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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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Israel Readies for a Nationwide Strike on Sunday
Demonstrators hold signs and pictures of hostages, as relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas protest demanding the release of all hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Itai Ron
i24 News – The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza are calling on for a general strike to be held on Sunday in an effort to compel the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a deal with Hamas for the release of their loved ones and a ceasefire. According to Israeli officials, 50 hostages now remain in Gaza, of whom 20 are believed to be alive.
The October 7 Council and other groups representing bereaved families of hostages and soldiers who fell since the start of the war declared they were “shutting down the country to save the soldiers and the hostages.”
While many businesses said they would join the strike, Israel’s largest labor federation, the Histadrut, has declined to participate.
Some of the country’s top educational institutions, including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University, declared their support for the strike.
“We, the members of the university’s leadership, deans, and department heads, hereby announce that on Sunday, each and every one of us will participate in a personal strike as a profound expression of solidarity with the hostage families,” the Hebrew University’s deal wrote to students.
The day will begin at 6:29 AM, to commemorate the start of the October 7 attack, with the first installation at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Further demonstrations are planned at dozens of traffic intersections.
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Netanyahu ‘Has Become a Problem,’Says Danish PM as She Calls for Russia-Style Sanctions Against Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
i24 News – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become a “problem,” his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen said Saturday, adding she would try to put pressure on Israel over the Gaza war.
“Netanyahu is now a problem in himself,” Frederiksen told Danish media, adding that the Israeli government is going “too far” and lashing out at the “absolutely appalling and catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Gaza and announced new homes in the West Bank.
“We are one of the countries that wants to increase pressure on Israel, but we have not yet obtained the support of EU members,” she said, specifying she referred to “political pressure, sanctions, whether against settlers, ministers, or even Israel as a whole.”
“We are not ruling anything out in advance. Just as with Russia, we are designing the sanctions to target where we believe they will have the greatest effect.”
The devastating war in Gaza began almost two years ago, with an incursion into Israel of thousands of Palestinian armed jihadists, who perpetrated the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
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As Alaska Summit Ends With No Apparent Progress, Zelensky to Meet Trump on Monday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the press conference after the opening session of Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, 23 August 2023. The Crimea Platform – is an international consultation and coordination format initiated by Ukraine. OLEG PETRASYUK/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – After US President Donald Trump hailed the “great progress” made during a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he was set to meet Trump on Monday at the White House.
“There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say, a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there, but we’ve made some headway,” Trump told reporters during a joint press conference after the meeting.
Many observers noted, however, that the subsequent press conference was a relatively muted affair compared to the pomp and circumstance of the red carpet welcome, and the summit produced no tangible progress.
Trump and Putin spoke briefly, with neither taking questions, and offered general statements about an “understanding” and “progress.”
Putin, who spoke first, agreed with Trump’s long-repeated assertion that Russia never would have invaded Ukraine in 2022 had Trump been president instead of Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump said “many points were agreed to” and that “just a very few” issues were left to resolve, offering no specifics and making no reference to the ceasefire he’s been seeking.