New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Conservative American political activist and commentator Tucker Carlson on Wednesday claimed that he was detained by Israeli security staff at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, but his claim seems to have fallen flat.

Carlson, who was in Israel to interview US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, told the Daily Mail that he had been detained.

"Men who identified themselves as airport security took our passports, hauled our executive producer into a side room and then demanded to know what we spoke to Ambassador Huckabee about. It was bizarre. We're now out of the country," the American conservative activist was quoted as saying.

However, Carlson's claim has been rejected by both Israeli and US authorities.

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