'Step back' from US ambassador to Israel

Speaking to i24NEWS television broadcasting in Israel, Huckabee said that the stoppage of the $4 billion aid that Trump announced last week would not be sudden.

Stating that a Congressional decision is required to completely end the aid program and that it is unlikely to be passed by the end of the year, Huckabee said, "As far as I know, a sudden cut is out of the question." he said.

Huckabee argued that the idea of ​​phasing out aid came from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he started expressing this about a year and a half ago.

Stating that he has not yet met face to face with Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of the opposition Yashar Party, who was assigned to form the government in Israel, Huckabee said that the USA will work with whoever is the prime minister.

Huckabee said, "We will work together regardless of the government that takes office. Because that government will ultimately be the representative of the Israeli people, and our duty is to represent the United States before this elected government." he said.

"We will no longer give money to Israel"

US President Trump announced on November 3 that the US's $4 billion aid to Israel would be stopped.

Stating that an agreement was reached to stop aid to Israel by the end of the year, Trump said, "We will not give money to Israel anymore." He used the following expressions:

Israeli state television KAN reported that Trump's "unexpected" decision, announced on the day of the midterm elections in the USA, caused surprise in the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the army levels.