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Huckabee Calls for ‘Severe Consequences’ Over West Bank Settler Violence

From Daily Sabah · () English

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  • U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee said Palestinians should not be forcibly removed from Gaza, while supporting their right to leave voluntarily.
  • His comments followed public proposals by Israeli ministers to facilitate or encourage the departure of Gaza’s population.
  • During a visit to the West Bank, Huckabee also called on Israel to protect Palestinian residents from settler violence and warned of severe consequences.

Mike Huckabee arrived in the West Bank with two messages: Palestinians must not be forced out of Gaza, and Israel must do more to protect Palestinians from settler violence.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel said there was no Israeli plan to forcibly displace Gaza’s residents, seeking to distinguish that position from proposals made publicly by senior far-right ministers. “I can tell you categorically there is no plan of the Israelis to displace people out of Gaza against their will,” Huckabee told reporters during a visit to Palestinian-American families.

I can tell you categorically there is no plan of the Israelis to displace people out of Gaza against their will.

· Mike HuckabeeThe U.S. ambassador to Israel denied that Israel planned to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said he wanted about 250,000 Palestinians to leave Gaza during the first year, followed by the departure of the rest over six years. Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel was prepared to facilitate departures by sea and land, while waiting for the United States to help determine where people could go. Katz also claimed, without providing evidence, that about 80% of Gaza’s residents wanted to leave but Hamas was preventing them.

There is an open-mindedness if people wish to leave, that they should have the right to leave.

· Mike HuckabeeHuckabee said the Trump administration supported voluntary departure from Gaza.

Huckabee said the Trump administration supported Palestinians having the option to leave if they chose. “There is an open-mindedness if people wish to leave, that they should have the right to leave,” he said, calling it a “disgrace” to “incarcerate” Palestinians in Gaza. “Nobody is suggesting there would be forced displacement,” he added. “The Israelis are not, the Americans are not. I know of no one who supports that.”

Huckabee made the comments in Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town where many of the roughly 4,000 residents hold U.S. citizenship. He visited the home of Samir Hazmeh, a Palestinian-American whose property has repeatedly been targeted by Israeli settlers, and called for Israel to protect Palestinian residents. The source article ends while describing his comments on the settler violence.

Nobody is suggesting there would be forced displacement.

· Mike HuckabeeHe rejected claims that Israel or the United States supported the forced removal of Palestinians.
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Originally published by Daily Sabah in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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