{"id":128293,"date":"2026-02-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=128293"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:26:37","slug":"23-00-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=128293","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Christian Leader: Tucker Carlson \u2018Doesn\u2019t Want the Truth,\u2019 Endangers Christians Elsewhere by Lying About Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/algem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/02\/19\/israeli-christian-leader-tucker-carlson-doesnt-want-truth-endangers-christians-elsewhere-lying-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Israeli Christian Leader: Tucker Carlson \u2018Doesn\u2019t Want the Truth,\u2019 Endangers Christians Elsewhere by Lying About Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Debbie Weiss<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2025-12-18T192915Z_486754519_MT1ZUMA000REOGHU_RTRMADP_3_ZUMA-1.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Tucker Carlson speaks on first day of AmericaFest 2025 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 18, 2025. Photo: Charles-McClintock Wilson\/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Firebrand podcaster Tucker Carlson drew a barrage of heat from Israelis after claiming he was \u201cdetained and interrogated\u201d during a&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/02\/18\/tucker-carlson-did-not-leave-airport-quick-israel-visit-interview-mike-huckabee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brief stop at Ben Gurion Airport<\/a>&nbsp;on Wednesday, with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calling him \u201ca chickens**t\u201d and \u201ca phony\u201d and an Israeli Christian leader describing him as \u201can enemy of Israel\u201d for lying about the country\u2019s treatment of Christians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Shadi Khalloul, founder of the Israeli Christian Aramaic Association and a former Knesset candidate, accused the former Fox News host-turned-far-right conspiracy theorist&nbsp;of \u201cdestroying Christian-Jewish relations\u201d all over the world and \u201cendangering the persecuted Christian community in the Middle East\u201d by portraying Israel as hostile to Christianity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe truth is exactly the opposite,\u201d he said, describing&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2024\/01\/15\/israels-christian-community-booming-data-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians in Israel as enjoying freedom<\/a>&nbsp;and equal opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In Khalloul\u2019s telling, Carlson is choosing scenes and storylines that travel well online, then skipping the reporting that might complicate them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cTucker Carlson doesn\u2019t want the truth. The truth doesn\u2019t exist in his lexicon,\u201d Khalloul told&nbsp;<em>The Algemeiner<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Earlier this month, Khalloul invited Carlson to a tour of Christian communities and holy sites in Israel, including a meeting with his brother-in-law, the head of the Maronite Church of Israel, but received no response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2023787551882924063&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.algemeiner.com%2F2026%2F02%2F19%2Fisraeli-christian-leader-tucker-carlson-doesnt-want-truth-endangers-christians-elsewhere-lying-israel%2F&amp;sessionId=cce07285cdb4f5f7cf93eed7d0f126dc22cceecf&amp;siteScreenName=Algemeiner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2023787551882924063\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIf he [Carlson] was really willing to help, he would come interview us, hear our views, our narrative,\u201d Khalloul said, adding the podcaster would then be able to \u201cexpose the oppression of Christians in Lebanon, in Iraq, in Syria, and under the Palestinian Authority by a radical Islamic propaganda agenda,\u201d rather than \u201ctalking about me and my community as being persecuted by Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He pointed to&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/06\/24\/syrian-christian-leader-chides-president-deadly-church-bombing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Christian violence in Syria<\/a>, including a recent church bombing in Damascus, and to the arrest of Maronite official Moussa el-Hajj in Lebanon after he was arrested by Hezbollah operatives at the Lebanese border carrying money and medicine sent from Israel\u2019s Christian community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Christian communities all over the region are continuing \u201cto shrink while we here are thriving and increasing in numbers and happily living in Israel,\u201d Khalloul said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Khalloul\u2019s comments came after Carlson&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/02\/18\/tucker-carlson-did-not-leave-airport-quick-israel-visit-interview-mike-huckabee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent only a few hours in Israel<\/a>&nbsp;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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Bennett described the polemical commentator\u2019s visit as a staged drive-by meant to give him a basis for future anti-Israel commentary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cTucker Carlson is a chickens**t,\u201d Bennett posted on the social media platform X.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2024235033855144139&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.algemeiner.com%2F2026%2F02%2F19%2Fisraeli-christian-leader-tucker-carlson-doesnt-want-truth-endangers-christians-elsewhere-lying-israel%2F&amp;sessionId=cce07285cdb4f5f7cf93eed7d0f126dc22cceecf&amp;siteScreenName=Algemeiner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2024235033855144139\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Carlson, who has been \u201c<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/12\/29\/tucker-carlson-candace-owens-significantly-increased-anti-israel-content-2025-study-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spouting lies about Israel<\/a>&nbsp;for the past two years,\u201d didn\u2019t even step foot in the country, Bennett wrote, and instead posted a photo taken in the airport logistics zone to \u201cpretend he\u2019s actually IN Israel (so he can later claim that he\u2019s a serious reporter who toured Israel).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He \u201cwhined\u201d and \u201cmade up a story that he\u2019s being supposedly harassed by our security (didn\u2019t happen),\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cNext time he talks about Israel as if he\u2019s some expert, just remember this guy is a phony!\u201d Bennett concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Carlson\u2019s version, carried by outlets including the&nbsp;<em>New York Post<\/em>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<em>Daily Mail<\/em>, said airport security took passports and \u201chauled\u201d his executive producer into a room and interrogated him about the interview Carlson had just recorded with Huckabee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Huckabee pushed back publicly, writing on X: \u201cEVERYONE who comes in\/out of Israel (every country for that matter) has passports checked &amp; routinely asked security questions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israel\u2019s Airports Authority also rejected Carlson\u2019s account, saying he and his team were not \u201cdetained, delayed, or interrogated\u201d and were only asked \u201ca few routine questions\u201d in a side room inside the VIP lounge \u201csolely to protect their privacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cNo unusual incident occurred,\u201d the authority said, adding that it \u201cfirmly rejects any other claims.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Carlson\u2019s airport detention story was \u201canother lie\u201d by \u201csomeone who is always inventing stories,\u201d according to Khalloul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Carlson\u2019s own platform promoted the trip as a fact-finding mission. In a monologue titled \u201cWe\u2019re headed to Israel. Here\u2019s why,\u201d his site said he was traveling to \u201cget answers to questions that no one will answer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">His show page also carried an episode billed as \u201cIsrael\u2019s Purging of Christians From the Holy Land and the Plot to Keep Americans From Noticing,\u201d part of a series focused on Christian treatment by the \u201cUS-funded Israeli government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Commentators on social media pointed out that Carlson\u2019s posting \u201cGreetings from Israel\u201d from an airport logistics zone, then flying out, does not amount to visiting the country in any ordinary sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Carlson\u2019s brief trip to Israel contrasts with his interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2024, when he spent multiple days in Russia praising the country on video and infamously marveling at the use of locks on shopping carts \u2014 a common feature in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The podcaster\u2019s 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&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/12\/08\/ted-cruz-blasts-tucker-carlson-plan-buy-home-qatar-conduct-doha-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed his plans to purchase a home<\/a> in the country. Qatar has been a long-time backer of the Muslim Brotherhood, including its Palestinian offshoot Hamas, an internationally designated terrorist group.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Carlson has ramped up his anti-Israel content over the last year, according to a study released in December by the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI), which tracked the prominent far-right podcaster\u2019s disproportionate emphasis on attacking the Jewish state in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In September, for example, the podcaster&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/09\/22\/conservatives-condemn-tucker-carlson-seemingly-blaming-jews-killing-both-jesus-charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared to blame the Jewish people<\/a>&nbsp;for the crucifixion of Jesus and suggest Israel was behind the assassination of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Christian Leader: Tucker Carlson \u2018Doesn\u2019t Want the Truth,\u2019 Endangers Christians Elsewhere by Lying About Israel Debbie Weiss Tucker Carlson speaks on first day of AmericaFest 2025 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 18, 2025. Photo: Charles-McClintock Wilson\/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect Firebrand podcaster Tucker Carlson drew a barrage of heat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[33,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128293"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128317,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128293\/revisions\/128317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}