Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forcefully rejected online claims that Israel was involved in the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, calling them a “monstrous, big lie,” the Independent reported. 

Kirk, 31, was shot and killed Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University. Tyler Robinson has been charged with murder. Since Kirk’s death, conspiracy theories have circulated online blaming various groups, including Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, far-right activists and even members of the MAGA movement.

“Somebody has fabricated a monstrous big lie, that Israel had something to do with Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder,” Netanyahu said in a video posted to X. “This is insane, it is false, it is outrageous.”

Netanyahu praised Kirk as “a giant” who “loved Israel” and “defended our common Judeo-Christian civilization.”

The killing has deepened partisan divisions in the U.S., with liberals and conservatives trading blame over who was responsible.

Read more at the Independent.