"Conservative United States podcaster Tucker Carlson has claimed Israeli authorities briefly took his passport and interrogated one of his crew members at the airport after the presenter conducted an interview with US ambassador Mike Huckabee, according to media reports. In The Daily Mail and The New York Post, published on Wednesday, Carlson said that shortly after the interview with the diplomat, Israeli officials confiscated his passport and took one of his colleagues off to an interrogation room."
"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 spoke to Ambassador Huckabee about, Carlson reportedly said. Israel rejected the reports. Oren Marmorstein, Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said that the former Fox News host was politely asked a few routine questions, in accordance with standard procedures applied to many travellers."
Tucker Carlson traveled to Israel and conducted an interview with US ambassador Mike Huckabee at Ben Gurion International Airport without exiting the complex before returning to the US. Carlson said Israeli officials briefly confiscated his passport and took an executive producer into a side room to ask about the content of the interview. Men who identified themselves as airport security carried out the actions, according to Carlson's account. Israel rejected the account and said the team were politely asked routine questions in a separate VIP lounge room to protect privacy and follow standard procedures. The interview followed a public spat over Carlson's episode on the treatment of Christians in Israel and Carlson's growing criticism of Israel has widened divisions within the Republican Party.
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