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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Huckabee hosts Smotrich and Ben Gvir at US Embassy, decries sanctions on the far-right ministers
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Railing at “outrageous hypocrisy,” US Ambassador Mike Huckabee blasts sanctions from five Western countries on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a meeting with the far-right lawmakers.
Huckabee hosts the two ministers at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, stressing that he is “glad to greet” them.
On Tuesday, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway announced that they would freeze assets and bar the entry of Smotrich and Ben Gvir for having “incited extremist violence” against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Glad to greet Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich & National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at @usembassyjlm after they were ridiculously sanctioned by 5 nations. Outrageous hypocrisy. pic.twitter.com/7PQIdNEBk0
— Ambassador Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 12, 2025
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