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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 20, 2026, 10:21 pm
‘Thou shalt not steal’: US envoy warns settlers against seizing Palestinian property
Huckabee says settlers involved could be hit with US sanctions, though adds such measures yet to be mulled; Western nations condemn Israel’s E1 West Bank settlement plan
By Reuters, Nurit Yohanan, Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Channel 12, August 18, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 19, 2026, 2:10 am
Huckabee stands by calling violent settlers ‘terrorists’: They’re ‘pouring gas on a fire’
US ambassador to Israel insists Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner didn’t clash at meeting over Gaza proposal, says Israel ‘never backed away’ from Trump’s overall plan for Strip
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Settlers gesture to the camera as they remain outside the besieged homes of Palestinian residents in Qusra, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, August 13, 2026 (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 13, 2026, 1:02 pm
IDF removes Palestinians from homes for op said aimed at clearing harassing settlers
Army backtracks from evacuation order, but some residents say they still haven’t been allowed back into besieged Qusra home; Huckabee says IDF in Qusra at his request, slams the settlers as ‘Israeli terrorists’
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israeli settlers gather in front of Palestinian houses in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, on August 12, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
August 12, 2026, 11:58 pm
From Ohio, a Palestinian American watches as settlers besiege his family in Qusra
Through security cameras 6,000 miles away, Loui Ridi sees IDF soldiers fraternizing with those blocking his trapped brother and nephew, instead of rescuing them
By Hila Tov
Armenian Christians, accompanied by Israeli volunteers, enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
August 7, 2026, 11:11 pm
Foreign Ministry, Huckabee pan WSJ report on harassment of Christians in Israel
Jerusalem argues story on rise in attacks on clerics ‘took radical voices, extreme cases and turned them into the face of a country’; US envoy: Attacks ‘occasional but rare’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) is interviewed by Reuters during a visit to Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, July 9, 2026. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)
July 14, 2026, 12:24 pm
US lawmaker detained by settlers says lack of punishment shows Israeli complicity
Israel’s ‘genocidal’ response to October 7 and the ‘apartheid’ conditions in the West Bank lead Ro Khanna to drop ‘pro-Israel progressive’ label he was using 4 years ago
By Jacob Magid
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (right) and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee present the land‑allocation agreement for the permanent US Embassy in Jerusalem to the audience during a ceremony on July 1, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
July 2, 2026, 3:40 am
Israel, US sign land agreement for permanent American embassy complex in Jerusalem
At signing ceremony, Huckabee says ‘God made decision 3,800 years ago’ to recognize Jerusalem, US now acknowledging it; Sa’ar: US is ‘indispensable and irreplaceable’ to Israel
By Nava Freiberg and AFP
Israeli and Lebanese flags are seen in an area near the border, backdropped by destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon as viewed from northern Israel, June 15, 2026. (Leo Correa/AP)
June 16, 2026, 10:57 pm
Israel-Lebanon talks said close to yielding lasting ceasefire deal
Details reportedly being finalized; Iran threatens response if IDF keeps fighting Hezbollah, while Israeli and US officials say US-Iran deal doesn’t include pullout from south Lebanon
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A man looks at the wreckage of an Iranian missile that landed near the West Bank city of Jericho, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
June 8, 2026, 11:13 am
Defying Trump, Israel strikes Iranian military, fuel targets; Iran, Houthis fire missiles at Israel
No injuries; settlement homes damaged by missile fragment; strike targets include Iranian air defenses; report: Netanyahu ‘pseudo-agreed’ to Trump’s demand not to retaliate to initial fire
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)
April 22, 2026, 12:56 pm
Daily Briefing April 22: Trump’s muddled messaging complicates talks with Iran
US bureau chief Jacob Magid reports on the Iran ceasefire and the second round of Lebanon talks, as well as the stalled Hamas disarmament and a settler attack that killed 2 Palestinians
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
Worshippers conducting services on Easter Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, April 5, 2026. (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
April 12, 2026, 5:26 pm
Easter prayer fiasco, resolved too late, shows Christians still treated as afterthought
Netanyahu boasted about protecting worshipers once row over Holy Sepulchre access was fixed; without serious attention to policy, he’ll continue rushing to clean up scandals after the harm has been done
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: People cross the border from Israel into Egypt via the Taba Land Port, June 19, 2025. (AP)
March 3, 2026, 4:11 pm
Huckabee advises US citizens in Israel to evacuate via Egypt, noting ‘limited options’
After Washington tells citizens across the Middle East to ‘DEPART NOW,’ US ambassador suggests Taba as a departure point for citizens in Israel and recommends against Amman
By Nava Freiberg
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is seen during an interview in Jerusalem, August 20, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
February 28, 2026, 3:09 pm
Rubio tells US envoys to avoid inflammatory comments after Huckabee fracas — report
US ambassador sparked anger among US allies by suggesting Israel has biblical right to much of the region; memo doesn’t single him out
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee attends the lobby for Israel–United States relations at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 27, 2026, 2:46 pm
US ambassador tells embassy staffers: If you want to leave Israel, ‘do so TODAY’
State Dept says non-emergency staff and families can leave Israel; Omani FM reportedly to meet with Vance in effort to avert war; US aircraft carrier expected off northern coast, refuelers at airport, F-22s seen moving in south
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Tucker Carlson speaks at a memorial for Charlie Kirk, September 21, 2025, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
February 25, 2026, 1:44 am
Laura Loomer, other Jewish conservatives sound alarm over Tucker Carlson’s access to Trump
The far-right pundit, who has used his show to slam Israel and lean into friendly interviews with conspiracy theorists and white nationalists, was seen at the White House this week
By Andrew Lapin
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