Tucker Carlson: Israel Is the Most Violent Region in the World / I Feared Israel Might Shoot Down My Plane!

The conservative American podcaster and host stated in his podcast that prior to traveling to the Occupied Territories, he had intended to share his flight information with the Israeli military.

According to Rokna, Carlson said: “I wanted this information to reach the Israeli military so that they wouldn’t mistake us for an Iranian drone.”

He continued: “I don’t want to be paranoid, but this is probably the most violent region in the world. Is there any other place in the world where the majority of people have guns and have shot at someone?”

The American host further added: “I don’t know the answer. This is a region that has fought wars on seven fronts with all its neighbors. This is the same region that bombed the USS Liberty, even though there were numerous interceptions indicating it was an American ship.”

Carlson went on in the podcast to say that the response he received after requesting that flight information be shared with the Israeli regime was that the issue does not matter to the Israeli military.

Carlson, a former Fox News host, had traveled to Tel Aviv to meet with Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to the Occupied Territories. Huckabee, following an online dispute regarding Israel’s treatment of Christians, had invited Carlson to speak directly with him. Carlson, who has repeatedly criticized Israel’s military actions in Gaza, accepted the invitation.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, he stated that shortly after conducting the interview, Israeli authorities confiscated their passports and took his executive producer to an interrogation room.

Carlson said: “People who identified themselves as airport security officers took our passports, brought our executive producer to a side room, and asked what we had discussed with Ambassador Huckabee. It was bizarre! Now we are out of there.”

Two informed sources told the Daily Mail that Israel initially did not want to allow Carlson entry. Ultimately, after consultations with the U.S. State Department, Israel decided to permit his entry to prevent a “diplomatic incident.”