Tucker Carlson’s interview with Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has been released, and several moments stand out, none of them particularly flattering to Huckabee.
When Tucker asked Huckabee about the alleged genocide in Gaza, the former Arkansas governor said that Hamas leadership and anyone affiliated with Hamas deserved to die. When Tucker pressed him on whether that included teenagers, Huckabee said it did. He appeared to justify the killing of teenagers in Gaza under that framework.
Tucker questioned Huckabee about Israel’s claim to Palestinian land. As he did in a previous interview with Ted Cruz, Huckabee cited the Bible to justify Israel’s right to the land. When Tucker raised the issue of genealogy and ancestry in the region, he argued that no one can directly trace their lineage back to ancient Israel, including Benjamin Netanyahu, and claimed that many people in Israel have European origins.
When pressed further, Huckabee said he didn’t understand the question. However, he went on to state that regarding Israel taking Palestinian land, “It would be fine if they took it all.”
Huckabee also drew criticism for meeting with Jonathan Pollard, who was convicted of passing U.S. state secrets to Israel and served decades in prison. Before Pollard’s release, Huckabee had advocated for his freedom in 2011. In the interview, Huckabee downplayed the meeting, describing it as brief and insignificant. He said he simply greeted Pollard and did not regret the encounter.
When the conversation turned to Jeffrey Epstein, Huckabee claimed he had not been closely following recent developments. However, when Tucker mentioned Epstein’s alleged connections to Mossad and Israel, Huckabee pushed back, saying that was not what official files showed, despite having just indicated he wasn’t paying attention to the case.
On a personal note, I’m glad this interview will remain accessible. I hope it does, I had trouble viewing it Facebook, had to go on Twitter in the end.
In my view, it highlights what I see as the concorted basis for unbridled justification for colonialism and extremism within certain strands of Zionist ideology.
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