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US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Riley Barnes and US Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch visit the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh near Ramallah, a day after Israeli settlers attacked a French mayor and European diplomats during the olive harvest, in the West Bank, October 18, 2026. (Mohamad Torokman/ Reuters)
October 18, 2026, 10:33 pm
US officials visit Palestinian village after settler attacks on diplomats
US assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor and US ambassador to the Holy See visit Latin Convent Church in Taybeh; Huckabee attends settler conference
By Reuters
David Milstein, senior adviser to US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, speaks at a CPAC conference, October 30, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/CPAC)
October 8, 2026, 9:45 pm
Huckabee aide tried quashing US embassy reports to protect Israeli government — NYT
Report citing over a dozen sources says David Milstein undermining diplomatic work on settlements, settler violence and Gaza’s rebuilding; Huckabee rejects allegations
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Left: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. Right: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, at the Palacio de Viana in Madrid, Spain July 29, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90, Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
September 23, 2026, 11:30 pm
US officials drafted memo condemning UK’s West Bank trade ban, but never released it
Document reportedly driven by close Huckabee aide claimed sanctions against Israeli settlements contribute to antisemitism, but was binned after White House declined to support it
By Reuters
David Milstein, senior adviser to US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, speaks at a CPAC conference, October 30, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/CPAC)
September 22, 2026, 1:47 pm
Huckabee adviser accused of breach after asking Israeli guests for monetary wedding gift
David Milstein says request only meant for family and friends, removed it after realizing it went to all guests; sources tell Politico actions are security threat but not criminal
By Michael Horovitz
US bureau chief Jacob Magid appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (AP)
September 17, 2026, 1:50 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 17: Foreign Ministry tells diplomats to dial down attacks on ‘NAZA’ film
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses diplomatic efforts regarding the incendiary documentary, a Lebanese-Israeli meeting, the US and the Houthis, JD Vance on Israel, and Board of Peace construction plans
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during an event at Webco Manufacturing, September 14, 2026, in Olathe, Kansas. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
September 16, 2026, 2:56 pm
Vance: US cannot let its Mideast foreign policy be ‘subservient to Israel’
US vice president says allies sometimes disagree, Trump has shown he’s ready to ‘part ways’ with Netanyahu for sake of American interests; envoy Huckabee insists relationship ‘solid’
By ToI Staff
News editor Ben Sales appears on the Daily Briefing with podcast host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
September 6, 2026, 1:54 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 6: Netanyahu has burned bridges. How will that play out at the polls?
News editor Ben Sales discusses the US ambassador’s reaction to violent settlers, pitfalls for the PM in Israel’s upcoming election, and antisemitic similarities on the US political spectrum
By Jessica Steinberg and Ben Sales
Left: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. Right: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, at the Palacio de Viana in Madrid, Spain July 29, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90, Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
September 6, 2026, 1:16 am
Huckabee accuses UK government of ‘Jew hate’ over claim Israel blocking medicine from Gaza
British foreign secretary alleges children in Gaza are dying while waiting for medical treatment, prompting anger from both US and Israel, which denies his accusation
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (second from left) is greeted by members of the local municipality as he arrives to visit the home of a Palestinian-American resident who has previously been attacked twice and says he faces ongoing harassment from Israeli settlers, in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, on September 5, 2026. (John Wessels/AFP)
September 5, 2026, 3:11 pm
Huckabee, in West Bank, urges severe consequences for settler violence: ‘Terror is terror’
Visiting Palestinian town, US envoy says it’s in Israel’s interest to take action, and a ‘few hundred’ violent settlers are ‘too many’; separately, settlers reportedly torch Palestinian fields, attack convoy making condolence visit
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinians check the damage to a mosque that, according to residents, was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Bazariya, September 1, 2026, as on its wall a Hebrew graffiti reads “Huckabee regards from the terrorists”, referring to the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
September 1, 2026, 11:47 am
West Bank mosque said torched by settlers; 8 arrested for assaults on Palestinians, mosque arsons
Suspects aged 16 to 20; 4 Palestinians shot during raid by settlers, soldiers; elderly Palestinian woman beaten; former Israeli officials to NYT: Settler violence is ‘like the Germans’
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Settlers who raided a Palestinian village gather on the balcony of a building under construction in the West Bank's Qusra, August 29, 2026. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
August 30, 2026, 6:45 pm
Still no arrests over settler attack on Qusra, though some suspects are identifiable
EU envoy visits scene of latest assault on Palestinian village, weeks after extremist settlers besieged it; Foreign Press Association slams attack on reporters, calls for action
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
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
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