Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett unleashed a blistering attack on conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, calling him a “chickensh*t” and accusing him of staging a brief airport appearance in Israel for optics.

In a sharply worded statement, Bennett claimed Carlson landed at Ben Gurion Airport, snapped a quick photo in what he described as a logistics zone, and then departed — all while allegedly attempting to create the impression that he had meaningfully toured the country.

“The guy who’s been spouting lies about Israel for the past two years landed today at Ben Gurion airport, took a quick picture in the logistics zone, tweeted it to pretend he’s actually in Israel, didn’t even step foot in the country, then made up a story that he’s being supposedly harassed by our security, whined about it, got back into the private jet and flew off,” Bennett said.

Bennett denied Carlson’s claims that he was harassed by Israeli security, stating the incident “didn’t happen,” and doubled down on his criticism by branding the commentator a “chickenshit” and a “phony.”

He concluded by urging audiences to keep the episode in mind the next time Carlson speaks about Israel “as if he’s some expert.”