Having huge hubris doesn't excuse

Maybe not but that's it really - being on top for so long can be a curse. Allegations of anti-semitism still work. Their agents don't have to actually be skilled if they can say the magic words to get someone fired. Any other country doing this, and American reactions would range from anger to jokes like "careful, them crack <Lebanese> super spies might be listening to us!" But make it about Israel and Jews and the power dynamic gets inverted to where even citizens of the country being targeted will use it as another example of how Elon Musk has been dangerously courting the far-right and conspiracy theorists. I guarantee you my coworkers (who magically hate Twitter now) will be saying that in a week if this makes it to the mainstream news cycle. "Did ya see how some holocaust denier got on a Twitter Spaces chat? This proves everything they've been saying about Musk!"