Pushing back on “starvation” claims
In July 2025, Kirk, on his show, rejected allegations that Israel was starving people in Gaza.
“These lies against Israel are relentless. This is a mother holding a baby. And by the looks of it, this is pure visual warfare. This is propaganda, emotional, visual, optical warfare, optical warfare. And so no one likes to see what you’re looking at here. Looks like a kid who’s starving to death, right? So the whole story says this. The story says young. Old and sick, starved to death in Gaza. That is the front page of
The New York Times. And so the picture they’re using is of Mohammad Al-Motawaq, a child with a muscular disorder, and they’re use that as the face of famine in Gaza,” he said.
“But you think about it from Hamas’s perspective, Hamas would want the people of Gaza to starve. Number one, they don’t care about their own people. They’re just cannon fodder for their radical Islamic aims. But secondly, if they can starve their people, then they can get a media narrative in the West to try to end the brokering of the war. So it’s a circuitous way. It is a loophole way of them to use their own kids to starve, blame the Israelis for the starvation to get the war against the terrorists to stop.
“It’s such a lie and it is creating so much hysteria here in the United States. And just so we are clear again, this is the only way that Hamas can quote unquote survive the war is through a narrative war where they win sentimentality in the West. So they are willing to have their people starve and they’re willing to invoked famine so that they can win points in the West and then blame it on Israel. These are the very same people that did this on October 7th against the innocent Israelis on October seventh. Why wouldn’t they also do it to their own people?”
Accusations of antisemitism
In August, when Kirk appeared as a guest on Megyn Kelly’s
podcast, she said she felt the pro-Israel side had a “knee-jerk about calling you antisemitic or getting deeply offended if you say anything that doesn’t align with their narrative.”
He responded to her: “I’m so glad you brought this up, Megyn, I think I have a bulletproof resume showing my defense of Israel – both on campus, on social media – to great mockery and scorn sometimes, because I believe it.
“I believe in the scriptural land rights given to Israel, I believe in fulfilment of prophecy, and, again, I’m not a theologian but I’m a Christian, my life was changed in Israel, the spiritual energy is so amazing there. I want them to win, I’ve said that repeatedly.
“However, you’re hitting on something very potent and important. Now let me first say – I don’t want to judge an entire group, because there’s been many people in the pro-Israel group that have been very sweet, very kind, very nuanced…however, and I will say this, the behavior by a lot – both privately and publicly – are pushing people like you and me away.
“Not like we’re going to be pro-Hamas, but we’re like ‘honestly, the way you are treating me is so repulsive,’ I have text messages Megyn calling me an antisemite.”
He went on to repeat his love for Israel multiple times, but added that he feels he has “less ability to criticize the Israeli government without backlash than actual Israelis do.”
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Maybe an ounce of research instead of parroting Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens.
Like any nuanced human being he's had criticisms of the handling of the war, but even in August made it clear he still supports Israel.
His main problem is with political commentators twisting his words.
