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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, sharply criticized Ireland over its movement on a bill that will ban trading with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. “Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness & propose something so stupid that it would be attributed to act of diplomatic intoxication?

After US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told Ireland to "sober up," Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Ireland is "going ahead with the bill" that proposes to ban trade with Israeli-occupied territories.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee criticized Ireland's proposed bill to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in occupied territories, calling it "so stupid"

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Tuesday that he had "asked Israel to aggressively investigate the murder" of Saif Musallet, a Palestinian American national who was visiting family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank when "he was beaten to death.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rejected comments by the US ambassador to Israel, who asked whether Ireland had fallen into a ‘vat of Guinness’ over the Occupied Territories Bill. Mike Huckabee made the derogatory remarks this week,

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, demanded “accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,” referring to the killing last week of Sayfollah Musallet in the occupied territories.

Ireland appears closer to passing a bill that will ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in occupied territories in the West Bank, sparking sharp criticism from US officials who have signaled the move could harm Dublin’s relationship with Washington.

Mike Huckabee calls for "accountability" after a young Palestinian-American was beaten to death in an attack by settlers.