In a sign of the times, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video statement denying a massive conspiracy that had overtaken the MAGA discourse: that Israel was behind the death of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.
“Somebody has fabricated a monstrous big lie – that Israel had something to do with Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder,” he said in a social media video posted Thursday morning Israeli time on X. “This is insane, it is false, it is outrageous.”
Charlie Kirk was a great man. He deserves honor – not lies. pic.twitter.com/NwEN4B2q7w
– Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) September 18, 2025
In the days after Kirk’s …
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