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Tucker Carlson recently visited Ben Gurion Airport, a visit which Carlson improbably billed as his “fact-finding” trip to Israel. More on Carlson’s trip and his vicious antisemitism can be found here: “Israeli Christian Leader: Tucker Carlson ‘Doesn’t Want the Truth,’ Endangers Christians Elsewhere by Lying About Israel,” by Debbie Weiss, Algemeiner, February 19, 2026:
Christian communities all over the region are continuing “to shrink while we here are thriving and increasing in numbers and happily living in Israel,” Khalloul said.
Khalloul’s comments came after Carlson spent only a few hours in Israel on Wednesday for an interview with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee and chose not to leave the Ben Gurion Airport facility before flying out of the country.
Bennett described the polemical commentator’s visit as a staged drive-by meant to give him a basis for future anti-Israel commentary….
In other words, Carlson will now use his three-hour “visit to Israel,” in which he refused to leave the airport, as proof that he went to Israel on a fact-finding mission, where he became a properly-informed expert on the condition of Christians in the Jewish state.
Israel’s Airports Authority also rejected Carlson’s account, saying he and his team were not “detained, delayed, or interrogated” and were only asked “a few routine questions” in a side room inside the VIP lounge “solely to protect their privacy.”
“No unusual incident occurred,” the authority said, adding that it “firmly rejects any other claims.”
Carlson’s airport detention story was “another lie” by “someone who is always inventing stories,” according to Khalloul….
Israeli police did not “detain” Carlson. Nor did the police subject him to special “interrogation.” He was asked the same brief series of questions that everyone entering Israel must answer. His passport was checked just like that of everyone else. Nothing out of the ordinary, though Carlson reported falsely on being subjected to an especially onerous search.
The podcaster’s visit to Israel also differed from his trip to Doha in December, when he interviewed Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and revealed his plans to purchase a homein the country. Qatar has been a long-time backer of the Muslim Brotherhood, including its Palestinian offshoot Hamas, an internationally designated terrorist group….
Qatar is now the chief financial supporter of the terror group Hamas, and the host to Hamas’ senior leadership in Doha, but this unsavory aspect of the natural-gas rich ministate appears not to bother Tucker Carlson. One wonders if the ruling al-Thani family will arrange for Carlson to get a special deal on the luxury home he plans to buy in Doha — say, a below-market price that could save him several million dollars. Qatar would no doubt wish to reward him for his anti-Israel animus. Given that kind of generosity, how likely is it that Tucker Carlson will ever have anything bad to say about Qatar?
In September, for example, the podcaster appeared to blame the Jewish people for the crucifixion of Jesus and suggest Israel was behind the assassination of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The oldest antisemitic charge, which Carlson has recycled, is that “the Jews are Christ-killers,” a charge which ignores the fact that Jesus was condemned to die, and put to death, not by the Jews, but by the Romans who were the Jews’ oppressors and overlords.
As for Carson’s comment on Charlie Kirk, it is preposterous to suggest that Israel was “behind” his assassination. Kirk had been one of the most pro-Israel voices in America, and his death was correctly seen as a blow to the pro-Israel right in America.
There may be something Tucker Carlson has said about Israel before, during, or after his excellent three-hour adventure at Ben Gurion airport, that was not idiotic. If I find it, I’ll be sure to let you know.
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