Charlie Kirk was the embodiment of Christian Zionism, at least the American brand of Christian Zionism, which had made him a household name among many Israelis over the past two years. Social media clips of Kirk publicly taking on anti-Israel and pro-Hamas activists, including in large well-attended debates at universities like Oxford and Cambridge, endeared him to Israelis, and especially Israeli youth used to experiencing little but anti-Israel sentiment when scrolling through Instagram, TikTok, and the like.

While most of the world seemed to have swallowed wholesale the lies of Israel’s enemies, along came this passionate advocate who wasn’t even Jewish, shining a bright light in the darkness.

“He was a one-man PR office – he knew the facts, knew how to fight for them, and fought for them. He worked to expose ignorance in places where it was supposedly not supposed to be – academia, for example – and was faced with such stupid arguments from enlightened people who have no moral backbone,” said Channel...

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