US ambassador to Israel denounces West Bank settler attack on US photojournalist

Trump officials Mike Huckabee and Marco Rubio are urging Israel to crack down on settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, specifically denounced a settler attack on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine as a despicable act of terror. Levine required surgery after being beaten by masked Israeli settlers who attacked Palestinians harvesting olives. Huckabee has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the violent incident.