Huckabee tells Lebanese being bombed to thank Israel for seedless watermelons

Huckabee tells Lebanese being bombed to thank Israel for seedless watermelons Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 05/25/2026 - 09:34 The US ambassador to Israel has previously said Israel has the right to take over ‘all' of the Middle East Mike Huckabee visits the Israeli-occupied Palestinian village of Taybeh in the West Bank in July 2025 (AFP) Off Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel and a passionate advocate of its wars in the region, has told the people of Lebanon to be grateful for Israeli contributions to its society. Video of Huckabee speaking at the Atlas Awards in Tel Aviv on 12 May is being shared online after it was picked up by Chris Menahan of the news site Information Liberation. In the speech, Huckabee extolls the various purported Israeli contributions to society, including USB drives, cherry tomatoes and seedless watermelons. "I wonder if everyone in Lebanon understands that if there were no Israel, they wouldn't have a cell phone," Huckabee said. "I wonder if they understand that every time they use a USB, every time they use car navigation, that every time they eat a cherry tomato or have a delicious bite of seedless watermelon, instead of saying, 'I can't talk to those people,' they should step across the border, shake their hands and say, 'Thank you'." Lebanon's southern border is currently subject to intense bombardment, and scores of displaced residents who have attempted to return to their homes in the south have been targeted by Israel Lebanon's Health Ministry says Israeli air strikes have killed 3,151 people and wounded 9,571 since 2 March. 'Make a choice': Huckabee warns Gulf to choose be...

Original source: Middle East Eye