'Israel is not a protectorate': Lapid criticizes Huckabee's efforts to avoid gov't collapse

"I hope and believe that the report that he is interfering in Israel’s internal politics and trying to help Netanyahu face the ultra-Orthodox in the evasion law crisis cannot be true," said Lapid.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

JUNE 9, 2025 22:42

'Israel is not a protectorate': Lapid criticizes Huckabee's efforts to avoid gov't collapse

"I hope and believe that the report that he is interfering in Israel’s internal politics and trying to help Netanyahu face the ultra-Orthodox in the evasion law crisis cannot be true," said Lapid.

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'Israel is not a protectorate': Lapid criticizes Huckabee's efforts to avoid gov't collapse

"I hope and believe that the report that he is interfering in Israel’s internal politics and trying to help Netanyahu face the ultra-Orthodox in the evasion law crisis cannot be true," said Lapid.

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