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The internet doesn’t believe the official narrative about who killed Charlie Kirk and instead points its finger at Israel.

It’s not unthinkable, and it’s certainly not antisemitic. Here’s why.

Over the last 50 years, no other nation has carried out more targeted assassinations around the world — including inside Western countries — than Israel.

This week alone, Israel eliminated nearly half of Yemen’s government.

But here’s why Charlie Kirk mattered: For most of the last two years, he loudly defended Israel’s genocide in Gaza, dismissed famine reports, and spread Islamophobia to his massive base.

His group, Turning Point USA, wasn’t just another conservative nonprofit; it was one of Israel’s most potent assets in America.

Turning Point USA shaped millions of young conservatives into loyal Christian Zionists. Without that movement, Israel’s U.S. lifeline would collapse — and Turning Point USA had become Israel’s beating heart in this country.

That’s why, according to The Grayzone, Netanyahu’s government and pro-Israel billionaires tried to buy Kirk off with a “massive new infusion of Zionist money.” Kirk rejected it. He called Netanyahu a bully.

He warned Trump not to bomb Iran on Israel’s behalf. And according to a Trump administration source, even Donald Trump admitted he was afraid of Netanyahu’s power.

If Trump was afraid, what chance did Charlie have?

The pushback was immediate. Zionist donors bombarded Kirk with angry calls and texts, trying to dictate what he could say.

At Turning Point USA’s 2025 Student Action Summit, Kirk gave a platform to speakers critical of Israel and its billionaire backers. Speakers included Jewish comedian Dave Smith and Tucker Carlson.

The summit even hosted conversations probing whether Jeffrey Epstein was operating as an Israeli asset. For Israel’s defenders, that crossed another red line — because Epstein’s network has long been treated as untouchable.

But Epstein’s ties to Israel and Mossad are no secret to those who read MintPress, which was among the first to cover this extensively.

Meanwhile, Candace Owens revealed on X that in his final months, Charlie was undergoing a “spiritual awakening.”

And he wasn’t alone. Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and even Nick Fuentes—other Christian Right figures with massive followings and influence—are also turning against Israel because of the genocide in Gaza.

It’s part of a larger trend: only 24% of young Republicans now side with Israel over Palestinians.

Even the American Jewish Committee — one of the oldest and most powerful pro-Israel lobbying organizations in Washington, with deep influence over U.S. foreign policy — publicly blasted Kirk in July after he began to question Israel.

For an establishment group that has long relied on Christian Zionist allies like him, that was a major signal: Charlie was no longer considered reliable.

Add to this the climate of intimidation. The Grayzone cites a Trump-era insider who described Israeli operatives planting electronic surveillance devices on U.S. emergency vehicles — feeding the sense that even the White House itself was bullied and watched by Netanyahu’s machine.

So when a sniper in Utah gunned down Kirk, the question wasn’t just who pulled the trigger; it was who had the motive, and it was clear that a highly skilled person took Charlie out.

Israel has killed for far less. And Kirk’s betrayal, after years of loyal service, threatened one of its most essential pipelines to America’s future and its dedication to propping up the apartheid state.

If Israel was behind this assassination, it exposes something far bigger: an out-of-control proxy state we’ve unleashed — one that bullies our leaders, surveils our government, and silences even its allies the moment they step out of line.

This is classic divide and conquer. Israel thrives by sowing chaos, turning allies against one another, and keeping us distracted while it commits genocide with U.S. backing.

We can’t let that tactic succeed. We need to stay focused. Because if Israel can eliminate the man who built one of its strongest youth movements the moment he broke with them, then what does that say about the monster we’ve let loose?

The motive is undeniable. The only question left is whether we’ll ever be allowed to know the truth.

Feature photo | A vigil to Charlie Kirk is displayed during a ptorest in Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Saturday, September 13, 2025, against Israel’s war in Gaza. Michael Kuenne | AP

Mnar Adley is an award-winning journalist and editor and is the founder and director of MintPress News. She is also president and director of the non-profit media organization Behind the Headlines. Adley also co-hosts the MintCast podcast and is a producer and host of the video series Behind The Headlines. Contact Mnar at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter at @mnarmuh.