The U.S. ambassador said the embassy asked Israeli security forces to remove the settlers and called their actions against the Palestinian family 'criminal,' despite his long record of support for West Bank settlements

U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee issued a rare condemnation of settler “terrorists.”

"The actions of those doing this to this family’s home are criminal," Huckabee continued. "The WH hasn’t 'intervened' because we have kept DC apprised of the situation already."