In May of this year, only a few months before his untimely death, Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk wrote a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, working the Jewish leader about dwindling support for Israel among conservatives.

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From the New York Post:

Assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk advised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu how to counter “anti-Israel sentiment” among Gen Z and win the “information war” being waged against the Jewish state, according to a letter obtained by The Post.

Kirk wrote to Netanyahu in the May 2 missive that he was alarmed by “anti-Israel and anti-Semitic trends” hitting “record levels on social media” since one of his “greatest joys as a Christian is advocating for Israel and forming alliances with Jews in the fight to protect Judeo-Christian civilization.”

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“The purpose of this letter is to lay out our concerns and outline potential remedies. Everything written here is from a place of deep love for Israel and the Jewish people,” added Kirk, who defended Israel when speaking on college campuses as part of his duties leading Turning Point USA, one of the nation’s largest conservative youth organizations.

You can read Kirk’s letter below:

Kirk Letter by pmcnamee

In the letter, Kirk wrote that Israel losing support among conservatives “should be a 5 alarm fire” for the Prime Minister. He recounted the many negative views on Israel he is bombarded with by college students, urging Israel not to “always depend on ‘subcontracting’ their information war efforts to surrogates in America.”

Kirk provides seven recommendations, suggesting Israel can use social media and other avenues to improve its image, especially on the right. He ended his letter by writing, “The Holy Land is so important to my life, and it pains me to see support for Israel slip away.”

The release of this letter comes as some on the right have insinuated that Kirk no longer supported Israel at the time of his death. In fact, some fringe voices have even blamed Israel for the assassination, a claim that the Post notes Netanyahu has vehemently disputed. This letter, however, seems to dispel the idea that Kirk had turned on Israel. Rather, it seems to show a close relationship between Kirk and Israel’s Prime Minister.

This also comes as, as Kirk mentioned, support for Israel on the right is dwindling. As IFA reported in August, 37% of Republicans today have a negative view of the Jewish state, up from 27% in 2022. The numbers are worse among young Americans, as only 32% of Gen Z Republicans feel that we should continue militarily supporting Israel.

As support for Israel dwindles on the right, let’s ask God to raise up more staunch defenders of the Jewish state, and let’s pray that Netanyahu heeds Kirk’s advice!

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(Excerpt from the New York Post. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore – https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/54507064098/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=165283048)