Charlie Kirk’s letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been published in full, following accusations it had initially been misrepresented.
The letter has been a point of contention among conservatives who have been feuding about Kirk’s views on Israel since he was shot dead while speaking in Utah on September 10.
Netanyahu quoted from the letter when he spoke about Kirk in the aftermath of his assassination, but conservative podcaster Candace Owens, who was friends with Kirk, said Netanyahu “did not give the letter the proper context.”
Now, the New York Post has published the full letter, prompting some commentators to say that Owens’ narrative has itself been disproved.
The Context
The letter is a significant part of the ongoing conversation among conservatives about Kirk’s views on Israel and whether they were changing before he died. Newsweek has broken this down in detail here. Newsweek has also compiled what Kirk has said about his views on Israel in his own words here.
After Kirk died, Netanyahu told Fox News he was “an extraordinary friend” and said: “(Kirk) wrote me a letter on May 2, this year, he said ‘one of my greatest joys as a Christian is advocating for Israel and forming alliances to defend Judeo-Christian civilization.’ A few weeks before the tragedy I called him and I invited him to Israel and sadly that visit will not take place.”
Owens said during her podcast episode on September 15 that Netanyahu was “severely misrepresenting” the letter.
“Those sentences are real, but I am calling on Bibi Netanyahu, the dear friend to Charlie Kirk, to publish the letter’s entire contents,” she said, “like don’t start with just two sentences, publish the entire thing.”
She continued: “I’m saying you’re severely misrepresenting the contents, that in May Charlie was concerned about Israel and their influence on American politics and how they were pushing things that he felt were in conflict with his beliefs—free speech here in America.”
“Bibi’s holding it up like Charlie just in May said ‘hey you know what, I just want to write a love letter to Israel’ … that’s not how it happened.”
Now, some people are saying the full letter disproves Owens’ narrative, including Pro-Israel activist Gideon Askowitz, who said in a post on X on Tuesday: “Charlie Kirk’s letter to Israel is one of the most damning indictments on Candace Owens ever. The letter is dripping with LOVE for Israel and a frustration…
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