{"id":2644300,"date":"2026-08-13T10:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-huckabee-decries-israeli-settler-terrorists-over-siege-of-west-bank-home\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:20:11","slug":"mike-huckabee-decries-israeli-settler-terrorists-over-siege-of-west-bank-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-huckabee-decries-israeli-settler-terrorists-over-siege-of-west-bank-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Huckabee decries Israeli settler &#8216;terrorists&#8217; over siege of West Bank home"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-huckabee-decries-israeli-settler-terrorists-over-siege-of-west-bank-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2644300&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, condemned Israeli settlers who siege a Palestinian home in the West Bank, referring to them as \u201cterrorists.\u201d He emphasized that the U.S. embassy actively intervened, wiht Israeli security forces removing those involved. Huckabee rejected claims that the White House had not acted, asserting that the U.S. had kept officials informed and condemned the settlers&#8217; actions as criminal and terroristic. <\/p>\n<p>This stance marks a shift from Huckabee\u2019s previous outspoken support for the Israeli settler movement, where he often used controversial language, denying the existence of a Palestinian people and emphasizing terms like \u201cJudea and Samaria.\u201d His role as ambassador has required moderation of these views in line with the Trump administration&#8217;s policies. <\/p>\n<p>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joy-behar-shocks-the-view-co-host-with-x-rated-trump-joke-live-on-air-27\/\" title=\"Joy Behar Shocks &#039;The View&#039; Co-Host with X-Rated Trump Joke Live on Air\">incident highlights ongoing tensions<\/a>, including increased settler violence in the West Bank since October 2023, with numerous attacks documented and over 1,000 Palestinians killed since then. Despite occasional disagreements with israel\u2019s government, security forces frequently protect settlers, contributing to heightened violence and instability in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Ambassador to Israel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-huckabee\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1142\">Mike Huckabee<\/a> denounced a group of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"219\">Israeli<\/a> settlers who laid siege to a Palestinian home in the West Bank, describing them as \u201cterrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ihab Hassan, a Palestinian Christian activist, called attention to a mob of Israeli settlers laying siege to the house in the West Bank village of Qusra, which is owned by an American citizen. After first criticizing Huckabee and the U.S. Embassy for a seeming lack of interest, Hassan then described the White House as having \u201cintervened\u201d in the case. Huckabee rejected both charges as a \u201clie.\u201d In clarifying the U.S. position on the matter, the outspoken pro-Israel ambassador made one of his most stringent condemnations of Israeli settler activity.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4685922\/mike-huckabee-denounce-israel-settler\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mike Huckabee decries Israeli settler \u2018terrorists\u2019 over siege of West Bank home<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4684943\/count-binface-elmo-british-tradition-novelty-candidates\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>From Count Binface to Elmo: The British tradition of novelty candidates<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4684971\/nypd-backtracks-security-rama-duwaji-mamdani-middle-east-trip\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>NYPD backtracks on providing security for Mamdani\u2019s wife during travel to Middle East<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, Huckabee said, \u201chas been VERY involved &#038; the IDF &#038; Israel Police have gone at our request to remove the Israeli terrorists doing this. The actions of those doing this to this family\u2019s home is criminal.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He rejected Ihab\u2019s characterization of the White House having \u201cintervened\u201d in the situation, \u201cbecause we have kept DC apprised of the situation already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cActions by those who carried out this horrific act of terror meant to intimidate and harass this family are disgusting. No excuse for such thuggish behavior,\u201d Huckabee said, adding that claims he or the embassy \u201cdoesn\u2019t care or hasn\u2019t done anything is simply untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huckabee\u2019s harsh words for Israeli settlers are a departure from his previous support of the settler movement. For nearly his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/should-priests-deny-biden-communion-theologians-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Should Priests Deny Biden Communion? Theologians Weigh in\">entire political career<\/a>, Huckabee has been one of its most outspoken and prominent supporters in the U.S., even previously refusing to use the term \u201csettler\u201d and denying the existence of a Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are certain words I refuse to use. There is no such thing as a West Bank. It\u2019s Judea and Samaria,\u201d he said during a visit to an Israeli settlement in 2017. \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a settlement. They\u2019re communities. They\u2019re neighborhoods. They\u2019re cities. There\u2019s no such thing as an occupation. The only occupiers were the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Turks, the Brits, the Romans. They were occupiers. The Jews are the occupants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huckabee has had to scale back this rhetoric in his role as ambassador to Israel to align with the Trump administration\u2019s stance. He\u2019s criticized settler violence previously, most notably last year when he visited the Palestinian Christian neighborhood of Taybeh after it was attacked and its church burned by Israeli settlers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo commit an act of sacrilege by desecrating a place that is supposed to be a place of worship \u2014 it is an act of terror, and it\u2019s a crime,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4682003\/conservatism-gaza-criticism-israel-antisemitism-different-blood-libel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4682003\">CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES DEMAND MORAL CLARITY ON GAZA AND THE SUFFERING OF PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli settler violence in the West Bank has reached new heights after Oct. 7, 2023, with the settler movement taking advantage of the chaos to form mobs and attack Palestinian locals. The United Nations found that settler attacks have risen sharply every year since 2023, with 1,835 settler attacks against Palestinians <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/content\/west-bank-impact-settler-attacks-january-2023-april-2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/content\/west-bank-impact-settler-attacks-january-2023-april-2026\">documented<\/a> in 2025 alone. Over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since 2023, with dozens of these killed in settler attacks. Dozens of Israelis have been killed in the West Bank over the same period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Israeli settler movement has an oftentimes contentious relationship with the Israeli government, sometimes clashing with security forces and causing diplomatic headaches for Jerusalem. Nevertheless, the Israel Defense Forces and other security forces often provide cover for settlers, inflaming tensions in the area and with Washington.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huckabee condemns Israeli settlers as terrorists over West Bank siege<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2644301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26212349422279.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33171,32219,53196,6039,40331],"class_list":["post-2644300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-israeli-settlers","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-mike-huckabee","tag-terrorism","tag-west-bank"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26212349422279.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644304,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644300\/revisions\/2644304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}