New Yorkers are reacting to former Fox News presenter-turned-podcaster Tucker Carlson’s statements last week that appeared to blame Jewish people for instigating the war in Iran on Feb. 28.
Carlson told viewers of his eponymous podcast during its March 4 episode that the conflict could be “a religious war” designed to rebuild the Third Temple — a theory based largely on believers in Christian end-times scripture — on historically disputed land between the Jewish and Muslim faiths.
