{"id":1093,"date":"2026-02-19T06:51:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:51:47","slug":"israel-briefly-detains-podcaster-tucker-carlson-after-huckabee-interview-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/israel-briefly-detains-podcaster-tucker-carlson-after-huckabee-interview-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel briefly detains podcaster Tucker Carlson after Huckabee interview: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">US embassy spokesperson denies detention, says Carlson received the same passport control questions that \u2018countless visitors to Israel\u2019 receive <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/haber.aa.com.tr\/#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/haber.aa.com.tr\/#\"><\/a>Conservative US podcaster Tucker Carlson and his staff were briefly detained by Israeli security officials on Wednesday shortly after he conducted an interview with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">American podcaster Tucker Carlson says Israeli airport security confiscated passports and questioned his team after a Tel Aviv interview with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee <br><br>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ls2BhkEsjs\">https:\/\/t.co\/ls2BhkEsjs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4tt4lGrlL\">pic.twitter.com\/j4tt4lGrlL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TRT World (@trtworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trtworld\/status\/2024375904583991338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlson had travelled to Tel Aviv for a sit-down with Huckabee, who had challenged him to an in-person conversation following an online dispute over Israel&#8217;s treatment of Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after the interview, Israeli airport security confiscated the group&#8217;s passports and took Carlson&#8217;s executive producer into a separate room for questioning, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Men who identified themselves as airport security&#8230;demanded to know what we spoke to Ambassador Huckabee about,&#8221; Carlson told the outlet. &#8220;It was bizarre. 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