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by Laurent Guy\u00e9not In just a couple of days, an impressive amount of information has been brought to light pointing to Israel\u2019s strong motive to take out Charlie Kirk ASAP. I will here compile that information, as I found it on X and other Internet outlets.<\/p>\n In doing so, I am not influenced by my personal opinion on Kirk. I hardly ever listened to him before the last three days, and my opinion was mostly negative. Today, I still feel that Nick Fuentes was right in his very severe judgment of him as a traitor to his country paid by Israel to keep the MAGA movement in line with Israel\u2019s interests, even when he was doing some \u201cdamage control\u201d<\/a><\/strong>. That doesn\u2019t mean, in my view, that Kirk was not sincere in his defense of Israel. As an evangelical Christian, he probably really saw this as a calling from God. On the other hand, I think that ambitious men are never exclusively interested by truth, that men in general (women included) are very good at lying to themselves about their true motivations, and that religion is a very practical way to lie to yourself. I also think that Kirk, although an energetic and talented fast talker, was not extremely intelligent\u2014less intelligent than Fuentes, in my view. Like Fuentes, I don\u2019t think anybody who supports Israel because the Bible tells him so<\/a><\/strong> can be very intelligent.<\/p>\n So based on what I have seen recently, I believe that Kirk was turning, but I wouldn\u2019t be able to say to what extent his turning was motivated by his love for truth and morality, or by his concern for keeping the trust of his base of followers, and saving his political future. I suppose he was feeling opposite pressures from two sides: from his pro-Israel backers on the top, demanding that he keeps his unconditional support of Israel, and from his grass-root followers on the bottom, who find Israel\u2019s actions and Israel\u2019s influence on U.S. policies more and more unbearable (Kirk\u2019s followers also listen to Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens or Nick Fuentes).<\/p>\n Whatever his motivations were, and no matter how far he was planning to go in his critics of Israel, the fact is that he had gone quite far already. Candace Owens, who holds him in great esteem as a friend, said he was going through a \u201cspiritual transformation\u201d, and believed he would have ultimately changed his mind entirely on Israel. That\u2019s a reasonable possibility. Tucker Carlson, also his friend, encouraged him in this way, and there are unmistakable signs that Kirk was listening to him and moving in the same direction. Would Kirk have gone all the way? No one can say, but there is a major difference between Owens and Carlson on the one hand, and Kirk on the other: Owens and Carlson both left comfortable situations to build their own platforms, whereas Kirk is not his own man: some influential people have invested a lot in him and will not let their investment go to waste. If for some reason they thought Kirk would be more useful dead than alive, then dead he would be.<\/p>\n In any case, Charlie Kirk was slowing turning, and he had been turning faster in the last few months. He had been the most pro-Israel MAGA influencer, together with Ben Shapiro, drawing millions of young people behind him. But his followers and others<\/a><\/strong> had been noticing that he was starting to ask embarrassing questions for Israel, about October 7th, about the \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d<\/a><\/strong> in Gaza (he used the term, and \u201cnot lightly\u201d), about the Epstein files, and about Israeli censorship in the media.<\/p>\n And he could see that his public applauded him for it. In July, he invited Tucker Carlson as a guest speaker to his Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event; Carlson spoke about Epstein as a Mossad agent, and encouraged the public (as he had Kirk privately, without doubt) to ask questions without fear of being called antisemites: \u201cyou\u2019re allowed to do that, because you\u2019re not a slave.\u201d The clip went viral<\/a><\/strong>. Kirk actually heeded his advice and voiced the same questions himself on stage. Other guests like Megyn Kelly or comedian Dave Smith<\/a><\/strong> spoke very harshly of Israel under his watch. Obviously, Trump\u2019s decision to close and dismiss the Epstein affair created strong resentment among the MAGA youth, and Kirk could not ignore it.<\/p>\n Weeks later, August 13, Kirk was reported by Harrison Smith of InfoWars to have said to a friend that \u201cIsrael will kill him if he turns against them\u201d (watch Smith\u2019s second follow up<\/a><\/strong> on his tweet). You don\u2019t say such a think unless you have received some warning or implicit threat. Then Kirk received a phone call from Netanyahu (confirmed by Netanyahu) inviting him to Israel, and Kirk is believed to have declined. Worse, he continued to raise questions. In his last interview aired the day before his death, as if heeding Carlson\u2019s encouragement, he challenged Ben Shapiro, the arch-Zionist Jewish editor of the Daily Wire<\/em>, telling him \u201cYou Jews own the media, Ben,\u201d insisting that we have a right to question the mainstream narrative on Israel, and stating that he doesn\u2019t like Bibi Netanyahu\u2019s statement: \u201cYou can\u2019t be MAGA if you\u2019re anti-Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n From what I have seen of his recent interventions (here is a 32-minute compilation<\/a><\/strong>), it seems that he was moving in the direction that Carlson and Owens had taken before him, hesitantly for sure. And it is clear that he was testing his public on these issues, and receiving positive encouragement from them. It is also evident that he was receiving very negative pushback from his Jewish backers and donors, as well as from the White House. Knowing Kirk\u2019s colossal influence on young MAGA supporters, it\u2019s plausible that Netanyahu\u2019s mafia had decided to eliminate him (and also punish him and make an example). He had to be eliminated before he completed his turn, while it was still possible for Netanyahu to mourn the death of a \u201clion-hearted friend of Israel\u201d (killing two birds with one stone). It is the turn that is most dangerous. In this article<\/a><\/strong>, Kevin Barrett illustrates the threat hanging over Kirk with the warning issued to him<\/a><\/strong> on August 5 by Daniella Bloom in The Times of Israel<\/em>.<\/p>\n On the Qui Bono<\/em> aspect of the case the best source on this affair so far is The <\/a><\/strong>Greyzone<\/a><\/strong><\/em> article <\/a><\/strong>titled \u201cCharlie Kirk refused Netanyahu funding offer, was \u2018frightened\u2019 by pro-Israel forces before death, friend reveals.\u201d The authors (Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil) start like this:<\/p>\n Charlie Kirk rejected an offer earlier this year from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to arrange a massive new infusion of Zionist money into his Turning Point USA (TPUSA) organization, America\u2019s largest conservative youth association, according to a longtime friend of the slain commentator speaking on the condition of anonymity. The source told The Grayzone<\/em> that the late pro-Trump influencer believed Netanyahu was trying to cow him into silence as he began to publicly question Israel\u2019s overwhelming influence in Washington and demanded more space to criticize it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In the weeks leading up to his September 10 assassination, Kirk had come to loathe the Israeli leader, regarding him as a \u201cbully,\u201d the source said. Kirk was disgusted by what he witnessed inside the Trump administration, where Netanyahu sought to personally dictate the president\u2019s personnel decisions, and weaponized Israeli assets like billionaire donor Miriam Adelson to keep the White House firmly under its thumb.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n According to Kirk\u2019s friend, who also enjoyed access to President Donald Trump and his inner circle, Kirk strongly warned Trump last June against bombing Iran on Israel\u2019s behalf. \u201cCharlie was the only person who did that,\u201d they said, recalling how Trump \u201cbarked at him\u201d in response and angrily shut down the conversation. The source believes the incident confirmed in Kirk\u2019s mind that the president of the United States had fallen under the control of a malign foreign power, and was leading his own country into a series of disastrous conflicts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n On the investigation, I recommend listening to Jackson Hinkle\u2019s talk posted september 12<\/a><\/strong>. Hinkle provides crucial information about inconsistencies concerning the suspect, such as: the gun found in the wooded area that is not seen on any image of the suspect, the \u201cfull tactical gear\u201d that the FBI had said the suspect was wearing but that he is not wearing on the photos allegedly taken of him at the event, and the private jet owned by wealthy Chabad Jew Derek Maxfield that took off one hour after the crime from Faro airport (a 12-minute drive from the crime scene), and turned off its transponder. Obviously, there is a lot of explanation expected from the FBI, and Hinkle doesn\u2019t miss the opportunity to mock FBI director Kash Patel and his Mossad honey-pot wife.<\/p>\n Nick Fuentes has not commented clearly on the Israel theory, and wisely: he is now strongly attacked by leftists for having incited hatred against Kirk, and accused of having motivated the killer, with rumors that the killer followed him on X.<\/p>\n Candace Owens has not dwelled into the case, but has expressed her conviction<\/a><\/strong> that Kirk \u201cwas going through a spiritual transformation,\u201d and her anger at Netanyahu\u2019s attempt to capitalize on Kirk\u2019s death. She has accused him of having lied by omission when reading on television a letter that Kirk had sent to him, the content of which Owens claims to know. In that letter, according to Netanyahu, Kirk wrote<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cOne of my greatest joys as a Christian is advocating for Israel and forming alliances to defend Judeo-Christian civilization.\u201d However, Owens is implying that the important part of the letter was the following part starting with \u201cbut\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Carlson has also, to my knowledge, made no comment on the investigation, but, in tweets and in a talk with Megyn Kelly, has confirmed his conviction that Kirk was turning away for his support of Israel. Carlson said that Kirk who had personal access to Trump, tried to convince him not to let Israel drag the U.S. into a war against Iran, and that Kirk was receiving a lot of backlash for trying to oppose the neocon agenda.<\/p>\n Though there is still a lot of blanks to fill, I feel rather confident at this point that this is an Israeli targeted assassination<\/a><\/strong>, approved probably by Trump (who at this stage approves anything Netanyahu asks him). I\u2019m not sure if the exact simultaneity of Trump and Netanyahu\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> first posts on Kirk\u2019s death is a clue, but I do find Trump\u2019s reaction to Kirk\u2019s assassination<\/a><\/strong> rather bizarre. I also think it is significant that Kirk was executed very publicly, in front of cameras: this reminds me of JFK\u2019s assassination filmed by Abraham Zapruder.<\/p>\n My tentative conclusion is simply based on a rational assessment of Israel\u2019s interest in removing Kirk as soon as possible, and having Shapiro take up his \u201cblood-stained mic\u201d. How high were the stakes is well expressed in this 19-minute breakdown<\/a><\/strong> by Propaganda & Co.<\/p>\n Stew Peters summarizes<\/a><\/strong> what I think is the most rational hypothesis at this point: \u201cPretty obvious that Israel ordered the hit after Charlie started noticing and now they\u2019re handed his organization over to Shapiro, an actual Mossad operative.\u201d<\/p>\n Good point also from Ryan Dawson<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cKirk\u2019s organization had $40 million mostly from Jewish donors. He said what they paid him to say. When you invest that much in someone and they start to go off script at all\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Also a sensible comment by Mats Nilsson<\/a><\/strong> : \u201cWhen Charlie Kirk, \u2018Israel\u2019s biggest supporter\u2019 starts suggesting that Oct 7th was an inside job, that Epstein was a Mossad agent, that Jews hate white people, and that the US should not be involved in Iran, Israel had a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n Let\u2019s get through Kirk\u2019s evolution stage by stage. It apparently started in the weeks following Hamas\u2019 attack on October 7, 2023. He said on Patrick Bet-David\u2019s show<\/a><\/strong> that he found Israel\u2019s official story \u201cvery hard to believe\u201d and suspected a \u201cstand-down order\u201d. That must have been his first red pill.<\/p>\n On his Charlie Kirk Show, he also complained about \u201cJewish donors\u201d<\/a><\/strong> being \u201cthe number one funding mechanism of radical open-border neoliberal quasi-Marxist policies\u2026 This is a beast created by secular Jews.\u201d This was not aimed at his own donors, but was certainly perceived by them as a disgraceful antisemitic trope at the very least. Sure enough, Fox News contributor Ben Domenech posted:<\/a><\/strong> \u201cIf Charlie Kirk remains the head of TPUSA, the right has an anti-Semite problem that will follow them into the coming elections.\u201d There were many complaints along this line, as reported in this December 2023 Rolling Stone <\/em>article titled \u201cTurning Point USA\u2019s Americafest is Infested by Antisemitism.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n In the last couple of months, Kirk crossed new lines:<\/p>\n On July 11, as I said before, he invited Tucker Carlson to his Turning Point USA yearly event. Carlson said that \u201cevery single person in Washington, D.C.\u201d thinks that Epstein was running a blackmail operation for Israel. In the same event, Kirk openly discussed the Epstein issue, was cheered for it, and asked<\/a><\/strong> \u201chow many people believe that [Epstein was working for Israel]? Raise your hand.\u201d He was clearly trying to figure where the wind was blowing. He asked for the files to be released, a treason to Trump. Here you can hear him<\/a><\/strong> also saying that Epstein was a Mossad agent.<\/p>\n In the same month, Kirk spoke strongly<\/a><\/strong> against taking military action against Iran and went to the White House<\/a><\/strong> to talk to Trump about it. Trump reportedly \u201cbarked\u201d at him.<\/p>\n 35 days before he died, Kirk seems worried and afraid when complaining to Megyn Kelly<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cI have less ability\u2026 to criticize the Israeli government than actual Israelis do. And that\u2019s really, really weird.\u201d<\/p>\n August 13, Harrison H. Smith of InfoWar tweeted<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cI\u2019m not gonna name names, but I was told by someone close to Charlie Kirk that Charlie thinks Israel will kill him if he turns against them.\u201d Smith later confirmed and elaborated<\/a><\/strong> on what his source told him, without still naming him or her. Around the same time, Smith spoke at length<\/a><\/strong> about the fear of people like Kirk to \u201cstep on a landmine\u201d by saying something against Israel.<\/p>\n Two weeks before his death, Netanyahu personally called Kirk to invite him to Israel.<\/p>\n In his last interview, recorded 48 hours before he was shot, Kirk was telling Ben Shapiro to his face that we should be allowed to ask some critical questions about Israel. In this clip<\/a><\/strong> filmed around the same time (before or after, I don\u2019t know), Ben Shapiro says: \u201cYou can\u2019t be a leader of the right if you think the president is covering up a Mossad rape ring or struck Iran for Israel.\u201d There is little doubt that Kirk is targeted.<\/p>\n And now, Ben Shapiro is already implicitly announcing<\/a><\/strong> that he will replace Kirk at the head of TPUSA, saying he will<\/a><\/strong> \u201cpick up that blood-stained microphone where Charlie left it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Unz Review<\/p>\n\n
Charlie Kirk\u2019s evolution on Israel<\/strong><\/h3>\n