Huckabee lashes out at British leader over call for Gaza ceasefire
'So Israel is expected to surrender to Hamas & feed them even though Israeli hostages are being starved? Did UK surrender to Nazis and drop food to them?' Huckabee wrote in a post on X.
'Ever heard of Dresden, PM Starmer? That wasn't food you dropped. If you had been PM then UK would be speaking German!' the ambassador continued, later slamming the leader for sending food to Gaza.
His statement came hours after Starmer said both Israel and Hamas need to engage in ' good fatih negotiations ' to end the humanitarian crisis in the West Bank.
'How much food has Starmer and the UK sent to Gaza? @IsraeliPM has already sent 2 MILLION TONS into Gaza & none of it even getting to hostages,' Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, ranted.
'Maybe UK PM ought to sit this one out & follow Arab League who said Hamas should disarm & release ALL hostages immediately.'
Israel's war cabinet voted Thursday to escalate operations in the region, although more than 100 nations have called for leaders to implement a two-state solution to the ongoing war and have offered to help author a path to peace.
'The Israeli Government's decision to further escalate its offensive in Gaza is wrong, and we urge it to reconsider immediately,' Starmer said.
'Every day the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens and hostages taken by Hamas are being held in appalling and inhuman conditions. We need a ceasefire now,' he added.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to have Arabs rule over Gazans without input from Jerusalem.
Huckabee has endorsed the stance and has strongly backed the Israeli prime minister's advancements.
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