June 17, 2026
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the FOZ Ambassadors Summit in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)After President Trump claims Israel wouldn’t exist without US, Ambassador Mike Huckabee declares US wouldn’t exist without Israel.
By World Israel News Staff
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Tuesday that the United States owes its existence to the Jewish and biblical heritage rooted in the Land of Israel, making the remarks hours after President Donald Trump said Israel would not exist without US support and his own intervention.
Huckabee spoke at the opening of the International Conference on Israeli Heritage in Judea and Samaria, held at Herodion National Park. The event, titled “Launch of the Herodium Pool,” was organized around the theme “Herod vs. Bar Kochba: The Battle for Eternity.”
The ambassador said his role is not only to represent Washington in Israel, but also to explain to Americans the importance of Israel and Jewish history to the United States.
;“It is your heritage, without a doubt,” Huckabee told attendees. “It is also the heritage of the United States. Without Israel, without the Jewish foundation, there would not be an America.”
“We owe our very existence to what happened in this land,” he added.
Trump calls off Iran strike amid ‘serious negotiations’
Huckabee’s comments came the same day Trump publicly criticized Israel’s conduct in Lebanon and said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should act “more responsibly” as Washington tries to finalize a new agreement with Iran.
Speaking at the G7 summit in France, Trump said Israel had been fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon for “too long” and criticized Israeli strikes on apartment buildings used to target members of the group.
“Too many people have been killed. You don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they’re not all Hezbollah,” Trump said.
;Trump said he still had a “great relationship” with Netanyahu, but then pointed to US support for Israel and his own record as president.
“Without us, without the United States, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel, because no other president was willing to do what I did,” Trump said.
The White House later said Trump remained a strong supporter of Israel and that Israel and the US had acted together to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
About The Author
