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Huckabee: US doesn’t need “permission” from Israel to make deal with Houthis
May 8, 2025

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee defended the Trump Administration’s decision to reach an agreement with the Houthi rebel group that did not include Israeli involvement or an agreement by the Houthis to stop attacking Israel, saying that the US did not need Israel’s “permission” for such an agreement. “The United States isn’t required to get permission from Israel to make some type of arrangement that would get the Houthis from firing on our ships,” Huckabee told Israel’s Channel 12 News. He added, “Here’s what I can tell you, because I had a conversation with both the president and the vice president last night … There’s 700,000 Americans living in Israel. If the Houthis want to continue doing things to Israel and they hurt an American, then it becomes our business.” READ MORE

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