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Bennett: Tucker Carlson is a ‘phony’ spouting lies about Israel
February 19, 2026

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday ripped American commentator Tucker Carlson, after Carlson falsely claimed that he had been detained at Ben Gurion Airport upon his arrival in Israel. “Tucker Carlson is a chickens**t. The guy who’s been spouting lies about Israel for the past two years, landed today at Ben Gurion airport, took a quick picture in the logistics zone, tweeted it to pretend he’s actually IN Israel (so he can later claim that he’s a serious reporter who toured Israel), didn’t even step foot in country, then made up a story that he’s being supposedly harassed by our security (didn’t happen), whined about it, got back into the private jet and flew off,” Bennett wrote in a post on social media…Carlson claimed earlier that he and members of his team were detained at Ben Gurion Airport after conducting an interview with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. READ MORE

JPOST Tucker Carlson visits Israel for sit-down with Huckabee: ‘He wouldn’t leave the airport’ The interview came after a public back-and-forth between Carlson and Ambassador Huckabee and was conducted inside the Ben-Gurion Airport complex, sources told The Jerusalem Post.

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel, US envoy reject Tucker Carlson’s claim he was detained and interrogated at airport Conservative anti-Israel media personality Tucker Carlson claims that he was detained by Israeli security staff at Ben Gurion Airport after interviewing US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, which Israel — and Huckabee — firmly deny. “Men who identified themselves as airport security took our passports, hauled our executive producer into a side room and then demanded to know what we spoke to Ambassador Huckabee about,” Carlson tells the Daily Mail. “It was bizarre. We’re now out of the country.” The Israel Airports Authority “firmly rejects” the claims.