Conservative podcasting titan Tucker Carlson said he and his staff were detained in Israel on Wednesday following an interview with Donald Trump's ambassador to the country. Carlson, who also frequently criticizes Israel for its military actions in Gaza, took Huckabee up on his offer. Carlson exclusively told the Daily Mail that shortly after the interview, Israeli officials confiscated his passport and hauled one of his colleagues off to an interrogation room. A huge and obviously intentional missed opportunity,' taunted David Friedman, the former US ambassador to Israel during Trump's first term. 'It is not accurate that Israel only was going to let Tucker into the country for the interview,' the representative added.

Source: Daily Mail February 19, 2026 12:29 UTC