US ambassador

'Apocalyptic wasteland': Biden admin. blocked warning on deteriorating Gaza situation after Oct. 7

Three months after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel's entry into the Gaza Strip, the internal message laid out in gruesome detail scenes observed by United Nations staff.

|ByREUTERS
Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.
US ambassador Mike Huckabee's family after finding coins in a Mateh Binyamin Regional Council cave, January 5, 2026.

'Grandpa, look what we found': Huckabee family uncovers ancient coins in West Bank caves

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee and his family uncovered ancient coins and jar fragments dating to the Bar-Kochba Revolt during a tour near Na’ale in the Mateh Binyamin region.

|ByJAMES GENN
THE WRITER poses with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee. The ambassador’s unwavering support, when others have turned away or even aligned with those who wish us harm, is a testament to the kind of friendship that sustains hope, says the writer.

Thank you, Mike Huckabee: Honoring true friendship in dark times - opinion

If a friend needs to be told to stand by someone in need, they are not a true friend. True friends choose to stay, unprompted, through the darkest moments.

|BySHLOMO KATZ
US AMBASSADOR to Israel Mike Huckabee donates blood at the Magen David Adom headquarters in Ramle.

Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee view and approach Middle East very differently - opinion

Unlike Huckabee, Trump sees the Middle East in highly transactional terms and is set on using economically driven frameworks to broker further peace deals in the region.

|ByNOAH ARAZI

Outgoing US Ambassador David Friedman honored at Knesset

"I think we succeeded in strengthening the US Israel relationship."

JANUARY 11, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TOBIAS SIEGAL
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman honored at special committee meeting

Israel will always be a Jewish state

Israel’s greatest security risk is a binational state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.

JULY 13, 2020ByDAVID FRIEDMAN
A WORKER at Ashdod port coordinates a crane to hang a giant Israeli national flag.

Cabinet approves Gilad Erdan as UN and US ambassador

Erdan will begin in his UN role in the coming weeks and will replace Ambassador Ron Dermer in Washington after the November presidential election.

JULY 5, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
Gilad Erdan arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2019.