NEW YORK — Ordained minister and Heritage Foundation Visiting Fellow Luke Moon, who returned to the conservative think tank to combat antisemitism from both the political right and left, said in a recent interview with Podcaster Alan Skorski that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson ignored his advice and “doubled down on his antisemitism.”

Moon, who has spent the last decade raising awareness about the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and encouraging Christian support for Israel and the Jewish people, made the remarks during an interview with Alan Skorski.

Moon described multiple conversations with Carlson following last year’s controversy, in which Heritage President Kevin Roberts initially declined to distance the organization from Carlson after his interview with Holocaust denier and self-described “groyper” Nick Fuentes. Carlson had sought Moon’s guidance on how to shed the “antisemitism” label.

“After advising Carlson on the necessary steps needed to redeem himself, Tucker doubled down on his antisemitism,” Moon said.

Moon returned to Heritage as a visiting fellow specifically to address rising antisemitism across the ideological spectrum. His work highlights the growing Marxist-Islamist alliance and its implications for Jews, Christians and Western values.

During the interview, Moon addressed the rhetoric of Democratic Socialists of America activists and candidates, including those running for office in Wisconsin. A frequent refrain among them, he noted, is: “None of us are free until Palestine is free.”

“Why is it important for the DSA activists and candidates to declare this idea?” Moon asked. “It is because the liberation of Palestine means the end of Israel. And Israel is a stand-in for God. To destroy Israel is to destroy God which would bring about liberation from God’s commands and expectations.”

Moon described Israel as “the living testimony that the God of the Bible makes promises and keeps them.” The reconstituted Jewish state in its ancient homeland after 2,000 years of exile, he said, is “a provocation to every worldview that denies a sovereign God who acts in history.”

He drew a parallel to 19th-century figures, noting that Karl Marx once identified British revivalist preacher Charles Spurgeon — who was leading thousands of working-class people to faith — as the person he hated most in Britain, because Spurgeon was drawing away potential followers from Marxist ideology.

Similarly, Moon said, Islamists demand total submission to Allah and view the G-d revealed through Israel and the Church as a rival truth claim that must be suppressed. When Islamists gain power, churches and synagogues are often destroyed or converted into museums or government-controlled sites.

Citing the drastic decline of Christian communities in the Middle East, Moon pointed to Iraq, where the Christian population has plummeted from more than 450,000 in 2014 — when he began his advocacy — to fewer than 185,000 today. By contrast, he noted, there are more Christians living in Israel than in Iraq.

Moon’s comments come amid ongoing concerns about antisemitism on both ends of the political spectrum and the complex alliances forming between far-left activists and Islamist groups.