US envoy to Israel taunts Starmer and likens Gaza assault to Dresden bombing

<p>Mike Huckabee launches undiplomatic harangue after UK prime minister calls for immediate ceasefire</p><p>The US ambassador to Israel, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/mikehuckabee">Mike Huckabee</a>, has launched an undiplomatic attack on Keir Starmer by invoking the allied second world war bombing of Dresden after the British prime minister criticised <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/08/israel-cabinet-approves-netanyahu-gaza-city-takeover-plan">the Israeli security cabinet’s decision to expand the war in Gaza</a>.</p><p>“So Israel is expected to surrender to Hamas &amp; feed them even though Israeli hostages are being starved?” Huckabee <a href="https://x.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/1953814241313472908">wrote on social media</a> in response to a post by Starmer calling for an immediate ceasefire and lamenting the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as well as the fate of the remaining Israeli hostages being held by Hamas.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/08/huckabee-starmer-gaza-dresden">Continue reading...</a>