Tucker Carlson was never detained at the Israeli airport, according to Israeli authorities.
A spokesperson for the US embassy in Israel told The Daily Mail that Carlson’s claims were inaccurate and that he had only received the standard passport-control questions.
Tucker Carlson told The Daily Mail he was grilled and detained.
“Men who identified themselves as airport security took our passports, hauled our executive producer into a side room, and then demanded to know what we discussed with Ambassador Huckabee,” Carlson stated in his interview with The Daily Mail.
The report indicated that the government initially planned to deny Carlson entry into the country, but ultimately allowed it after negotiations with the team of US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
A spokesperson for the US Embassy in Israel told The Daily Mail that Carlson’s only received the same passport-control questions that many visitors to Israel encounter.
Carlson never even left Ben-Gurion Airport during his visit and conducted the interview with Huckabee there.
He departed Israel around 3 p.m., concluding a trip that lasted only a few hours.
Wow. Tucker is such a liar & a shameless propagandist. He fed a fake story of being “detained” to one of friends at the Daily Mail, meanwhile this is him on airport security footage looking like a total happy camper smh https://t.co/oYkfPN49om
— Melissa Tate (@TheRightMelissa) February 19, 2026
Tucker Responds
Tucker countered the allegations, but it is clear he really hates Israel. Ambassador Huckabee said the questioning in the lounge and the procedures were normal.
NEW 🇺🇸🇮🇱: Tucker Carlson Shares the Full Story of How His Team was DETAINED by Israeli Security
“If you’re an American in Israel, you can be certain that your government will take the side of the Israeli government and not your side.” https://t.co/8DD3jx7yGS pic.twitter.com/wX5fY7wq7L
— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) February 20, 2026
OK then, Israel, show us the films of the Tucker group going through check in and boarding the plane without anyone stopped and taken into rooms. We know it happened.
The Truth: Why would Carlson go through such an extravagant lie? He wouldn’t! However, if he refuses to get on board with Israel and the powers that be agenda they will lie to try to tarnish his reputation.
You’d have to be a natural born fool to believe Tucker has any reason to lie.
It’s pretty easy to see what’s going if you pay attention and don’t just jump to conclusions. Israel is very clearly wanting us to go to war with Iran and since we do their bidding, we will. Many in America are not happy with Israel right now, mainly because of all their wars and the fact we’re paying for them,… Read more »
Who started those wars you speak of? Why should this small republic not defend itself against its terrorist neighbors who launch incessant rocket and terrorist attacks, hoping to gain favor with Iran and/or their Satanic god, Allah? Muslims who obey Israeli laws live peacefully in Israel and are even elected to public office. Tell me which other Middle Eastern country… Read more »
Tucker has no motive to lie.
I think Carlson is telling the truth. He has nothing to gain by lying, but the powers that be want to discredit him bc he’s not totally for Israel.
Believe it, it’s true!!!!
Many are afflicted with blind obedience to Israel. It runs very deep. Some think it is required to get to heaven.
He, like Candace Owens, has turned into a couple idiots after meeting with Louis Farrakhan; he must have drugged them. Thank God Fox fired his worthless arse
Carlson misses the audience and power he had as a media star at Fox and hopes to get it back by trashing a small Middle Eastern nation whose one wish is to live peacefully among its evil, violent and hateful Islamic neighbors.
Carlson has gotten more viewers in some of his events which far exceeded anything Faux News ever got.
Few conservatives watch Faux News these days. And anyone who listens to Jew-hater Carlson only confirms what the Bible says will happen in the last days, when God’s chosen people will stand alone against the entire world. Do you ever wonder why you hate Israel?
That’s a comic book level analysis.
Your heroes at Fox supported the 2020 election coup.
That is only one of the reasons I haven’t watched Faux News in perhaps two decades now.
What happened to Tucker? He was a hero to me, and now I simply cannot understand what he is saying and doing.
Interesting – Israel is the most violent country in the world? and Iran just murdered how many of it’s citizens?
I think Carlson is telling the truth. He has nothing to gain by lying, but the powers that be want to discredit him bc he’s not totally for Israel.
Believe it, it’s true!
I gave your post a negative rating for the ridiculous postulation that Tucker (and by implication others) have noth9i8ng to gain by lying. Sorry, people lie all the time to gain things of which we may not even be aware. Wake up to the real world.
What has he to gain, Einstein? Oh, you don’t know,.
One of the things Carlson hopes to gain is a larger audience of Jew-haters in America and other western countries. Followers mean money and power to media types and those who fund their hateful rhetoric.
We all know Tucker is telling the truth, other than the misguided Israel worshippers.