Interview · moment 5 of 15
Max Blumenthal Intro: The Grey Zone Article on Charlie Kirk and Israel
from The Silencing Of Charlie Kirk | The Tim Dillon Show #461 · #461
5 min
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Tim introduces Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grey Zone, to discuss his viral article co-written with his wife about the pressure Charlie Kirk faced from Israeli billionaires and anti-semitism laws in the weeks before his death, and asks how the piece was compiled.
- Max Blumenthal introduces his viral article co-written with his wife Ana Parmpill about Charlie Kirk's death in Utah and pressure from Israeli billionaires over Gaza questioning.
- Blumenthal has followed Charlie Kirk for ten years as an opponent, describing him as a highly articulate conservative operative hijacked by the Israel lobby to build TPUSA.
- These billionaire donors are American but primarily loyal to Israel and don't actually care about issues like abortion or LGBTQ rights, only advancing Netanyahu's agenda.
- Kirk started to move away from the Israel lobby narrative in the months before his death, which Blumenthal was hearing about through Washington sources.
- Blumenthal decided to reach out to sources for more details about the pressure Kirk was under in the months before he was killed.
- Tim notes that even as political opponents, people shouldn't gleefully celebrate Kirk's murder, expressing shock at how some friends reacted to his death.
- Tim asks Blumenthal for a timeline on when Kirk started questioning Israeli influence in American domestic and foreign politics.
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