US envoy to Israel breaks protocol, attends Netanyahu’s corruption trial in show of support

US envoy to Israel breaks protocol, attends Netanyahu’s corruption trial in show of support

US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, broke away from the usual protocol as he attended the corruption trial of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The move was the latest sign of the US President Donald Trump administration’s outright support for the Israeli premier in the long-running case

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, arrived on Wednesday at the court where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for corruption. Reuters