US ambassador accused of backing Israeli settlements

Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel, has been accused of supporting the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements, according to the Middle East Eye and agencies on December 13th.

The chairman of the Palestinian National Council, Rouhi Fattouh, accused Huckabee of providing political cover for the expansion of the settlements, which are reportedly illegal under international law.

Huckabee is a staunch supporter of Israel and has previously outright denied the existence of Palestinians, a sentiment popularised by former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, who remarked in 1969 that “There were no such thing as Palestinians.”

Middle East Eye and agencies, Maghrebi.org