I watched the video. I failed to hear the question referred to in the post title. Did he ask it before or after this segment?
And what was the answer?
this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2026
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I also just watched the video and it looks to me like you didn't actually watch the video
Are we watching the same video (2:43) because at what timestamp does he ask the ambassador if he would 'he would DNA test Israelis and Palestinians to determine the true descendents of the Biblical people of Israel'.
I know there is allusion to this in what I saw, but I didn't see that particular question being asked directly.
What a dumb fucking argument...
The claim is: "The Israeli Prime Minister Minister has ancestral heritage linking him to this land"
The argument against this argument isn't "Can you prove it?"
It's "Who gives a fuck?"
Tucker pushes Huckabee on if he actually believes in the Zionist* "Biblical" narrative, or whether he is but a grifter, using the Zionist narrative despite knowing it is a lie.
This is more than just a "Biblical narrative"...it's Israel's core Zionist narrative. Their entire claim to the Holy Land, is that they are the direct descendants of the Jews who were exiled thousands of years ago.
In the vast majority of cases though, this claim isn't true. The majority of Israeli Jews are of European descent. Their ancestors never came from that region.
It's about an even split between mozrahi/sephardi and ashkenazi actually. Aside from this nonsense being another example of mizrahi, sephardi, and other Jewish heritage erasure, it also is as revisionist of ashkenazi history as actual Israeli propaganda. Moreover, it belies a complete misunderstanding of how population genetics work and significant markers that very much distinguish European Jews from their non-Jewish counterparts.
Worst of all, it doesn't fucking matter. The crime against Palestine isn't that the wrong ethnicity gets to be supremacist--its that it is ethnosupremacist in the first place.
In the vast majority of cases though, this claim isn't true.
It's a moot point regardless - I could not give any fucks about whether their ancestors lived there a thousand years ago, or whether their genetics imply heritage.
Genocide is inherently incidental (and occasionally explicit) to fulfilling this moronic prophecy. Zionism is a fucking cancer and it needs to stop.
You are correct I should correct my comment thank you
Man. The lane that Democrats are leaving open by being so obscenely pro-Israel. Hope y'all are ready for Tucker/ Owens 2028.
tucker miles above trump, they always lower the bar...
so it's Alex Jones for 2028
I still maintain Tucker will tap MTG as veep, but yeah. Dems will stop at nothing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Oof. Ima be a real one fam and ruin your weekend.. In your mind, I want you to imagine the following..
Its 2027/28. On the TV, Its some version of a republican debate, but its Candice, Tucker and MTG on stage. They're debating if sanctions are sufficient, or if the state of Israel should be dissolved.
The magnetic fields generated by the high amplitude currents of schadenfreude are so great, the channel flips of its own accord. Its a debate between Newsom, Buttigieg, and Harris. Each of them is trying to out-do the other with regards of how much of the US GDP they're going to commit to supporting the state of Israel.
This is so fucking stupid.
Just more fascist eugenics from American Nazis.
While I generally agree with questioning the status of isnotreal and its “citizens” I don’t think Tucker is the mouthpiece for “progressive” talking points.
Tucker does a lot better than most "progressive" interviewers when it comes to Palestine
While it is from an obnoxiously xenophobic “America first” perspective, at least Tucker does seem to believe Israel should not be able to buy all American politicians and dictate what they do in office. It’s incredibly sad that this does position him better than most political pundits in the US. Calling this progressive is a stretch though, it’s just objective views on reality and what it means to be a sovereign nation.
True, but it’s really sad that we’re looking at Tucker Carlson - of all people - in 2026 and being like “no seriously, hear him out, he’s got a point”
Tucker is 90% likely bribed by Qatar but in this case I do not care go Tuckerman go.