You’ve Been Played: Trump, Tucker, Iran… and the Hand of God For months, I’ve intentionally held back from weighing in too much on the growing wave of anti-Israel voices emerging from within parts of the American conservative and Christian world. Figures like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Megyn Kelly, Nick Fuentes and others have been shaping a narrative that is influencing millions that can deeply impact the midterm elections. I held back because I believe something more important is needed from me. While others are doing a great job focusing on these rigid voices and the damage they are doing, I decided to focus on reality, on the trutth of what is happening here on the ground in Israel. I want people to understand that we are no longer the Jews of exile, defined by weakness and victimhood, and having to react to our haters. We are living a historic transformation. This war is changing us and the world. The Jewish people are back in our land, standing strong, fighting back, and winning, and changing the trajectory of 2,000 years of history. No longer a tiny nation needing the protection of the world, but the most trusted and powerful ally of the strongest Empire in the world, the United States of America under President Trump. But now, something has emerged regarding Tucker Carlson that cannot be ignored. The other week, Senator Ted Cruz went on record calling for Tucker Carlson’s foreign ties to be investigated. This wasn’t a vague political attack. Cruz laid out a series of concrete, documented concerns that demand attention. Carlson has reportedly purchased a home in Qatar. His video content has been aired on Iranian state television. The Iranian regime itself has encouraged its citizens to listen to him. And networks tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, an ideological parent of Hamas, have been actively distributing his content across social media. From there, Cruz raised deeper concerns, questions, not proven conclusions. He suggested the possibility that Carlson’s messaging could be financially influenced, pointing to Qatar’s long-documented strategy of investing billions into shaping Western institutions, discourse, and policy. He also highlighted something many have quietly noticed. The Tucker Carlson of today is not the same Tucker Carlson many conservatives once trusted from Fox News. Cruz himself described the new Carlson as a “dangerous demagogue,” warning that voices like his are contributing to rising Jew-hating antisemitism within the conservative movement. Something has shifted. The question is what? And then came the development that changes everything. Reports are now circulating of an extraordinary sequence involving Tucker Carlson, President Trump, and Iran. If even partially true, this moves beyond media controversy into the realm of high-level strategic deception. According to these reports, U.S. intelligence intercepted communications suggesting Carlson had been in contact with Iranian officials. President Trump, aware of this, allegedly made a calculated decision: invite Carlson to the White House and deliberately provide him with false information that he was not interested in going to war with Iran, knowing it would be passed on to Tehran. Iran, believing it had reliable insight from a close confidant of the President, concluded that the United States was not preparing for an attack. And then, when the operation began, they were caught off guard. Strategic targets were hit. The element of surprise was achieved. If this account is accurate, it would mean that Tucker Carlson became a conduit for disinformation used against one of the most dangerous regimes in the world. Now step back and look at the bigger picture. This is beyond geopolitics and beyond media. This is a multi-layered reality where information itself becomes a battlefield, where perception becomes a weapon, and where even flawed human channels can be used to shape outcomes. And if you zoom out even further, something else becomes clear. This feels familiar.

Hidden channels. Reversed expectations. Enemies convinced they are in control, only to be completely outmaneuvered. We’ve seen this story before. In the days of Purim, Haman believed he was orchestrating the destruction of the Jewish people. Everything seemed aligned in his favor. But beneath the surface, forces were at work he could not see. What appeared to be his victory became his downfall. What looked like chaos was, in truth, orchestration. And today, we are living through a reality that echoes that same pattern. People ask me if I believe we are witnessing miracles. The answer is yes. 100% yes! Not only in the missiles intercepted or the debris falling everyone, yet hardly causing fatalists and injuries they should, and not only in the battles won against a huge dangerous enemy. But in the timing. In the confusion of our enemies. In the alignment of events no strategist could fully design. If even part of this Trump-manipulating-Carlson story is true, then we are seeing something profound: a world where deception, misinformation, and Carlson’s human imperfection, is being turned into tools that ultimately defeat the evil Islamic regime of Iran that has been a dangerous threat to the Jewish state of Israel and the whole freedom loving world. To my friends in the American conservative and Christian world, this is a moment for clarity. Your support for Israel has been critical and deeply appreciated, especially against the growing damage from Tucker, Candece and Magen, sometimes in the name of Christianity. But we are living in a moment where not every voice in our camp claiming to speak truth is actually aligned with it, and not every bold or rebellious narrative is rooted in reality. We need your voices to reach your fellow conservatives and Christian’s to counter the lies in the name of Tucker’s “truth”. This is not a normal war. This is a battle over truth itself. Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Megyn Kelly are reaching millions of Americans with a dangerous distortion, that Israel or “the Zionists” control America, even implying that President Trump is somehow a puppet of the Jews. It’s an accusation so detached from reality that it collapses under its own weight. But here is the deeper truth. No leader is a puppet of the Jews. No nation is controlled the way these conspiracies suggest. If anything, the only “puppetry” that exists is something far greater, human beings, all of us, operating within a reality guided by God’s will, whether we recognize it or not. And that is why I don’t fear the rising wave of Jew-hatred being fueled by these narratives. Because even this, especially this, is part of a bigger story. A story pushing the Jewish people to step fully into our identity, not as victims reacting to hatred, but as victors embracing our responsibility. A responsibility to lead, to stand for truth, and to guide humanity toward a path of goodness, morality, and godliness emanating from Zion. The noise may grow louder. But so will the clarity of who we are and what we are here to do. The Jewish people are no longer passive in history. We are shaping it. We are no longer asking for protection, we are ensuring it. And as we do, there will be confusion, noise, and even influential voices that misunderstand what is unfolding, and turn against us. We are not just involved in a physical war, it is deeply spiritual. And there are voices within both Islam and Christianity that can not see the Jewish people as victors today, because our return to strength and sovereignty directly challenges deeply held theological assumptions, undermining, in many cases, the very foundations of their beliefs. But the direction is clear. We, the Jewish people back as sovereign in our ancestral homeland Israel, are moving forward, stronger, more rooted, and more aligned with our purpose than we have been in generations. Because in the end, this story is not about Tucker Carlson. It’s not even about President Donald Trump. It’s about something much bigger. It’s about a people returning home. A nation reclaiming its destiny. A story unfolding beyond politics and media cycles. A story of reversal. A story of survival. A story of victory. A story we have lived before. And are living once again. This time, the story moves toward a different ending, one in which we fulfill our national purpose across our Biblical homeland, strengthening a God infused society rooted in morality, responsibility, and a clear rejection of evil. From there, we rebuild our third Temple, elevate our spiritual center and deepen God’s presence in our land, becoming a source of light and clarity for all humanity to internalize and be uplifted by in these redemptive times. Remember: we are victors, not victims. Lift your eyes beyond the headlines and recognize the extraordinary moment we are living through. And if you’re not yet in Israel, what are you waiting for?

Avi Abelow