US ambassador Huckabee attends Netanyahu’s criminal trial in show of support

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33237585

In an unusual move, United States Ambassador Mike Huckabee attended a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial on Wednesday, in a show of support.

“I’m going to go by today and sit through a little of it. It should be very interesting to be a witness to it,” Huckabee said at an event in Tel Aviv prior to his arrival at the court.

Asked by an interviewer to explain the unusual decision, Huckabee referenced the bond between Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, who last month explicitly demanded an end to the trial, describing it as a “witch hunt.”