Posted on 09/11/25
| News Source: Arutz-7
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Thursday with Fox News about his memories of pro-Israel conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister remarked that he, his wife, and family are "heartbroken," and revealed that during Kirk's 2019 visit to Israel, his son had lunch with him.
"We're shattered, first as human beings, because a great human being has been taken from us. He was an extraordinary friend," the Prime Minister stated.
Netanyahu shared that Kirk wrote him a letter in May, reading, "One of my greatest joys as a Christian is advocating for Israel and forming alliances to defend Judeo-Christian civilization." He also noted that "a few weeks before the tragedy yesterday, I called him and I invited him to Israel, and sadly that visit will not take place."
He lauded Kirk as a "defender of our common Judeo-Christian civilization. He was unbelievably excited to walk in the footsteps of Jesus here; he valued the bond between America and Israel. He did so many things to defend free speech. He had his truth, he stood up for it, but he said, 'You can come and debate me.' He invited that debate; he certainly didn't invite the violence that tried to silence him."
Turning to the violence, the Prime Minister said that it is a "worldwide problem. The people on the extremes: the radical Islamists and their union with the ultra-progressives. They often speak about human rights, they speak about free speech, but they use violence to take down their enemies, whether it's President Trump, who was almost assassinated twice, or they tried to kill me here too, but they got Charlie Kirk, and it's just heartbreaking."
Netanyahu drew a comparison between Kirk and his brother, Yoni, who was killed at the same age while rescuing hostages in Entebbe. "I've thought of my brother all my life, and I'll be thinking of Charlie all my life. They're gone, and maybe they're once in a generation, but those generations live by their legacy.