U.S.Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called out Macklemore for antisemitism on Thursday, saying he supports NFL owners pushing to cancel his performances.Huckabee made the statement in an interview with Fox News Digital, saying his time living in Israel has shown him that the vast majority of criticisms against Israel are misguided and unfounded."It's really unfortunate that Malcklemore has decided that he's going to become the voice, if you will, of Jew hatred, and I don't understand why it's entertainers like him think that it is entertaining to go and take a pro-Hamas position, a position that supports people that viciously raped, beheaded babies, burned elderly people in their wheelchairs and did unthinkable and unspeakable things to innocent civilians as Hamas came across the border from Gaza and butchered, massacred 1200 people, and then took 251 people hostage, including many Americans," Huckabee said.ROBERT KRAFT, GILLETTE STADIUM BOOT MACKLEMORE FROM ED SHEERAN TOUR OVER ‘FREE PALESTINE’ RANTUS Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Fox News Digital during an interview at the American embassy in Jerusalem, Israel.
(Yoav Dudkevitch/ TPS-IL)"The fact that there's a pushback against that, why not? I think most of us would say that, you know, you have free speech, but that doesn't mean that you can say anything you want anytime you want, anywhere you want without consequences.The people that own these stadiums, the people that have promoted the concerts, weren't promoting a pro-Hamas rally," he added.Huckabee went on to address reports of rising antisemitism in Canada and calls for President Donald Trump's administration to take on the issue.FROM AUSCHWITZ, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ISSUES URGENT WARNING OVER RISING ANTISEMITISM IN CANADAHuckabee referenced a letter sent to Trump by the National Association of Christian Lawmakers earlier this month.
The letter called on the administration to allow Jewish Canadians to more easily obtain visas to enter the...