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2026-02-21 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Tucker Carlson doubles down on claim that producers were inappropriately interrogated at Ben Gurion
[IsraelTimes] The right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson doubles down on his claims that his staff was interrogated at Israel’s airport during a visit on Wednesday.

Carlson came to Israel to interview US Ambassador Mike Huckabee. Carlson did not leave the airport during the visit, but alleged that his producers were subject to hostile interrogation.

Huckabee and the Israel Airports Authority firmly rejected the claim.

Carlson releases his interview with Huckabee. During the introduction, he says Israeli officials held their passports and that his two producers were “called into rooms and given the third degree.”

Carlson says security asked questions, including, “What did you say to the US ambassador? What did he say back to you? What are your politics like?”

“They’re doing like an intel op and humiliation exercise on my producer. This isn’t security,” he says.

“The interrogator is holding his passport in his hand as he’s asking these questions,” he says. “Some thug is demanding details of that conversation.”

“It’s a police state, it’s a surveillance state. You go to Israel, and they put software on your phone. Everybody knows this. They’re constantly spying on you,” he says. There is no evidence that Israel installs spy software on visitors’ phones.

It is standard for Israeli airport staff to ask visitors questions while viewing their passports.

Carlson says footage leaked to the media yesterday with the goal of discrediting his claim of mistreatment, was just him agreeing to his driver’s request to take a photo with him. It took place before his producers were detained, he says.

Carlson takes issue with Huckabee siding with the Israeli government in the debate over whether he was mistreated, without even checking with him, arguing that a US ambassador should first and foremost seek to serve the citizens of the country they represent.

He later claims that Israel knowingly bombed the USS Liberty in 1967, a common conspiracy theory on the right, claims Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened his family “because he believes in blood guilt,” and calls Israel “probably the most violent country on earth.”

Facebook Reel excerpts from the video: Ambassador Huckabee challenges Mr.Carlson’s take on
varios Israel-related topics.
Reel 1
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and a refutation reel

What plain vanilla Jew-hate looks like:
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Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-21 2026-02-21 03:54|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1871 views ]  Top

1 Lips
Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-02-21 04:55||   2026-02-21 04:55|| Front Page Top

2 Powerline Week in Pictures has a nice meme of
"Tucker Thunberg". Can't directly link.

The Bee offers him up as well.
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-02-21 07:39||   2026-02-21 07:39|| Front Page Top

3 He’s working himself into a frenzy. It won’t end well.
Posted by Remoteman 2026-02-21 11:57||   2026-02-21 11:57|| Front Page Top

4 I recommend Tucker depart public life, retire, and spend more time with his lovely family.
Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-21 12:40||   2026-02-21 12:40|| Front Page Top

5 Today:

Tucker Carlson apologizes for falsely saying Israel’s President Herzog visited Epstein’s island

In a two-minute video uploaded to X, Carlson says he received a long letter from Herzog’s office vehemently denying that the Israeli president has ever been in contact with Epstein, let alone attended one of his parties, which trafficked underage women were known to frequent.

“They didn’t know each other, they never emailed with each other, never been in the same room. They had no relationship of any kind,” Carlson says the letter from Herzog’s camp stated.

Huckabee had earlier posted similar remarks from Herzog’s office.

“And so for that reason, we are taking it seriously. There is nothing worse than impugning the reputation of an innocent man,” Carlson says.

“So I just want to say clearly I’m sorry to imply that I knew something I didn’t know — of course I didn’t know that Isaac Herzog was on that island. I was referring to that email and the protest against him. But I don’t know that, and I didn’t mean to suggest that I do know that.”

Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-21 21:44||   2026-02-21 21:44|| Front Page Top

6 It would be awfully nice if he were to acknowledge that he would apologize for impugning the reputation of the innocent country of Israel and the innocent Jews — but he won’t.
Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-21 21:47||   2026-02-21 21:47|| Front Page Top

7 I dislike talking heads as a species, but never have I seen one make himself so toxic so quickly as Tucker Carlson.
Posted by Knuckles Grundy1702 2026-02-21 22:07||   2026-02-21 22:07|| Front Page Top

8 ^ True, but even when I agree with Hannity or Levin, I can't stand 'em
Posted by Frank G 2026-02-21 22:39||   2026-02-21 22:39|| Front Page Top

9 /\ Ditto.
Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-21 23:18||   2026-02-21 23:18|| Front Page Top

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