Mike Huckabee, US ambassador to Israel, says country is shocked amid Washington embassy staffer killings

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Mike Huckabee, US ambassador to Israel, says country is shocked amid Washington embassy staffer killings

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Thursday that Israelis are in shock following the Wednesday evening killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, criticizing pro-************ student protesters in America.

“People here in Israel are devastated,” Huckabee said during an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” on Thursday. “It’s just a horrific tragedy, act of terror and another way in which we have to recognize Jewish people all over the world are being singled out for horrible attacks.”

Huckabee’s remarks come after two

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outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday by an assailant who police say yelled “free, free Palestine” after being taken into custody.

He said he’s been in contact with White House officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, about the fatal shootings.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. They had a “productive discussion” that included the tragic shooting in D.C., Leavitt told reporters at a press briefing.

Huckabee also criticized student protesters who have recently sought to revive demonstrations against the Israel-****** war, as

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to the war-torn Gaza Strip for weeks.

“If they’re out there supporting the savages — ****** — I’d say, call them and tell them to pack up their things and get home, they are going to get a hard labor job until they do a little history search and find out exactly what they are protesting and what they are protesting for,” Huckabee said.

The killings — which have rattled Jewish communities worldwide — have reinvigorated the Trump administration’s calls to rein in violence against Jewish people. President Donald Trump has pursued a crackdown on universities he perceives as insufficiently combating antisemitism on their campuses.

“These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!,” Trump wrote in

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after the shooting. “Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA. Condolences to the families of the victims. So sad that such things as this can happen! God Bless You ALL!”

Ali Bianco contributed to this report.

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