Tucker Carlson, the far-right personality who has repeatedly drawn criticism for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, recounted the plot to murder Jesus during his speech at the memorial service for Charlie Kirk.

Both supporters and critics said they believed Carlson was implying that Jews or Israelis had been behind Kirk’s assassination earlier this month — amplifying a prominent conspiracy theory that Israel killed Kirk because his longstanding support was eroding.

The theory advanced by far-right influencers gained so much traction last week that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly denied the allegations twice , first while being questioned on NewsMax, a far-right TV network, and again in a video address that he posted online.

Carlson has flirted openly with th

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