The popular podcaster is spreading malicious lies about the Jewish State and Jews worldwide.

Tucker Carlson made headlines again after falsely claiming that he was detained at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. As his story unraveled in the world's press, Carlson doubled down on his lies, smearing Israel as intolerant and dangerous.

Carlson's fabrications about being detained in Israel are only the latest false accusations he has leveled at the Jewish state and at Jews around the world. Here are four lies that Carlson has spread about Jews in recent months, and advice on how we can stand up to his duplicity.

No, Tucker Carlson wasn't detained in Israel.

On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, Tucker Carlson and several staff members flew to Ben Gurion International Airport on a private plane. Carlson and his business partner Neil Patel stepped outside long enough to pose for a photo, which Carlson posted on X with the caption "Greetings from Israel," before the entire entourage went back inside. They were there solely to record an interview with U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee — which Carlson insisted on conducting inside the terminal. Critics noted the irony: a man who spends so much time attacking Israel couldn't be bothered to actually see it.

As criticism mounted, Carlson told Britain's Daily Mail that he and his staff "were detained" after the interview. "Men who identified themselves as airport security took our passports, hauled our...

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