U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is clashing with the Israeli government over its perceived mistreatment of Christian Zionist groups seeking to visit. Huckabee is pressuring Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel to renormalize visa programs for Christian tourists and accuses Israel of “engaging in harassment and negative treatment” against American faithfuls.

U. S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee reportedly penned a letter threatening to declare Israel “no longer welcoming” to Christian organizations, according to a leaked copy of the alleged letter published in Israeli media on Friday.

Israel carried out a series of airstrikes Wednesday on Syria’s Defense Ministry in Damascus, causing injuries in an escalating conflict with the new Syrian government, according to an Israeli military statement and Syrian state television.

Israel carried out strikes against Syrian government forces in southern Syria, saying it was acting to protect the Druze minority.

The Israeli leader has been alienating his allies and is spiraling toward early elections.

Israel's response to Hamas' barbaric attack was legitimate — but it has since crossed every moral red line, a Minnesota Jewish group argues.

The plots have largely preyed on economically vulnerable Israelis with relatively weak social ties. In one high-profile case, police arrested two young men in Tiberias on June 15, according to the Times of Israel. The two were each promised $60,000 to assassinate a top Israeli scientist.

Several hundred people have reportedly been killed this week in the south of Syria in violence involving local fighters, government authorities and Bedouin tribes.

The House Judiciary Committee is accusing the Biden-Harris administration of funneling taxpayer dollars to anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel that took place before Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.