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Since Charlie Kirk was killed on September 10, amongst the obfuscation and outright misrepresentation of his politics, and the weaponisation of his death by Trump and his cronies – with the support of establishment Democrats – to push the United States deeper into the depths of MAGA’s fascist dystopia, the Left has been caught off-guard. Some have been quick to condemn his killing and decry political violence, while others criticise the former for misrepresenting the life, politics and legacy of a heinous far-right figure. But among these divisions, an alternate perspective has emerged within segments of the global Left, one that is growing increasingly popular every passing day: Charlie Kirk was killed by Israel.

It’s not too surprising that this view has emerged. Over the last two years, during its genocide in Gaza, Israel has bombed sovereign countries, targeted journalists and activists, and unleashed a pervasive, all-reaching hasbara (propaganda) campaign to salvage its perpetually withering international standing. And Israel has, over the course of decades, also unleashed an assassination campaign that makes even the CIA’s pale in comparison – as is explored in extensive detail in Ronen Bergman’s book Rise and Kill First.

So, the presumption that Israel, which only two weeks ago killed 31 Yemeni journalists in a targeted attack – the second-deadliest recorded against journalists ever – would carry out a political assassination of an American citizen, even on US soil, is not far-fetched. Not least because Benjamin Netanyahu has, on multiple occasions, made statements explicitly saying that Israel did not kill Kirk, only fueling the flames for this theory among anti-Zionists the world over.

The words coming out of the mouth of Israel’s war-criminal prime minister must always be taken with scepticism; however, it is important to be critical in our justified criticism of Israel and the impunity with which it acts. Netanyahu is many things. He is a genocidaire, a racist........

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