Tucker Carlson Expresses Doubts That Hamas Is a ‘Radical Jihadi Organization’

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is being widely criticized on social media for claiming he has doubts that Iran-backed Hamas was anything more than a “political organization.”

Israel has stepped up its campaign to wipe out Hamas from Gaza ever since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked an Israeli music festival, killing at least 1,200 and taking some 250 hostages.

Recently, Israel struck Gaza’s only Catholic church, killing three people. The Israelis said they were investigating the incident, however, Carlson claimed the Israeli Defense Forces were exhibiting “self-destructive behavior” by shelling churches, whether intentionally or not.

In his latest podcast, Carlson said:

No one can possibly claim that a Christian family are in Hamas. OK, so what, tell me — You can’t claim they’re in Hamas while simultaneously claiming that Hamas is a group of jihadis. They’re Islamist extremists, which they also claim. Constantly. I don’t know if that’s true, by the way. Seems more like a political organization. But whatever it is, they’re telling us constantly that they’re Al-Qaeda. So, it can’t also be true that Christians are a member of Al-Qaeda. So, then, we know they’re not in Hamas, so why did they get killed?

Once a conservative darling, Carlson has been viewed with increasing suspicion since his termination from Fox News. He now runs his own podcast, The Tucker Carlson Show.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) expressed his frustrations with Carlson, posting to X, “Now, @TuckerCarlson doesn’t know if Hamas is a terrorist organization. (‘Elmo is just asking questions….’) What the hell happened to Tucker?? He’s turning into Ilhan Omar.”

Mark Levin, who once worked with Carlson at Fox News and isn’t a fan, took to calling his nemesis, “Qatarlson.”

“Qatarlson doesn’t know if Hamas is a terrorist group,” Levin posted.

Seth Dillon with the satirical Babylon Bee got serious when he posted, “Qatar, Iran, and Tucker Carlson say Hamas is just a political group — not a radical Islamist terrorist organization.”

Dillon’s post included the “Ideology and Goals” of Hamas that included “jihad as its path” and “‘Death for the sake of Allah’ as its highest aspiration.”

View the video above via The Tucker Carlson Show.