{"id":2538013,"date":"2026-01-15T15:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-to-award-charlie-kirk-for-fighting-antisemitism\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:06:10","slug":"israel-to-award-charlie-kirk-for-fighting-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-to-award-charlie-kirk-for-fighting-antisemitism\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel to award Charlie Kirk for fighting antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-to-award-charlie-kirk-for-fighting-antisemitism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2538013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel will posthumously honor Charlie Kirk at the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s office confirmed to the Associated Press.The award is described as a second posthumous honor for Kirk,who was shot and killed four months earlier. Last May Kirk sent Netanyahu a seven<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-page letter warning<\/a> of rising anti-Israel and antisemitic trends online and calling for a &#8220;communications intervention,&#8221; a message Netanyahu later acknowledged and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-glenn-youngkin-calls-special-session-to-finalize-virginia-budget\/\" title=\"Gov. Youngkin summons special session to complete Virginia budget.\">praised publicly<\/a>. Netanyahu has also dismissed and called &#8220;insane&#8221; claims that Israel was involved in Kirk&#8217;s killing. Utah prosecutors have charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with seven felonies in the shooting and plan to seek the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-woman-on-death-row-request-president-trump-grant-clemency-a-week-before-execution\/\" title=\"Lawyers for woman on death row request President Trump grant clemency a week before execution\">death penalty<\/a>; Robinson&#8217;s next court date is in May. The ceremony follows Israel&#8217;s second conference on antisemitism, which last year was boycotted by Anti-defamation league CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Israel to award Charlie Kirk for fighting antisemitism<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2458561\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3813290\/benjamin-netanyahu-addresses-rumors-involvement-charlie-kirk-murder-hinting-qatar-spread\/\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> will receive a second posthumous award in the coming weeks, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3459066\/anti-zionist-threat-jews-anti-israel-violence\/\">this time from Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s office <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-charlie-kirk-award-combating-antisemitism-conference-51cef2d9736e07c7854560613da0ee2b\">confirmed to the <em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>  that Kirk will be honored at the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism. This honor comes four months after Kirk was shot and killed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4419898\/us-seizes-venezuelan-oil-tanker-veronica-relations-improve-president-delcy-rodriguez\/\">US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker as relations improve with new president<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4419796\/graham-iran-death-toll-mounting-uncertainty-over-potential-strikes\/\">Graham insists Iran death toll is &#8216;mounting&#8217; after uncertainty over potential strikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4418378\/two-venezuelan-women-vying-for-trump-support-to-lead-country\/\">The two Venezuelan women vying for Trump&#8217;s support to lead the country after Maduro capture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This event marks Israel&rsquo;s second conference on antisemitism. Last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-big-tech-and-media-actions-to-steal-the-election-heres-whats-going-on-in-pennsylvania-and-michigan\/\" title=\"Democrat, Big Tech and Media Actions to Steal the Election \u2013 Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going on in Pennsylvania and Michigan\">year&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s conference was boycotted by Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last May, Kirk wrote Netanyahu a seven-page letter expressing concern about prevalent &ldquo;anti-Israel and anti-Semitic trends&rdquo; hitting &ldquo;record levels on social media.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anti-Israel sentiment can undermine American support for Israel,&rdquo; Kirk wrote. &ldquo;Everything written here is from a place of deep love for Israel and the Jewish people. I think it&rsquo;s important to be brutally honest with those you love. In my opinion, Israel is losing the information war and needs a &lsquo;communications intervention.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu publicly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1968511432032391272\">confirmed he received the letter<\/a> after Kirk was killed in September.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since Kirk&rsquo;s assassination, Netanyahu dismissed rumors that Israel was involved. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a>, the allegations were &ldquo;insane,&rdquo; &ldquo;false,&rdquo; and &ldquo;outrageous.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3902666\/ms-rachel-antisemite-award-stopantisemitism-organization\/\"><strong>MS. RACHEL IN THE RUNNING FOR STOPANTISEMITISM&rsquo;S ANTISEMITE OF THE YEAR AWARD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Charlie Kirk was a giant. A once-in-a-century talent who defended freedom, defended America, defended our common Judeo-Christian civilization,&rdquo; Netanyahu <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1968511432032391272\">wrote on X at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Utah prosecutors have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3809990\/charlie-kirk-shooting-tyler-robinson-seven-charges-death-penalty\/\">charged<\/a> Kirk&rsquo;s suspected assassin, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, with seven felony charges and plan to seek the death penalty. Robinson is next due in court in May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel to honor Kirk for combating antisemitism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2538014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234173687.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7053,6631,44291,4671,4133],"class_list":["post-2538013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-antisemitism","tag-award","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-israel","tag-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234173687.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2538013"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2538017,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538013\/revisions\/2538017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2538014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2538013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2538013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2538013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}