US ambassador to Israel jokes about staff ‘procreating’ during war
Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel, made the bizarre joke in a memo (Picture: Getty)
The US Ambassador to Israel allegedly sent a memo to embassy staff in Tel Aviv, joking that embassy members might have new children within nine months.
Staff at the embassy have been told to shelter in place due to the war with Iran, but were sent a bizarre memo by the Ambassador.
In the memo, staff were told that if ‘extended time with your spouse’ results in ‘the birth of your next child in about 9 months, I of course expect that you will want to name the little bugger after me!’
He added: ‘If it’s a girl, Michelle is a nice name too.’
One US official told the Washington Post that the memo was ‘awkward’ and ‘odd’.
Mike Huckabee sent the internal memo (Picture: Reuters)
The memo was sent after the US Embassy in Israel advised Americans in the country that they ‘cannot guarantee their safety’.
Shuttles are currently being offered to transport people to a border crossing with Egypt, but the Embassy added: ‘We cannot make any recommendation (for or against) the Ministry of Tourism’s shuttle.
‘If you choose to avail yourself of this option to depart, the U.S. government cannot guarantee your safety.’
Israel has been launching airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site, as Iran struck back against Israel and others, targeting US embassies and disrupting energy supplies and travel.
Iran has fired dozens of ballistic missiles at Israel, although most of the incoming fire has been intercepted.
Israel has intercepted most of Iran’s missiles, but 11 have been killed (Picture: AFP)
Eleven people in Israel have been killed since the conflict began.
US embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Lebanon said they were closed to the public.
The US State Department said early on Wednesday it had authorised non-emergency government personnel and family members to evacuate Saudi Arabia should they choose to do so due to the war.
The department previously ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
US citizens were urged to leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries, although many were stranded because of airspace closures.
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