The Hypocrisy of Intervention: US Ambassador's Shift on Israeli Settler Violence The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has made a striking reversal in his assessment of violence committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank.
He now describes such actions as "terror," a shift that is all the more remarkable given its timing and the fact that it was prompted by the United States.
Since Sunday, the siege of Qusra, a Palestinian village near Nablus, has been ongoing.