WASHINGTON — Ambassador Mike Huckabee slammed Keir Starmer on Friday over the British prime minister’s condemnation of Israel’s war in Gaza, claiming if the foreign leader had faced down Nazi Germany in World War II his nation would have been defeated.
“So Israel is expected to surrender to Hamas & feed them even though Israeli hostages are being starved?” fired Huckabee, who serves as President Trump’s ambassador to Israel.
“Did UK surrender to Nazis and drop food to them? Ever heard of Dresden, PM Starmer?” the ambassador added in post on X. “That wasn’t food you dropped.
“If you had been PM then UK would be speaking German!”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet had approved a plan Thursday to take full control of Gaza City, prompting Starmer’s criticism.
“This action will do nothing to bring an end to this conflict or to help secure the release of the hostages,” Starmer said in a statement, claiming it would “only bring more bloodshed.”
He had called for a cease-fire between the Israeli military and Hamas terrorists over the growing “humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” while also denouncing how “hostages taken by Hamas are being held in appalling and inhuman conditions.”
“The Israeli Government’s decision to further escalate its offensive in Gaza is wrong, and we urge it to reconsider immediately,” the UK leader posted on X.
“How much food has Starmer and the UK sent to Gaza?” Huckabee shot back on Friday, noting how Netanyahu had “already sent 2 MILLION TONS into Gaza & none of it [is] even getting to hostages.”
“Maybe UK PM ought to sit this one out & follow Arab League who said Hamas should disarm & release ALL hostages immediately,” Trump’s ambassador said.
The approval of the Israeli offensive followed the UK prime minster’s move to recognize a Palestinian state next month unless Netanyahu’s government winds down its nearly two-year war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, commit to not annexing the West Bank and enter into serious peace negotiations.
French President Emmanuel Macron had also floated acknowledging a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly meeting to be held in September.
Israel is under fire from some members of the international community, as photos and videos emerge from Gaza showing the Palestinians looting aid trucks to fend off starvation.
Almost 90% of UN aid trucks haven’t made it to delivery locations due to the looting from “forcefully armed actors,” officials at the organization’s Office for Project Services (UNOPS) found.
Of at least 2,604 aid trucks that drove into the warring region between May 19 and Aug. 5, just 295 vehicles, around 12%, were not stolen from, the office’s Monitor & Tracking Dashboard showed.
Netanyahu and Huckabee have blamed Hamas for the lootings. The UN did not assign blame to the terror group.
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