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G SOMETHING BRAND-NEW. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AS THE NEWS WARRANTS, RIGHT HERE ON "FOCUS."
CHARLIE KIRK, OF COURSE, FOR ALL OF US WHO KNEW HIM, REMEMBERED FOR SO MANY THINGS TODAY. ONE OF THEM IS HIS STAUNCH SUPPORT OF ISRAEL. HE VISITED IN 2018. I REMEMBER. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM. IT WAS AT THE U.S. EMBASSY AFTER IT MOVED TO JERUSALEM FROM TEL AVIV. THAT WAS ONE OF THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST TERM DECISIONS. CHARLIE WAS THERE ALSO THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS AND THE ANTI-SEMITISM THAT FOLLOWED.
>> WHEN WE AS CHRISTIANS GO TO ISRAEL, WE ARE CELEBRATED AND TREATED LIKE THE MOST AMAZING YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. ISRAEL CHANGED MY LIFE. WHEN I WENT TO ISRAEL, I WAS READING BIBLE STORIES MY WHOLE LIFE AS A COMMITTED CHRISTIAN. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HAD A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE. THE NATION OF ISRAEL HAS A PLACE IN GOD'S PLAN FOR US ON THIS PLANET. WE HAVE A MORAL COMMITMENT TO THAT. THE ISRAELI COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY WELCOMING OF US AS CHRISTIANS, OUR FAITH -- THE HOMELAND.
>> HARRIS: IT WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED. THE ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID CHARLIE KIRK WAS A STEADFAST FRIEND OF ISRAEL AND A TRUE ALLY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. HE STOOD PROUDLY FOR THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT BIND ISRAEL AND AMERICA. CHARLIE'S FEARLESS COMMITMENT TO TRUTH AND FREEDOM COST HIM HIS LIFE. VIOLENCE MAY HAVE TAKEN HIM, BUT IT CANNOT SILENCE HIS LEGACY. MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING.
THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, AND FOCUS NOW. PRIME MINISTER, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN MEMORIES OF CHARLIE KIRK. PLEASE SHARE THEM.
SHE >> HARRIS, BEFORE THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM HEARTBROKEN. MY WIFE, MY FAMILY, MY SON ACTUALLY, HIS 2019 VISITS OF ISRAEL -- HE HAD LUNCH WITH HIM, AND HIS WIFE. WE ARE SHATTERED FIRST AS HUMAN BEINGS, BECAUSE -- A GREAT HUMAN BEING HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM US. HE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY FRIEND. HE WROTE A LETTER ON MAY 2ND THIS YEAR. HE SAID "ONE OF MY DUTCH AS A CHRISTIAN IS ADVOCATING FOR ISRAEL -- HE SAID "ONE OF MY IDEALS AS A CHRISTIAN IS ADVOCATING FOR ISRAEL AND" -- THE TRAGEDY YESTERDAY. I CALLED HIM A FEW WEEKS AGO AND SPOKE TO HIM YESTERDAY AND I INVITED HIM TO ISRAEL. SADLY, THAT VISIT WILL NOT TAKE PLACE.
BUT HE WAS A DEFENDER OF OUR COMMON JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION. HE WAS UNBELIEVABLY EXCITED TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS. HE VALUED THE BOND BETWEEN AMERICA AND ISRAEL. HE DID SOME NEAT THINGS TO DEFEND FREE SPEECH. HE HAD HIS TRUTH, HE STOOD UP FOR IT, BUT HE SAID YOU CAN COME IN -- DEBATE. HE DID NOT INVITE THE HORRIBLE VIOLENCE THAT TRIED TO SILENCE HIM. THIS IS A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM, THAT THE PEOPLE, THE EXTREMES, THE ISLAMISTS, THE RADICAL ISLAMISTS, AND THE ULTRA PROGRESSIVES, THEY OFTEN SPEAK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS. THEY SPEAK ABOUT FREE SPEECH, BUT THEY USE VIOLENCE TO TRY TO TAKE DOWN THEIR ENEMIES, WHETHER IT'S PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO HAS BEEN ALMOST ASSASSINATED TWICE, OR THEY TRY TO KILL ME HERE TOO. BUT THEY GOT CHARLIE KIRK, AND IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING.
>> HARRIS: THE YOUNG PEOPLE -- LOOK TO HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS BEING SAID WITH REGARD TO THAT RIGHT NOW IN ISRAEL, BUT I AM CURIOUS -- I MEAN, HE IS A BEACON FOR SO MANY IN THIS YOUNG GENERATION. YOUR LAST QUICK THOUGHT.
>> SOMETIMES, PEOPLE CAN BE IRREPLACEABLE. CHARLIE WAS 31. HE WAS A GREAT HERO OF OUR COMMON ROOTS AND COMMON CULTURE. MY OLDER BROTHER WAS 30 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED, TRYING TO RESCUE, SUCCESSFULLY RESCUING, ISRAELI HOSTAGES HELD BY GERMAN AND ARAB TERRORISTS. I OFTEN THINK ABOUT -- I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT MY BROTHER ALL MY LIFE, AND I THINK OF CHARLIE. I WILL BE THINKING OF CHARLIE ALL MY LIFE. FROM MAYBE ONCE IN A GENERATION, BUT GENERATIONS THEN LIVE BY THEIR LEGACY.
>> HARRIS: PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. AND YOUR MEMORIES, A