MK Boaz Bismuth, chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, publicly thanked U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee for backing Israeli operations in Lebanon. The statement was released Friday afternoon.
MK Boaz Bismuth (Likud), chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, issued a statement Friday afternoon thanking U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee for publicly backing Israeli military operations in Lebanon. The brief statement, attributed to Bismuth, reads: "I thank the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, for his backing of Israel's operations in Lebanon."
Bismuth's expression of gratitude follows a series of supportive statements by Huckabee regarding Israeli actions against Hezbollah, including past remarks cited by The Zioneer regarding the ambassador's view of American support as 'the secret of Israel's strength.' The statement does not reference any specific operation or new development, and the context of Huckabee's latest remarks that prompted Bismuth's thanks was not detailed in the release. No further elaboration or response from the U.S. Embassy has been reported at this time.
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