US EditionCarlson, Huckabee Exchange Barbs Online, Agree to Interview on Israel
- On February 5, 2026, Tucker Carlson visited Jordan and posted a report praising the country's role in preserving Christian sites, after filming there.
- Tucker Carlson framed the trip around questions of Christian survival in the Holy Land, asking `How are Christians in the Holy Land doing?` and urging American Christian churches to reconsider support for Israel.
- On camera, Naoum recounted being `spat at... more than once` and described vandalism of churches, settler raids, and Israeli strikes on Christian sites and a Gaza hospital.
- Mike Huckabee replied on X and agreed to an on-air interview after Carlson criticized him, saying `What ambassador Huckabee is doing is shameful, and he's gonna have to answer for it`.
- Jordan's custodianship and funding of restorations offered Carlson a contrast with groups he says back settlements, noting King Abdullah, King of Jordan's donations to repair holy sites, Hosam Naoum said.
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Tucker Carlson to interview Mike Huckabee, US ambassador to Israel
Carlson’s latest video, framed around the treatment of Christians in Israel, calls for American Christians — long a key pro-Israel constituency — to stop supporting Israel. By Andrew Lapin, JTA Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, said they will conduct an interview after Carlson published a video from the Middle East that included harsh criticism of Huckabee. The planned sit-down, hashed out over social media, comes …
Carlson, Huckabee Exchange Barbs Online, Agree to Interview on Israel
JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Thursday they plan to sit for an interview following sharp public criticism exchanged online after Carlson released a video from the Middle East targeting Huckabee. The proposed interview emerged after Carlson published footage filmed in Israel and Jordan in which […]
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Tucker Carlson to interview Mike Huckabee, U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, said they will conduct an interview after Carlson published a video from the Middle East that included harsh criticism of Huckabee. The planned sit-down, hashed out over social media, comes as Carlson has troubled the Jewish world and fractured the conservative movement by using his influential podcast to increasingly entertain antisemites and conspiracy theories …
Tucker Carlson praises Jordan during visit to Christian sites
Political commentator Tucker Carlson has praised Jordan during a visit to the country, as part of the right-wing activist's outreach to the Muslim world. Carlson, who has long been associated with the American Christian Right, has increasingly warmed to Arab states and Islam after a history of anti-Islam and immigrant comments, particularly after Israel's war on Gaza, where Palestinian Christians have been killed or forced to flee their homes. T…
Tucker Carlson, the American right-wing influencer close to Trump, attacks Israel in a broadcast from Jordan and makes harsh accusations: Jews persecute Christians, while Muslims protect them
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