Two years after Hamas launched its horrific October 7, 2023, terrorist assault on Israel, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee marked the anniversary with a solemn message — one of remembrance, resolve, and unity with America’s strongest ally in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire and hostage-release plan, unveiled on September 29, has drawn surprising consensus. Israel, along with multiple Arab and Muslim nations, has endorsed the framework, while Hamas has provisionally agreed — signaling a possible breakthrough toward peace built on strength, not surrender.
Huckabee shared his reflections on X, describing the day as a reminder of the evil the world must never ignore:
“It was two years ago on Saturday, October 7, 2023 during Shabbat and on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah when Iran-backed Hamas terrorists perpetrated the deadliest attack against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Hamas shattered a peaceful morning by massacring 1200 innocent men, women, and children and barbarically taking hostage more than 250 into Gaza’s terror tunnels – including U.S. citizens. Hamas’ heinous attack was part of its genocidal goal to destroy Israel and murder Jews in Israel and around the world. Since that day, 1,152 courageous Israeli soldiers and security personnel, including U.S. citizens, have fallen as Israel has fought a multi-front war of survival. May October 7, 2023, forever remind us that evil and antisemitism are not mere metaphors – but brutal realities that God and Holy Scripture enjoin us to combat with all our might.”
The ambassador reflected on his early visits to Israel and the unexpected path that led him back — this time as America’s top representative in Jerusalem:
“I came to visit @Israel not long after Oct 7 to show solidarity. I had no idea two years later this nightmare for the hostage families would still exist and certainly did not expect that I would be sent by @realdonaldtrump to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel and be living in Jerusalem. The resolve and resilience of the Israeli people have been inspiring.”
Huckabee credited Trump’s leadership for spearheading the new deal:
“Thanks to the tremendous leadership of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, there is a deal to free the remaining 48 hostages – living and deceased – from Gaza’s dungeons, bring closure to the families, and establish conditions for a lasting peace. We pray and continue to make every effort to bring the 48 hostages, including two U.S. citizens, home so they are reunited with their loved ones.”
He closed with a vow of unwavering American support:
“The United States stands unwaveringly with our close ally and partner Israel because we know in our hearts that it is right. On this day of all days, we renew our pledge to Israel and the Jewish people: You will never stand alone. As @POTUS @realDonaldTrump says – we will always remember and never forget October 7, 2023.”
While Ambassador Huckabee honored the victims and celebrated progress toward justice, some Democrats chose the week to echo anti-Israel rhetoric. Progressive figures like Rep. Zohran Mamdani claimed “genocide” against Palestinians — a narrative that erases Hamas’s atrocities and inverts victim and perpetrator.
At a time when moral clarity is too often blurred by politics, Huckabee’s message cut through the noise: standing with Israel isn’t just foreign policy — it’s a defense of civilization itself.
