Mike Huckabee issues warning to Jerusalem embassy staff to leave
U.S.Ambassador to israel Mike Huckabee warned personnel at the American embassy in Jerusalem to depart the country immediately if they wish to exit, telling employees that those approved to depart should do so today. The advisory comes as the Trump administration weighs potential strikes on Iran and fears regional unrest, with officials describing the departure as a precaution and stressing there is no need to panic. The move follows ongoing but unresolved peace talks with Iran, which recently concluded in Geneva without a diplomatic breakthrough. The administration had signaled a trump-floats-small-scale-iran-strike-as-negotiating-tactic/” title=”… floats small-scale … strike as negotiating tactic “>short window—
about 15 days—for negotiations on Iran’s denuclearization to continue,urging progress within that timeframe.
Mike Huckabee issues warning to Jerusalem embassy staff to leave ‘TODAY’
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee warned personnel at the American embassy in Israel on Friday to leave the country immediately if they wish to exit.
“Those wishing to take AD should do so TODAY,” Huckabee wrote in an email to employees at Washington’s embassy in Jerusalem, using an acronym for “authorized departure.”
The move comes as the Trump administration weighs strikes on Iran, which could usher in regional unrest, spreading to Israel. The ambassador said the decision to allow embassy departures was made out of “an abundance of caution, and that “there is no need to panic.”
The United States has for months conducted peace talks with Iran, attempting to avoid military intervention in Washington’s aim to keep the country’s nuclear program at bay. But negotiations in Geneva on Thursday ended without a diplomatic resolution.
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Trump announced on Feb. 19 that there would be a short window of time in which he would allow negotiations for the complete denuclearization of Iran to continue, at “15 days, pretty much maximum.”
He warned that “it’s going to be unfortunate for [Iran]” if an agreement is not reached in that window, which would hypothetically expire between Sunday and Friday of next week.
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