Relatives and Palestinian officials said 20-year-old Sayfollah Musallet, a U.S. citizen from Florida, was beaten to death by Israeli settlers last week.

In a statement, Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee called for Israel to investigate Musallet's death, which he described as a "criminal and terroristic act."

U .S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee publicly condemned Ireland as its Parliament debated legislation to ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, labeling it an act of "diplomatic intoxication."

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, sharply criticized Ireland over its movement on a bill that will ban trading with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. “Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness & propose something so stupid that it would be attributed to act of diplomatic intoxication?