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US envoy Huckabee says Ben Gvir ‘betrayed dignity of his nation’ with flotilla video
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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee joins the wave of condemnations of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir after he posted a video celebrating the fact that the Gaza flotilla activists were bound and forced to kneel on the ground.
Huckabee writes on X that Ben Gvir’s actions sparked “universal outrage & condemnation from every high-ranking Israeli official,” including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, criticizing the minister’s “despicable actions.”
“Flotilla was stupid stunt, but Ben Gvir betrayed dignity of his nation,” he adds.
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