Mike Huckabee criticised for accusing Jewish UK foreign secretary of 'Jew hate'

The US ambassador to Israel has been criticised for accusing the British foreign secretary, who is Jewish, of "Jew hate" over his criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza.

British foreign secretary Ed Miliband released a video earlier this week in which he said: “I just came out of this meeting talking about Gaza to people who've been there and are there on the ground, and frankly it was horrific what is unfolding.”

He asserted that “we as a UK government, as the prime minister has said, have got to act and act more decisively than we have”.

In response, the official X account of Israel's foreign ministry attacked Miliband and said, "facts matter less (when making a video for a political audience)" to the British foreign secretary.

Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, shared the Israeli foreign ministry's post and remarked: "The Brits have lost it. The Jew hate of their government knows no boundaries and knows no facts."

Miliband was born in London to Jewish parents who lost family members in the Holocaust.

Numerous commentators online criticised and derided Huckabee for his comments, noting that Miliband is Jewish while Huckabee is not.

Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief of Zeteo, posted: "Top US diplomat, Christian evangelical [Huckabee] accuses the Jewish Foreign Secretary of the UK, [Miliband], of 'Jew hate.'"

Hasan remarked: "Funny how the ‘special relationship’ only ever runs one way!"

Shashank Joshi, the Washington bureau chief of The Economist, said: "The way that this administration talks about its closest allies never ceases to astonish. Last week, shaming Canadian soldiers for no apparent reason. This week, accusing the (Jewish) British foreign secretary of 'Jew hate'."

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband described conditions in Gaza as “horrific” after meeting people who had been “on the ground”, citing blocked medicines and children dying while awaiting lifesaving treatment. pic.twitter.com/YwxQI4WLE4

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This comes as Miliband prepares to announce a raft of new measures on the occupied West Bank, including a ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements.

In response, Israel has threatened Britain. "If Britain acts against Israel, Israel will act against Britain," foreign minister Gideon Saar warned earlier this week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has branded the UK the "Islamic Republic of Britain".

His son, Yair Netanyahu, suggested this week that the Falkland Islands belonged to Argentina and not Britain. 

Yair is not a minister, but after his comments, US President Donald Trump indicated that Washington could reconsider its position on British sovereignty over the islands.

On Thursday, Trump even suggested he would not back Britain if Argentina were to invade the Falkland Islands, telling GB News: "Your country was not there to help me" when the US and Israel began their attack on Iran in February.

Argentinian President Javier Milei declared earlier this week that Argentina's national sovereignty had been "violated" and that his country would defend its interests "tooth and nail, no matter who it bothers".

On Friday morning in a national address, Milei threatened sanctions on oil firms that seek to drill around the Falkland Islands, adding that the "winds of change" favoured Argentina's claim to them.

A leaked Pentagon memo from April suggested that Washington could use the Falklands as leverage in negotiations with the UK.

Meanwhile, Miliband is expected to continue preparing sanctions on Israel over its illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territory.