In a recent interview, Tucker Carlson criticized Christians who support Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, suggesting that they may have lost sight of their values.
Carlson's comments came during his popular podcast, during a discussion with Palestinian Christian Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac.
The former Fox News ratings king expressed his disappointment with U.S. Christian leaders for not speaking out more forcefully against the bloodshed in Gaza. Isaac, a pastor from Bethlehem, agreed.
In the past, Carlson has expressed disapproval of Israel's reaction to the Hamas attacks on October 7, including a nighttime Israeli airstrike hitting a Greek Orthodox church, which was being used as a shelter by hundreds of Palestinians. Israeli forces were attempting to bomb a Hamas command center.
The interview faced criticism from the right, including David Friedman, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel. In response to Carlson's video on X, Friedman claimed that the Palestinian Authority had forced Christians out of Bethlehem.
“Tucker, my friend, before the Palestinians took over Bethlehem pursuant to the Oslo Accords in the mid-1990's, Bethlehem was under Israeli control and its population was 80% Christian. It was one of the centers of the Christian world. Since Oslo and the resulting Palestinian rule, Bethlehem became 80% Muslim and Christians are afraid. But they don't speak out against the Palestinian Authority because you just can't and survive,” Friedman wrote.
Breitbart's editor-at-large, Joel Pollak, was somewhat more critical in his analysis.
In his response, Pollak said that Rev. Isaac “does not believe Israel should exist, a fact Tucker does not discuss.”
Some conservative critics were not as charitable, as Mediaite documented.
Carlson's interview received 16.2 million views as of Thursday morning.
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