U.S. ambassador to Israel denounces settler siege on Palestinians as ‘terror’

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The U.S. ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of settlers besieging Palestinians, labeling it as 'terror.' The statement is notable since the ambassador, Huckabee, previously supported Jewish settlements in the West Bank and opposed a Palestinian state.

The remarks are especially striking from Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor who in the past has embraced Jewish settlement in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, and rejected the idea of a Palestinian state.