The US ambassador to Israel made the remarks as he touted the Abraham Accords at an event in Tel Aviv

Left to right: US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stands alongside Israeli ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, US Vice President JD Vance, US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lebanese ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and US ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa in the White House's Oval Office in Washington, DC, on 23 April 2026 (Kylie Cooper/Reuters)

Published date: 12 May 2026 21:40 BST

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