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I Hope Tucker Carlson’s Anti-Israel Tricks Won’t Work
Tucker Carlson speaks on July 18, 2024 during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY via Reuters Connect
Imagine if you came to work and told your boss that you were mauled by a demon in the middle of night. You’d probably be ordered to get a psych evaluation or fired.
But Tucker Carlson, with a serious face, said he was mauled by a demon in the middle of the night in 2024. When you have millions of dollars and charisma, you can get away with these things. What he can’t get away with is tricking people who are not stupid.
In 2023, Carlson verbally attacked Daily Wire co-founder and Orthodox Jew Ben Shapiro for extensive coverage of the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks in many episodes of his podcast on the Daily Wire. Tucker also accused Shapiro of not caring about America, while speaking to Saagar Enjeti. Of course, Carlson didn’t mention this when speaking to Megyn Kelly recently. He told her that Shapiro is not evil (why would he use the word evil at all?)
Carlson told Kelly he isn’t an expert on anything and wouldn’t claim expertise. But he then went after Shapiro, telling Kelly that Shapiro should stop lying and saying we’re going to defeat the Houthis, and that the whole point was to drag America into a war with Iran. Carlson said he knew a lot about that topic.
So Tucker’s not an expert, or is he? Confusing, isn’t it? Is Carlson aware that the Houthis say not only “Death to Israel” but also “Death to America?” Is he aware the attacks of the Houthis have caused economic damage for the whole world that ships products, including America? If Israel’s goal was war with Iran, why didn’t it respond extensively when Iran launched 200 missiles into Israel in October of 2024? Israel showed far greater restraint than any other country would.
Would America and the world have been safer had Israel not taken out Iraq’s nuclear facility in 1981?
Would America and the world have been safer if Israel had not taken out Syria’s nuclear facility? I once interviewed former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who told me he could not take the risk of inaction in September of 2007.
Carlson insanely told Kelly that he knows Shapiro wants regime change in Iran and should lay out the points of how that could be achieved, ostensibly through some attacks. I’m sure Carlson knows one should not publicly outline specific strategy — and he also knows that Shapiro is not a government official or military or policy expert. And what is Carlson’s strategy for Iran? Apparently, he knows a lot about the topic.
So, to sum up Carlson’s zeitgeist: I can insult you, but don’t insult me. I can demand you tell me your strategy when I have none of my own. I can say the most famous Jewish podcaster is trying to drag America into a war — the kind of argument that has resulted in the deaths of so many Jews throughout history.
Iran is a global threat to the entire world community — and if it gets nuclear weapons, it could set off a nuclear arms race in the region. This is the world’s problem, as President Trump has acknowledged repeatedly. Deterrence works — as can the threat of force. It’s not tough logic to follow, even for Carlson, who is not an expert, by his own words. His trick of blaming Israel will work against people who are uninformed, because Carlson has the gift of gab. But I hope it will not fool most Americans.
Carlson has been criticized for his coverage of Russia, and I won’t use that to attack him here. But Carlson could be very American and call for the release of hostage Edan Alexander of New Jersey at the very least. Alexander’s life is more important than a Russian bakery or the fact that their train stations are nicer than the ones in New York City.
The author is a writer based in New York.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.