{"id":131074,"date":"2026-06-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=131074"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:38:17","slug":"06-00-128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=131074","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Christian Leader, US Jewish Pundit Expose Far-Right Effort to Dismantle Judeo-Christian Unity"},"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\/06\/02\/israeli-christian-leader-us-jewish-pundit-expose-far-right-effort-dismantle-judeo-christian-unity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Israeli Christian Leader, US Jewish Pundit Expose Far-Right Effort to Dismantle Judeo-Christian Unity<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Corey Walker<\/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;\">An Israeli Christian leader and a prominent American Jewish pundit on Monday night pushed back on efforts on the political right, especially in the United States, to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" 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\">defame Israel and dismantle Judeo-Christian unity<\/a>, exposing what they described as the malign motivations of some of the world\u2019s most watched online personalities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In a sit-down discussion at David\u2019s Harp Hotel in northern Israel, Shadi Khalloul and Josh Hammer castigated the notion that Israel oppresses and marginalizes Christians, an assertion popularized by far-right podcast hosts Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Khalloul, founder of the Israeli Christian Aramaic Association and a former Knesset candidate, suggested that Qatar has possibly paid Carlson to spread falsehoods about the Jewish state, noting a broader Qatari effort to ruin the reputation of the Jewish state through infiltrating popular media and trusted institutions\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/05\/07\/us-legal-group-says-georgetown-university-acting-foreign-agent-qatar-calls-trump-admin-investigate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">such as university curricula<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cOne of the conditions\u201d to accept Qatari money, according to Khalloul, \u201cis to speak badly about Israel and Jews in order to weaken the state of Israel.\u201d He argued that support from the broader Christian world is \u201cessential for the state of Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Carlson, who in December\u00a0<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>\u00a0in Qatar, has regularly accused Israel of persecuting and even killing Christians, despite the fact that they enjoy freedom and equal opportunity in the Jewish state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In February, 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><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Khalloul\u00a0argued on Monday night that Muslim-majority areas such as the West Bank are \u201cmore dangerous\u201d for Christians than Israel, calling attention to the mistreatment they face in public venues. Conversely, he added, Israel\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2024\/01\/15\/israels-christian-community-booming-data-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treats Christians with dignity and respect<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cYou will not be able to walk freely in markets without being harassed by Muslims,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a culture in which they do not know what respect is. Unfortunately, I don\u2019t know why.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Khalloul\u00a0cautioned that the Islamic world\u2019s campaign against Israel is part of a larger crusade against Western civilization, contending that Islamists will not relent until they eventually capture Europe.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cUnder [the Islamic world\u2019s] holy doctrine, whatever was conquered by them in the 7th century, and it was occupied by them, should not come back to the original people. It becomes Islamic land,\u201d he said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cBy the way, Spain was conquered for over 700 years,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">However, Khalloul lamented the rise of what he called \u201cJewish extremists\u201d in the West Bank, arguing that the documented attacks by settlers\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/03\/27\/rubio-pro-israel-lawmakers-voice-alarm-over-west-bank-settler-violence-as-idf-warns-of-unacceptable-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harms Israel\u2019s image<\/a>\u00a0and inflames tensions with the global Christian community.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThey close progress to all of us. They make damage to the Israeli reputation even though they don\u2019t represent even a half of a percent of the population,\u201d he said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Khalloul also revealed that he\u2019s helping spearhead a project to build the world\u2019s only town catering to the Aramaic Christian faith, an opportunity he contends only the Jewish state makes possible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Meanwhile, Hammer, senior editor-at-large of\u00a0<em>Newsweek<\/em>\u00a0and host of \u201cThe Josh Hammer Show,\u201d lamented the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/03\/11\/ted-cruz-tom-cotton-call-out-right-wing-anti-israel-influencers-during-antisemitism-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rise of antisemitism on the American political right<\/a>, describing it as part of a broader effort to weaken Western civilization as a whole.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe attempt to fracture the ecumenical biblical alliance that built the West is ultimately an attempt to tear down America and the West itself,\u201d he said. \u201cThis information operation is the greatest gift that China, Russia, Islamism, and America\u2019s other greatest foes could ever ask for. It is, in short, evil \u2014 and it must be confronted head-on and stopped in its tracks before it takes us all down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hammer, who is Jewish, stated that Carlson and Owens are both operating as chaos agents to demoralize the American right and undermine US interests.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Carlson and Owens, two of the most famous and popular right-wing commentators, have spent the better part of the last three years, in the aftermath of Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, using their platforms to attack Israel and\u00a0<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\">promote antisemitic conspiracy theories<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Carlson has repeatedly platformed Holocaust deniers, cast doubt on the characterization of Hamas as a terrorist group, downplayed the extent of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, and accused Israel of \u201capartheid\u201d in the West Bank and \u201cgenocide\u201d in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Owens has been far more aggressively antisemitic, calling Judaism a \u201cdemonic\u201d and \u201cpedophilic\u201d religion and accusing Jews of hunting and murdering Christians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hammer took aim at widespread allegations on social media that Israel intentionally bombed Christian churches or prevents Christians from engaging in religious practices in the Middle East. He said that these falsehoods spread like \u201cwildfire\u201d online with the explicit purpose of harming Israel\u2019s reputation.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hammer noted that these allegations often lack context, omitting the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2024\/06\/27\/israel-issues-detailed-response-refuting-un-human-rights-office-accusations-indiscriminate-bombing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-known practice of Hamas<\/a>\u00a0repurposing Christian churches as military operations centers in an attempt to goad Israel into striking them.<\/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, US Jewish Pundit Expose Far-Right Effort to Dismantle Judeo-Christian Unity Corey Walker Tucker Carlson speaks on first day of AmericaFest 2025 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 18, 2025. 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