Mike Huckabee condemns 'horrific terror' against Palestinians in West Bank

On 13 August 2026, Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, condemned a settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank as a “horrific act of terror.” He called the settlers besieging a Palestinian family “Israeli terrorists,” and said Washington is “VERY” involved in efforts to end the siege. MSNBC called it a rare rebuke of Israeli settlers.

Huckabee also said a stable West Bank keeps Israel secure. Elsewhere, Israel reopened a historic settlement in the northern West Bank, and a JPPI poll found that nearly 40% of Israeli Jews support West Bank annexation. The Jerusalem Post published a piece on how Netanyahu’s policies have strengthened the Palestinian cause in America.