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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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Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Trump Is Lying When He Speaks of Peace
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with government officials in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2025. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Donald Trump on Saturday of lying when the US president said during his Gulf tour this week that he wanted peace in the region.
On the contrary, said Khamenei, the United States uses its power to give “10-ton bombs to the Zionist (Israeli) regime to drop on the heads of Gaza’s children.”
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One after departing the United Arab Emirates on Friday that Iran had to move quickly on a US proposal for its nuclear program or “something bad’s going to happen.”
His remarks, said Khamenei, “aren’t even worth responding to.” They are an “embarrassment to the speaker and the American people,” Khamenei added.
“Undoubtedly, the source of corruption, war, and conflict in this region is the Zionist regime — a dangerous, deadly cancerous tumor that must be uprooted; it will be uprooted,” he said at an event at a religious center in Tehran, according to state media.
Earlier on Saturday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Trump speaks about peace while simultaneously making threats.
“Which should we believe?” Pezeshkian said at a naval event in Tehran. “On the one hand, he speaks of peace and on the other, he threatens with the most advanced tools of mass killing.”
Tehran would continue Iran-US nuclear talks but is not afraid of threats. “We are not seeking war,” Pezeshkian said.
While Trump said on Friday that Iran had a US proposal about its nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in a post on X said Tehran had not received any such proposal. “There is no scenario in which Iran abandons its hard-earned right to (uranium) enrichment for peaceful purposes…” he said.
Araqchi warned on Saturday that Washington’s constant change of stance prolongs nuclear talks, state TV reported.
“It is absolutely unacceptable that America repeatedly defines a new framework for negotiations that prolongs the process,” the broadcast quoted Araqchi as saying.
Pezeshkian said Iran would not “back down from our legitimate rights”.
“Because we refuse to bow to bullying, they say we are source of instability in the region,” he said.
A fourth round of Iran-U.S. talks ended in Oman last Sunday. A new round has not been scheduled yet.
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Hamas Confirms New Gaza Ceasefire Talks with Israel in Qatar on Saturday
Doha, Qatar. Photo: StellarD via Wikimedia Commons.
A new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel is underway in Qatar’s Doha, Hamas official Taher al-Nono told Reuters on Saturday.
He said the two sides were discussing all issues without “pre-conditions.”
Nono said Hamas was “keen to exert all the effort needed” to help mediators make the negotiations a success, adding there was “no certain offer on the table.”
The negotiations come despite Israel preparing to expand operations in the Gaza Strip as they seek “operational control” in some areas of the war-torn enclave.
The return to negotiations also comes after US President Donald Trump ended a Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress towards a new ceasefire, although he acknowledged Gaza’s growing hunger crisis and the need for aid deliveries.
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Report: ICC’s Khan Goes on Administrative Leave Amid Sexual Misconduct Probe
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
i24 News – Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan has stepped down temporarily as an investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct by United Nations investigators is nearing its final phase, Reuters reported on Friday citing sources from the international court.
Khan allegedly forced sexual intercourse upon a member of staff on multiple occasions, the Wall Street Journal reported last week, linking the allegations to Khan’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-defense minister Yoav Gallant.
A statement is expected later today announcing that Khan is going on administrative leave, according to a source in the prosecutor’s office.
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