US Says Hamas ‘Walked Away’ From Gaza Talks After Albanese’s Palestine Pledge

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee also said Australian hopes of cooperating with the Palestinian Authority were unfounded.

Current US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington DC on March 25, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says the White House has expressed a strong level of disappointment towards Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s official pledge to recognise a Palestinian state.

Huckabee says all nations that have declared support for a Palestinian state have done so at the wrong time.