MARTIN OLINER: The Goodness Of Charlie Kirk’s Legacy

The gunshot that murdered Charlie Kirk may have been fired for reasons that have nothing to do with his steadfast support for Israel and the Jewish people.

But it penetrated all those who love the Jewish state and have been pained by the incitement against anyone and anything related to Israel.

No one can deny anymore that the phrase “globalize the Intifada” means spreading violence and hate around the world, because it has already happened.

The pro-Hamas movement on college campuses and communities throughout the United States legitimized violence and hateful discourse for any cause, calling for resistance by any means. If murder, rape, and kidnapping are justified, where does it stop?

Charlie Kirk stood for the opposite. He believed in open discourse, invited anyone to debate him on his views, and died as he spoke passionately and fearlessly.

Charlie stood for goodness and against evil. He was not Jewish, but he knew Israel was part of that goodness that evil is trying to extinguish.

The same left-wing people who have celebrated his murder also celebrated the murder of 1200 Jews in Israel on Oct. 7, the most Jews killed in one day since the Holocaust. No one should be surprised by the assassin’s endorsement by journalists after watching the way they have covered Israel’s war for Western civilization.

Watching left-wing people celebrate his death with such palpable enthusiasm absolutely sickened me.

Those who used rhetoric that glorifies violence against Jews and Israelis are hypocritically condemning Charlie’s assassination instead of looking inward. Democratic nominee for New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, for instance refused to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada” until recently, and only now has said he will not use the phrase that romanticizes violent uprising against Jews and Israelis. Following Kirk’s murder, Mamdani called himself “horrified,” insisting that “political violence has no place in our country.”