{
  "id": 746235,
  "title": "U.S. Ambassador Huckabee calls settlers besieging West Bank Palestinian family 'Israeli terrorists'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/u-s-ambassador-huckabee-calls-settlers-besieging-west-bank",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T08:13:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-08-13/ty-article/.premium/huckabee-settlers-besieging-w-bank-palestinian-family-are-israeli-terrorists/0000019f-f9f9-db94-a3df-fdfb00c20000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nThe ambassador described the actions of the settlers as \"criminal\" and referred to those responsible as \"Israussian terrorists\", as per the Jerusalem Post.\n\nThe 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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "The Israeli Jewish public is supporting the destruction of Palestinian healthcare",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/the-israeli-jewish-public-is-supporting-the-destruction-of",
        "published": "2026-08-13T09:33:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank a 'horrific act of terror,' U.S. ambassador says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/settler-siege-of-palestinian-homes-in-the-west-bank-a-horrific-act-of",
        "published": "2026-08-13T14:01:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}