""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." In the days after Kirk's death, Netanyahu has faced a tsunami of barrage of hostility from the MAGA right after he made several statements portraying Kirk as a friend."
"On Monday, Candace Owens, an influencer who had been pushed out of Turning Point for her comments about Adolf Hitler, suggested on her podcast that Israel was trying to silence a high-profile MAGA critic. She claimed, without evidence, that Kirk had been "threatened" by hedge fund billionaire and MAGA ally Bill Ackman, who is Jewish and pro-Israel, to change his position."
"Though she's one of the very few, if any, who's openly tied Kirk's death to Israel, influencers closer to the MAGA mainstream have suggested that Kirk was facing pressure from the Netanyahu government to dial back on his critiques. Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson, two high-profile conservative podcasters, recently claimed on their shows that Kirk had told them in private conversations that he'd become increasingly uncomfortable with Israeli pressure to dial back on the criticism."
Benjamin Netanyahu publicly denied and condemned conspiracy claims that Israel was involved in Charlie Kirk's death, calling the allegations monstrous, false and outrageous. Kirk had been long pro-Israel but had recently criticized Israel and Netanyahu's government over the Gaza invasion, a stance gaining support among younger right-wing voters. Candace Owens suggested, without evidence, that Kirk was "threatened" by Bill Ackman to change his position. Prominent conservative podcasters Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson said Kirk told them he felt pressured by Israeli authorities and had grown uncomfortable, with Carlson saying Kirk "hated" Netanyahu.
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