politics
Mike Huckabee decries Israeli settler 'terrorists' over siege of West Bank home
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee denounced a group of Israeli settlers who laid siege to a Palestinian home in the West Bank, describing them as “terrorists.”
TL;DR
- Israeli settlers besieged a home in the West Bank village of Qusra, owned by an American citizen.
- Palestinian Christian activist Ihab Hassan brought attention to the incident and criticized the U.S. Embassy and Mike Huckabee.
- Huckabee denied initial inaction, stating the U.S. embassy was very involved and that Israeli forces had removed the settlers.
- Huckabee condemned the settlers' actions as criminal and referred to them as 'terrorists'.