Ousted Fox News host Tucker Carlson sparked a firestorm of criticism on the right on Wednesday when he dropped the latest episode of his online show, featuring an interview with Palestinian Christian Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac.
“How does the government of Israel treat Christians? In the West, Christian leaders don’t seem interested in knowing the answer. They should be. Here’s the view of a pastor from Bethlehem,” tweeted Carlson on X as he shared the 43-minute interview on Tuesday night.
"A consistent but almost never noted theme of American foreign policy is that it is always the Christians who suffer," the broadcaster said at the start of Tucker Carlson Uncensored. "When there's a war abroad that the United States is funding, it is Christians who tend to die disproportionately."
After citing wars in other regions, Carlson asked: "But what about Gaza? What about the entire region in the Middle East, where of course there's very intense fighting going on? Many Christian churches in the United States, particularly evangelical churches, support that.
"But there is virtually never a word about the Christians who live there, the ancient Christian community in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel proper. So, because no one has said a word, there has been great suffering among the Christian population in that region."
Carlson said that "we almost never hear from" the Christians in that region, adding that it would be "interesting and maybe edifying to hear from one of them…
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The dam broke. The right is allowed to talk about Israel, even critically, and you can’t cancel them. Folks who are pro-Israel need to update their software. It’s not 2003. National Review, which led a purge, isn’t even relevant today. Gotta use facts and logic. Adapt.
@ReferendumVultureRepublican2mos2MO
Being "allowed" to talk about something shouldn't encourage you to fall for obvious grifts and con jobs.
@CommittedMooseVeteran2mos2MO
Goes both ways, doesn’t it?
@ReferendumVultureRepublican2mos2MO
Sure, yes. Be smart, ask questions, don't take ideologues seriously. Without naming names, the "we must invade the Middle East because of Israel's war" crowd were ridiculous.
But the loud anti-Israel voices on the right emergent in the past three months are largely grifters.
@CommittedMooseVeteran2mos2MO
Yinon Plan wanted Middle East destabilized as that would be in Israel’s interest. “Wars for Israel” is a glib summary of these ideas, but it’s directionally true that GWOT would have been in line with Yinon’s strategic goals.
@FranchiseCockatooMountain2mos2MO
I will say, I’ve always had an uneasy feeling about our relationship with Israel. Ally? Yes. In a part of the world that hates us? Yes. But at what cost, and to what benefit?
At the end of the day, they’re still fighting a holy war from thousands of years ago that we really don’t need involved in.
@GallantT3rritorialPatriot2mos2MO
The days of the "Unpatriotic Conservatives" smear that ousted good guys like Raymondo are gone.
Unfortunately, the DeSantis right is showing itself to be aligned with this antiquated thinking.
Is there a major evangelical voice who is critical of Israel’s foreign or domestic policy?
What prominent evangelicals have a worldview that allows for objective analysis of the good and bad?
@FreedomSteveRepublican2mos2MO
Israel is the best place in the Middle East for Christians and is incredibly welcoming to evangelicals.
There’s very little to criticize them for.
@ElectionHeronLibertarian2mos2MO
I love Judaism and enjoy talking these subjects with friends. I find it weird to consider anyone “chosen” or to say people “rejected the messiah.” As if my own soul isn’t in peril!
On foreign policy should be based on something more than fighting over Biblical interpretations.
@UniqueCaviarForward2mos2MO
I’ve always found people walking around telling everyone that god chose them over all his other children to be among the most supremacist in our society.
My comments are full of them telling me how superior to me they are
Genuinely believe they get off on it
Many Zionists are deeply deeply concerned about the potential for a rapprochement or increased alignment between western Christians and Muslims, which seems to be a growing trend.
They can’t portray most Muslims as crazy-eyed ‘haters of our freedom’ like they did 20 years ago given social media.
They are making some fairly reasonable arguments regarding the treatment of the Palestinians, after all. It’s the IDF that is asking us to ignore what our faith teaches.
@ArdentCakeRepublican2mos2MO
This is wrong and stupid, look at Deerborne.
@SincereYakGreen2mos2MO
Palestinian-Christians are the most cognitive dissonance-inducing demographic for the "pro-Israel" GOP consensus. Many GOP voters literally do not even know that they exist. That's why the pro-war cheerleaders are reacting so angrily to Tucker simply interviewing one of them.
Last November, I went to a Palestinian-Christian village in the West Bank with a statue of Jesus in the main thoroughfare. Why is the plight of these people never featured on FOX News or conservative talk radio?
@SheepHaileySocialist2mos2MO
They're the wrong christians. They're basically seen as "christian muslims"
@Ind3p3ndentWeaverNo Labels2mos2MO
the truth is many american protestants dont see the palestinian/middle east christians as fellow christians. they view them in the lens of anti-roman catholic theology.
@DopeyC0nstitutionVeteran2mos2MO
This is what I've been saying as well. They had the exact same attitude during the Iraq War and all throughout the Iraqi occupation.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution2mos2MO
'It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.' – Aristotle
Apparently these people don't know that. They may not agree with Tucker Carlson on this one, but there's no need to smear him for daring to disagree with you on a single thing, nor is there any need for anyone to take offence at this. I watch Tucker Carlson, I agree with most of what he says and not all of it, Matt Walsh, agree with most but not all, Ron Paul, agree with the vast majority but not all. All the guys I listen to have some opinions that are different than mine, but instead of getting offended I actually consider what they have to say!
@CoyoteSadieDemocrat2mos2MO
The people who used to be a majority in Bethlehem until the Palestinian Authority took over? Yeah there used to be a lot more of them. From 86% Christian 70 years ago to near extinct today. What a coincidence.
@W3lfareBuckLibertarian2mos2MO
I don't see the pro-Israel crowd having much to worry about once they realize that most of what comes from the right is more mere observation than criticism, and certainly not anti-Semitism. They will eventually unbunch their panties.
@C0ngressAlRepublican2mos2MO
Are the Christian’s raping Jewish grandmas and then hiding behind Palestinian children?
@F4irTradeOliviaPatriot2mos2MO
Smooth brain evangelical zealots are being shown in real time what the Zionist lobby truly is. The question is will they continue lying to themselves, or judge people on their behavior and not “gods chosen people” nonsense.
This is true. Arafat was a Christian. In the early days Palestinian Christians were big contributors to resisting Israel (the guy who killed RFK was Christian). However in years since the Christians calmed down and the Muslims took the mantle of Israeli resistance.
If the Palestinians in the West Bank today were only Christians, I genuinely believe they could just take down the checkpoints and make them full Israeli citizens without issue. The Christians have deradicalized, while the Muslims have not
What? I've been told the Muslims don't tolerate the Christians? How is that still standing?
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