, to submit a bid on a tender to provide electric cars to the top Jewish state officials.

Taking to the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Musk shared a post by Netanyahu, which mentioned a report on Israel's request to buy Tesla. Replying to the post, Tesla boss Musk wrote, "Much appreciated."

Benjamin Netanyahu shared a report by the news agency Jewish News Syndicate (JNS). The report referred to the plans of Israel to buy Tesla cars for its top officials.

"We aren't going to bow to woke trends," an official told JNS."A car is a car is a car. And a great ...