In the months leading up to his death, Charlie Kirk rejected a funding offer from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and grew increasingly concerned a...

cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/34808375

In the months leading up to his death, Charlie Kirk rejected a funding offer from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and grew increasingly concerned about pressure from pro-“Israel” figures, according to a longtime friend who spoke to The Grayzone.

While no evidence links “Israel” to the assassination, speculation continues to spread rapidly.

  • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
    17·
    11 months ago

    Kirk was devoted Zionist, full stop.

    However, a large portion of his audience was Gen Z, and their negative views on Israel are more in line with their generation as a whole, then with the standard Republican platform.

    So occasionally he had to give them a bone to make it look like he’s wasn’t who he actually was.

    • Hell_nah_brotherOP
      3·
      11 months ago

      Idk, hosting Dave Smith and refusing money (if true) are not small bones for me. All of this smells fishy af.

      • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
        6·
        11 months ago

        Exactly, and I’m assuming you disliked Charlie Kirk .

        So if his token gestures were enough to make you question his devotion to Israel, how do you think they were interpreted and received by his Gen Z audience, those already predisposed to liking him?

  • hector@lemmy.today
    42·
    11 months ago

    Israel could have orchestrated it. They are allied to nazis so it all checks out. I wonder if the shooter had a terminal disease and his gf and family will get something in return.