U.S. ambassador slams Israeli settlers besieging home of Palestinian-American

NPR | By Daniel Estrin

Published August 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM EDT

U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called settlers besieging a West Bank home of an American-Palestinian family "terrorists."

Daniel Estrin

Daniel Estrin is NPR's international correspondent in Jerusalem.

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