CV NEWS FEED // The Philos Project, a Near-East focused Christian advocacy group, this week issued a statement criticizing Tucker Carlson’s interview with a Lutheran pastor from Bethlehem about Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Christians.
On April 9, Carlson interviewed Munther Isaac, a pastor at a Lutheran church in Bethlehem.
In response, The Philos Project posted on its YouTube channel a nearly two-hour-long video titled, “Christian Expert on Israel fact-checks Tucker on Palestinian Christians,” on April 11.
The video’s description reads: “The [Carlson] interview, which could have shown the complexity of issues facing Palestinian Christians in Gaza and the West Bank, instead is full of factual errors and popular anti-Israel tropes.”
Luke Moon, President of The Philos Project, this week shared an additional statement with CatholicVote about the Carlson interview.
“Philos has spent years working with Palestinians – including Palestinian Christians,” the statement begins:
In 2020, we sponsored a survey with the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research to find out what exactly is driving Palestinian Christians out of the West Bank and Gaza and what issues face them if they remain.
We partnered with Dr. Khalil Shikaki to conduct this research, which involved going door to door to talk with Palestinians in their homes. Dr. Shikaki is one of the best in his field because of the trust he cultivates to produce accurate results.
The Philos Project highlighted in the statement that the organization started the Rami Ayyad scholarship, which “[sponsors] Palestinian Christians to attend grad school in the United States to help them further their education and opportunities.”
“The scholarship is in memory of the only Christian bookshop owner in Gaza who, in 2007, was kidnapped by Islamists and murdered,” the statement continued:
After Rami’s death, the Christian community subdued their Christmas celebrations, operating under the radar. Rami’s killers were never identified, which emboldened his murderers and caused many Christians in Gaza to flee to the West Bank.
The Philos Project statement highlighted that these stories “are just some of the issues that Tucker Carlson could have covered on his show.”
“At Philos, we want nothing more than peace and stability in the region so all religious communities can prosper and thrive in peace,” the statement concluded. “At this moment, that aspiration seems further than ever. But Christians are people of hope, and hope is what we will continue to do.”
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