Mike Huckabee and Emily Thornberry

A Labour MP tore into Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel this morning after he criticised the UK.

Mike Huckabee slammed Britain and prime minister Keir Starmer on X after the UK condemned Israel’s plan to expand its military operation in Gaza, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis there.

Starmer joined many European allies in warning Israel that occupying Gaza City, the largest city in the Palestinian territory, would only cause further “bloodshed”, almost two years after Israel first declared war on Hamas.

In a statement on Friday, the prime minister said: “Wwe urge it to reconsider immediately. Every day the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens and hostages taken by Hamas are being held in appalling and inhuman conditions. We need a ceasefire now.”

But Huckabee replied by bizarrely talking about World War 2.

He wrote on X: “So Israel is expected to surrender to Hamas & feed them even though Israeli hostages are being starved?

“Did UK surrender to........

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