During an appearance on the “PBD Podcast,” Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk questioned if the Israeli military received a stand-down order when Hamas attacked Israel.
“I’ve been to Israel many times. The country is a fortress. When I first heard this story, I still have the same gut instinct that I did initially. I find this very hard to believe. I’ve been to that Gaza border. You cannot go 10 feet without running into a 19-year-old with an AR-15 or an automatic machine gun. That’s an IDF soldier, right,” Kirk explained.
“The whole country is surveilled,” he added.
Kirk added some context to explain the heated internal political situation brewing in Israel over the past several months.
“We don’t talk about Israeli politics very often and most Americans don’t know this. The last nine months Israel was on the brink of civil war. It’s not an exaggeration. This judicial stuff. There were hundreds of thousands of Israelis taking to the streets because Bebe Netanyahu is basically redefining the Israeli constitution,” he continued.
“There were protests planned this week against Netanyahu where they anticipated tens of thousands of people to take to the streets. That’s all gone,” he said.
“Netanyahu now has an emergency government and a mandate to lead. I’m not willing to say, to go so far that saying, that Netanyahu knew where there was intelligence here, but I think some questions need to be asked,” he noted.
“Was there a stand-down order? Was there a stand-down order? Six hours. I don’t believe it,” he said.
“Did somebody in the government say stand down? That is a legitimate non-conspiracy question,” Kirk questioned.
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Charlie Kirk speculates on whether the Israeli military was told to STAND DOWN and let Hamas run riot… pic.twitter.com/XkBd3Lhlcl
— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) October 15, 2023
Kirk faced immense criticism for asking legitimate questions about the Israeli government’s handling of the attack and several X accounts labeled him “anti-Semitic.”
At this point. @tpusa is looking like not just a grifting operation, but an anti-Semitic grifting operation.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 14, 2023
Why is TPUSA tolerating anti-semiti…
— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) October 14, 2023
If Charlie Kirk remains the head of TPUSA, the right has an anti-Semite problem that will follow them into the coming elections.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) October 15, 2023
In a lengthy post, Kirk explained why labeling him or Turning Point USA “anti-Semitic” is nonsense.
Funny – for the last 4 years I’ve been accused of being a “Jewish shill” so this is new.
At TPUSA we sponsor 300 young people a year to visit Israel: https://t.co/UU48OaJ4Pr
Daily on campus we offer pro-Israel activism supplies to hundreds of thousands of students.
We have… https://t.co/62gkaD5sNw pic.twitter.com/SaLdpZGeeY
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 15, 2023
Funny – for the last 4 years I’ve been accused of being a “Jewish shill” so this is new.
ADVERTISEMENTAt TPUSA we sponsor 300 young people a year to visit Israel: https://tpusa.com/Israel
Daily on campus we offer pro-Israel activism supplies to hundreds of thousands of students.
We have hosted multiple YOUNG JEWISH LEADERSHIP SUMMITS over the years with thousands of Jewish students in attendance.
Just last week I was defending Israel against SJP activists at a campus event at UCF: https://x.com/marklevinshow/status/1712666845205901404?s=20
Three weeks ago we kicked a Jew hater out of an event at ASU and did so publicly, so he snuck back in giving me a chance to tell him I don’t put up with Jew hatred at our events or inside the conservative movement. Here’s him attacking my “Zionist ways”: https://x.com/ryanasanchez/status/1707869527382577607?s=20
We have also successfully thwarted BDS campaigns at dozens of universities.
This type of libel is poison, Ben.
You know nothing of what you speak except a 2 min video clip where I asked questions about the intel failures of the Israeli government which were reported by Axios and others.
ADVERTISEMENTIf stuff like this continues, Israel will lose support from a major faction of voices on the right. Support Israel and you get called a Jew hater?
This is a repugnant lie from the pit of hell. You should be ashamed.
“Charlie Kirk gave my whole family a trip to the Holy Land last year Absolutely the trip of a lifetime, to be there with my father and my sons as we walked the steps of our Savior People attacking CK are craven,” said Jack Posobiec.
Charlie Kirk gave my whole family a trip to the Holy Land last year
Absolutely the trip of a lifetime, to be there with my father and my sons as we walked the steps of our Savior
People attacking CK are craven
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) October 16, 2023
Watch the full “PBD Podcast” episode with Charlie Kirk below:
In related news, Lauren Witzke, former GOP U.S. Senate candidate and executive producer for “The Stew Peters Show,” made the bold claim that Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to stand down.
100 Percent Fed Up reports:
“Netanyahu intentionally let Hamas kill Israelis. Both the IDF and the Israeli Air Force both stood down for seven hours. You won’t believe what a Jewish charity leader told me today,” Witzke said.
“I sat down with Jewish Charity leader, Cecily Routman, who received intel directly from her Israeli Rabbi and other top level government sources,” Witzke wrote.
Routman claimed Rabbi Chananya Weissman shared intel from confidential sources stating the IDF and Israeli Air Force indeed received a stand-down order during the attacks.
*Note – 100 Percent Fed Up CANNOT independently verify these claims*
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CONFIRMED: Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to STAND DOWN for 7 HOURS during the Hamas invasion.
I sat down with Jewish Charity leader, Cecily Routman, who received intel directly from her Israeli Rabbi and other top level government sources.
While I do not agree with… pic.twitter.com/2liNmdJ7fZ
— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) October 15, 2023
“Honestly, anyone with an IQ over 60 figured this out 6 days ago. The Israelis need to demand answers from Netanyahu for the hours of inaction by IDF that led to over 1,200 Israeli deaths. I’ll be praying for the thousands of people who lost a family member this week, and for peace in the Middle East,” Witzke wrote.
Honestly, anyone with an IQ over 60 figured this out 6 days ago.
The Israelis need to demand answers from Netanyahu for the hours of inaction by IDF that led to over 1,200 Israeli deaths.
I’ll be praying for the thousands of people who lost a family member this week, and for…
— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) October 15, 2023
With these claims, we must legitimately question if this attack was a False Flag.
Is this Israel’s 9/11?
Did Israel issue a 7-hour stand-down order?
This lady says yes.
Let me make something very clear…..I stand with Israel 100%, but I don't stand with CORRUPT leaders. Is Netanyahu corrupt? Did he order this?
If you've read your Bible, you know Israel has had corrupt and even… pic.twitter.com/PifFnI4x11
— Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) October 16, 2023
Did Israel issue a 7-hour stand-down order?
This lady says yes.
Let me make something very clear…..I stand with Israel 100%, but I don’t stand with CORRUPT leaders. Is Netanyahu corrupt? Did he order this?
If you’ve read your Bible, you know Israel has had corrupt and even evil rulers before who failed the people. Are we seeing that play out again in modern times?
Israel is NOT immune from having corrupt leaders.
We do not blindly support a leader who would order a stand-down while his citizens got slaughtered.
Is this a FF?
Is this Israel’s 9/11?
Story developing…..
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