Charlie Kirk, One Year Later: How He Loved Israel Out Loud

Takeaways

• Charlie Kirk called antisemitism demonic, and he said it in public, over and over.
• He walked the ground in Hebron and the Golan Heights and called it a privilege.
• Israeli leaders across the political map mourned him as a true friend of the Jewish state.
• His support for Israel grew out of scripture and prophecy, not political convenience.
• A year later, people of faith are still asked to carry that conviction forward.

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University. He was 31. A year has now passed, and the grief has settled into something quieter: a question of what to do with everything he stood for, especially his stand on Israel.

A Voice Against Antisemitism

Kirk spent years warning young conservatives about a current running through parts of the online right. He called it out by name, describing a corner of the internet that wanted to blame Jews for every problem. “This is demonic and it’s from the pit of hell,” he said, refusing to soften the language. Friends who knew him well said he treated antisemitism as something to confront directly, not something to manage quietly behind the scenes.

Scripture, Land, and Conviction

For Kirk, Israel was never just a foreign policy position. He spoke about the land in terms of promise and prophecy, telling one interviewer, “I believe in the scriptural land rights given to Israel.” He had walked through Judea and Samaria, stood in Hebron, and traveled to the Golan Heights. Those trips shaped how he talked about the region afterward, with a kind of personal certainty that came from having seen it himself.

A Record He Was Proud Of

Kirk did not shy away from comparing his own record on Israel to that of his peers. “No non-Jewish person my age has a longer or clearer record,” he once said of his support for the Jewish state. He debated students on camera, defended Israel’s right to respond after October 7, and kept pushing back against accusations that he considered unfair and untrue.

Israel’s Leaders Mourn a Friend

When news of the shooting reached Jerusalem, the tributes came fast. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote that Kirk “represented the Judeo-Christian values that unite Israel and America.” Officials from across Israel’s political spectrum echoed him, describing a man whose support for the Jewish people was constant, public, and rarely convenient.

Carrying the Torch Forward

A year out, the question facing people of faith is simple: what does it mean to keep going? It can look like speaking up when antisemitism shows up in a group chat or a classroom. It can look like supporting Israel education in churches and community groups. It can look like praying for Israel’s soldiers and its leaders, and teaching the next generation to see the region with the same clarity Kirk did.

Charlie Kirk is gone, but the case he made for Israel is still standing, still worth repeating, still worth living out. May his memory be a blessing.