@TuckerCarlson tweet

How They Deceive You

Tucker's tweet is a masterclass in twisting facts to stoke anti-Israel outrage by hyping a routine 24-hour wartime lockdown as "Israel's Forced Closure" of Christianity's holiest site, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. What actually happened? On March 29, 2026—Palm Sunday—Israeli Home Front Command ordered temporary restrictions on *all* Old City holy sites, including Jewish and Muslim ones, because Iranian missiles were slamming into Jerusalem. It was for emergency access only, like ambulances and firefighters, and Netanyahu's office reversed the Mass ban within 24 hours after negotiations. Public access resumed the next day. Sources like CNN, Reuters, and PBS all confirm it was a safety move amid active missile barrages, not some deliberate anti-Christian plot. But Tucker teases it with loaded segments like "Why Are Christians Being Targeted?" to make you think Israel singled out Christians—nope, it hit everyone, and there's zero evidence of targeting. Then he platforms defrocked Bishop Joseph Strickland, who Pope Francis removed in 2023 for going rogue, calling Gaza a "holocaust of our time." That's wild hyperbole: Gaza had about 1,000 Christians pre-Oct 7; around 30 (3%) have died since, mostly at church shelters housing displaced people near Hamas sites, plus some from snipers and medical shortages—proportional to the 45,000+ total deaths in a war Hamas kicked off by slaughtering 1,200 Israelis. Catholic Herald and JPost back this; it's not a unique genocide against Christians. This isn't journalism—it's persecution framing to manipulate Christians into isolationist fury, omitting the Iran missile war and Hamas trigger entirely. Straight propaganda to weaponize your faith against Israel.