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It was bound to happen. The lunatic antisemites have just slithered out from under their rocks to let us know that it was Mossad that killed Charlie Kirk, one of the firmest and most articulate defenders of Israel during his entire adult life, apparently because it sensed that Kirk was becoming more critical of the Jewish state. There is of course no evidence for any lessening of his support for Israel. But when have the facts ever stopped crazy people from their conspiracy theories? More on their vaporings can be found here: “Conspiracy Theories Blame Israel for Charlie Kirk’s Assassination,” by Sharon Levy, Algemeiner, September 12, 2025:
On September 10, a loud voice in American conservative politics was silenced after he was assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University.
Charlie Kirk, 31, was an outspoken supporter of Israel, the Jewish people, and freedom of speech.
As of September 11, the murderer is still unknown, with American authorities pursuing a manhunt. Despite no public information being available as to the background, whereabouts, or motives of the killer, in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, large numbers of so-called activists posted online claiming that the assailant was not a lone individual, but rather a body determined to silence Kirk.
Their scapegoat? Israel and the Mossad….
Now the killer has been found. He’s confessed. His name is Tyler Robinson. He is neither Jewish, nor a Zionist, nor a member of Mossad. But that won’t stop the crazies from insisting he is all of those things.
As a result of Kirk’s support for Israel, Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rushed to offer him support upon hearing the news that he was in critical condition, praying that he would recover.
Yet voices online quickly concluded that Netanyahu’s well-wishes could only mean one thing: Israel was behind the assassination.
Naturally, terrorist supporter and conspiracy theorist Jackson Hinkle jumped on the conspiracy theory bandwagon.
This is not the first time conspiracy theories blaming Israel for the death of innocent people have been created.
The tragic events of September 11, 2001, were also made into a conspiracy theory, claiming it was the result of a Mossad operation, alleging that the Mossad carried out the terrorist attack to advance the agenda of the Jewish State….
You remember, of course, the conspiracy theorists who knew Mossad had blown up the Twin Towers: “No Jews went to work that day at the World Trade Center.”
By diverting attention away from actual facts, conspiracy theorists can succeed in luring their audiences into believing dangerous tropes that fuel antisemitism. The exploitation of Charlie Kirk’s horrific assassination demonstrates how quickly a tragedy can be weaponized to fuel age-old antisemitic tropes by blaming the Jewish people for a tragedy in which they had no part.
One question for the lunatics: If Israel is so all-powerful, how is it that it allows all of you to keep on tweeting your venomous messages to your heart’s content? Why hasn’t Mossad done to you what you claim it did to Charlie Kirk?
