Netanyahu: "Charlie Kirk was a warrior with the heart of a lion"
Leaders across Israel mourn U.S. icon and outspoken ally of the Jewish state.
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The Prime Minister, leaders of the major parties from both the right and the left, news outlets, and social media are mourning the death of Israel’s great friend, Charlie Kirk, who stood by the Jewish state in its most difficult times.
Kirk, one of the most influential and shaping voices of the last decade in the American political landscape, frequently visited Israel and forged close ties with senior Israeli officials, while presenting Israel’s beautiful face to the world. When President Trump moved the embassy to its place in Jeruslaem, Kirk was in attendance.
The consensus around Kirk was in no small part due to his public appearances, where he debated Israel’s detractors from both the right and the left. Those videos, translated into hebrew, reached millions of israelis on a regular base.
Kirk, a devout and believing Christian, saw the return of the Jewish people to their land as part of a significant redemptive process in which the Jews play a key role.
Prime Minister Netanyahu called him “a warrior with the heart of a lion for the Judeo-Christian civilization.” The Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, wrote: “Kirk warned about the danger of the alliance between the global left and radical Islam, and he sounded the alarm, but the vile murderer’s bullets struck him. May you rest in peace dear friend.”
Opposition Leader Benny Ganz wrote: "The vile and despicable shooting of Charlie Kirk, unwavering friend of Israel, in Utah is a harrowing reminder of how violence threatens democracies. Praying for him and thinking of his family".
Many on social media called Kirk a Righteous Among the Nations, a lover of Israel and a friend of the Jewish people. Kirk was shot in the very place where God had granted him strength, his throat. The attempt to silence him was an attempt to silence a generational movement in America.
