Carlson, whom Israel supporters have been eager to speak with, not detain, used a luxury VIP terminal at Ben Gurion Airport designed for dignitaries and celebrities, complete with private suites and upscale amenities. Standard security screening at this exclusive concierge service hardly constitutes detention. Calling this privileged treatment "detention" reveals a dishonest, anti-Israel agenda meant to mislead Americans about the Jewish State.
Israeli security officials confiscated passports, hauled Carlson's producer into a separate room and demanded details about his conversation with Ambassador Huckabee. This came after Israeli authorities initially wanted to ban Carlson entirely and only relented to avoid a diplomatic incident. ThisThe targetedscariest treatmentpart of America'sall mostis prominentthat, criticas ofhistory Zionistshows, influenceif provesIsrael were to arrest or even kill an American, the detentionU.S. wasgovernment politicallywould motivateddo retaliationnothing about it.
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