CHARLIE KIRK: A LION-HEARTED FRIEND OF ISRAEL

Israel mourns Charlie Kirk

Conservative Christian commentator was an outspoken voice for Israel. Netanyahu: We lost a “lion-hearted friend.”

 

By Ryan Kones

 

Israel Today

Sep 11, 2025

 

Founder and President of Turning Point Action, Charlie Kirk, speaks at the organization's 'Believers Summit' in West Palm Beach, Florida in July 2024.

 

American Evangelical Christian commentator and activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at a public event on Wednesday, sparking an immediate outpouring of grief from Israel and the American Jewish community.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Kirk a “lion-hearted friend of Israel” who “fought the lies and stood tall for Judeo-Christian civilization.” Bibi said he spoke to Kirk just weeks ago and invited him to visit Israel. “Sadly, that visit will not take place.”

 

The Knesset lit up in red, white and blue on September 11, 2025 in honor of Israel's friend Charlie Kirk.

 

Minutes after the shooting at Utah Valley University, while medical teams were still fighting for Kirk’s life, Netanyahu tweeted that he was praying for the Christian, as did numerous other members of his cabinet.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon mourned the loss of “a friend and exceptional leader. His unique voice influenced many young people in the United States and left a lasting mark on an entire generation.”

Internal Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir noted that Kirk had been one of the few brave enough to publicly warn about the dangerous “collaboration between the global left and radical Islam.” Ben-Gvir thanked Kirk “for your support of Israel, and for fighting for a better world.”

 

Charlie Kirk (top) and with his wife during a visit to Jerusalem in 2019

Charlie Kirk became widely known in Israel in recent years for publicly confronting and debating pro-Palestinian activists and Hamas supporters.

The American Jewish community also grieved the loss of so strong a Christian voice.

The American Jewish Committee said it was “heartbroken and outraged by the murder of Charlie Kirk.”

The Republican Jewish Coalition called Kirk a “dear friend” of the Jewish people and “a shining light in these troubled times for the American Jewish community.”

The Coalition for Jewish Values stressed that the assassination was not senseless, but rather a “calculated murder to silence one of America’s most powerful voices for morality and truth.”

StandWithUS wrote that it was “deeply grateful for Charlie’s dedicated support of Israel and the Jewish people, and his vocal opposition to antisemitism.”