US ambassador

'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
US ambassador Mike Huckabee's family after finding coins in a Mateh Binyamin Regional Council cave, January 5, 2026.
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
US Syria Envoy Tom Barrack meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

US Syria envoy Barrack visits Saudi Arabia as Israel-Syria ties may warm - analysis

Barrack’s trip to Saudi Arabia is part of his trips to various countries in the region that care about Syria.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

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.