U.S. Ambassador Huckabee calls settlers besieging West Bank Palestinian family 'Israeli terrorists'
The U.S. ambassador said the embassy asked Israeli security forces to remove the settlers and called their actions against the Palestinian family 'criminal,' despite his long record of support for West Bank settlements
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has spoken out against Israeli settlers who have been harassing a Palestinian family in the West Bank village of Qusra. According to Huckabee, the US Embassy had intervened with Israeli authorities to have the settlers removed.
The ambassador described the actions of the settlers as "criminal" and referred to those responsible as "Israussian terrorists", as per the Jerusalem Post.
The US Embassy's involvement was in response to reports of the harassment, with Huckabee stating that the IDF and Israel Police had gone to the scene at the embassy's request to remove the settlers.
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