Former Knesset speaker tells Tucker Carlson: Israel-Iran conflict is the second stage of a religious war

'October 7 was the first round of the full-scale religious war between Jewish fundamentalism of the Israeli government and Muslim fundamentalism of Hamas,' Avraham Burg said in a lengthy interview with the controversial broadcaster

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'October 7 was the first round of the full-scale religious war between Jewish fundamentalism of the Israeli government and Muslim fundamentalism of Hamas,' Avraham Burg said in a lengthy interview with the controversial broadcaster

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Ben Samuels

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12:39 AM • March 24 2026 IST

WASHINGTON - Former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg appeared on Tucker Carlson's podcast to critique Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government's strategy in the Iran war, in perhaps the most significant appearance to date from a left-wing Israeli critic of Israeli policy on right-wing media since the Iran war's outbreak over three weeks ago.

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