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Mike Huckabee

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Mike Huckabee is the United States ambassador to Israel. He served as governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 and sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016. He has also worked as a television host, author and Baptist minister.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Mike Huckabee on Israel, Palestine, and Press Freedom. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Mike Huckabee

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Mike Huckabee

Role at the time: U.S. ambassador to Israel

Condemned

Statement summary

Mike Huckabee calls the attack on Levine a despicable act of terror carried out by masked cowards and a dishonorable act of senseless violence.

“Attacking a female photographer is despicable act of terror carried out by masked cowards. Dishonorable act of senseless violence.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Mike Huckabee on the attack on Heidi LevineOriginal post
Why we used this label

Huckabee explicitly condemns the attack as cowardly violence.

Read statementWashington Post photographer Heidi Levine is beaten near Abu Falah; Netanyahu's office says the facts are unclear

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