US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Thursday that the US Embassy had intervened with Israeli authorities over the harassment of a Palestinian family in the West Bank village of Qusra, rejecting claims that US officials had failed to act and describing those responsible as “Israeli terrorists.”
“This is another lie,” Huckabee wrote on X/Twitter, responding to a claim concerning the US response to the incident. “The embassy has been VERY involved, and the IDF and Israel Police have gone at our request to remove the Israeli terrorists doing this.”
This is another lie. @usembassyjlm has been VERY involved & the IDF & Israel Police have gone at our request to remove the Israeli terrorists doing this. The actions of those doing this to this family’s home is criminal. The WH hasn’t “intervened” because we have kept DC… https://t.co/qrfnCYcOtB
— Ambassador Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) August 13, 2026
“The actions of those doing this to this family’s home are criminal,” Huckabee continued. “The WH hasn’t ‘intervened’ because we have kept DC apprised of the situation already.”
This is a developing story.
