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US envoy Huckabee demands ‘harsh consequences’ as he visits Christian town attacked by Israeli settlers who want the place all for themselves
Mike Huckabee says ‘desecrating a church, mosque or synagogue is a crime against humanity and God’ following arson attack on ruins of Christian house of worship
By Times of Israel Staff, 19 July 2025
pic-—US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shakes hands with Father Daoud Khoury of the Greek Orthodox Church during his visit to the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh in the West Bank on July 19, 2025. (Jaafar Aashtityeh/AFP)
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited the Christian Palestinian town of Taybeh in the West Bank on Saturday, which has been the scene of several attacks by Israeli settlers in recent weeks.
Taybeh residents and local church leaders said the town had experienced an upsurge in Israeli settler harassment recently. They pointed to an arson attack, which they said was committed by extremist settlers, next to the ruins of the Church of St. George in the town last week, as one of the most serious incidents so far.
On Monday, the most senior church leaders in the Holy Land toured the Palestinian town and alleged that Israeli authorities have, in fact, facilitated the ongoing harassment.
“Desecrating a church, mosque or synagogue is a crime against humanity and God,” Huckabee wrote Saturday on X after touring Taybeh.
“I work for ALL American citizens who live in Israel-Jewish, Muslim or Christian. When they are terrorized or victims of crime I will demand those responsible be held accountable with real consequences,” he added.