Politics
US embassy aide accused of suppressing Israel-critical reports
October 8, 2026 at 02:01 PM
The New York Times investigation, citing US officials and internal documents, alleges embassy aide David Milstein altered or suppressed reports to present the Netanyahu government favorably.
- The investigation, based on interviews with 15 US officials, former diplomats and internal documents, alleges Milstein, a senior aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, intervened in embassy cables since April 2025.
- Milstein halted a March memo warning that West Bank settlement approvals violated a stated US red line against annexation.
- Milstein blocked embassy reports on settler violence and on the deaths of nine Palestinian-Americans in the West Bank.
- Huckabee rejected the allegations as lacking factual basis and affirmed full confidence in Milstein.