U.S. ambassador condemns ‘Israeli terrorists’ for siege of Palestinian American home 

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White House Headlines - August 13, 2026

White House Headlines - August 13, 2026

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.S. requested Israeli security forces remove “Israeli terrorists” from besieging a Palestinian village and the home of a Palestinian American, condemning the actions as criminal and an act of terror. 

Huckabee’s statement marks an unusually strong response from the Trump administration related to Israeli settlers. The ambassador supports Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and President Trump previously dropped sanctions against violent Israeli settlers imposed by the Biden administration. 

Huckabee posted on the social platform X on Wednesday and Thursday that the Israeli military and Israel police had gone at the request of the U.S. to remove Israeli settlers trespassing on Palestinian land. 

Huckabee, in responding to a comment in a post that claimed the administration was forced to intervene as the situation escalated, said the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has been involved, and the Israeli military and police “have gone at our request to........

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