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Max Blumenthal: Charlie Kirk and Zionist Billionaires (Transcript)

Read the full transcript of journalist and author Max Blumenthal’s interview on Judging Freedom with host Judge Napolitano on “Charlie Kirk and Zionist Billionaires”, October 6, 2025.

JUDGE NAPOLITANO: Judge Andrew Napolitano here for Judging Freedom. Today is Monday, October 6, 2025. Max Blumenthal joins us now. Max, a friend, a pleasure, my dear friend. Thank you for joining us.

I want to explore the behavior of certain American billionaires, particularly the Ellisons who soon will own CBS, Paramount and TikTok. But before we get there, why do you think Trump told Netanyahu to stop bombing in Gaza and why is the bombing continuing?

Trump’s Ceasefire Call and Netanyahu’s Defiance

MAX BLUMENTHAL: Well, Trump told him to stop bombing because he thought he had a deal with Hamas. I mean, J.D. Vance, the Vice President, actually published Hamas accepting some version of Trump’s 21-point plan. The Trump Truth Social account published a photograph of Israelis protesting in support of a ceasefire to return their captive family members still in Gaza. So it seemed sincere.

Leaving aside the neocolonial nature of Trump’s plan, which is actually a pacification plan and not a peace plan, it seemed clear Trump wanted it to end. He wanted to be the head of a Gaza peace authority. Tony Blair was to come in as the head of the Gaza International Transitional Authority.

And Benjamin Netanyahu had other ideas, continued the bombing and slaughtered, I think about 60 people yesterday and wounded close to 160. The bombing continues. Two days ago, Israel deliberately targeted with a US warplane and a US missile a center for the blind run by UNRWA in central Gaza City.

Netanyahu is under sustained pressure from the fanatics in his coalition who comprise the heart of his coalition: Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben-Gvir, lesser known figures like Orit Strock who say the so-called hostages are actually an impediment to total victory.