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November 13, 2024

Mike Huckabee, Who Declared "There's No Such Thing as a Palestinian," Named U.S. Ambassador to Israel
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Donald Trump has selected former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to
become U.S. ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a leading U.S. Christian
Zionist who in recent years has led all-inclusive evangelical Christian
tours of Israel. Huckabee has openly advocated for Israel's annexation
of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. During a failed run for the
Republican presidential nomination in 2008, Huckabee declared, "There's
really no such thing as a Palestinian," adding, "That's been a political
tool to try and force land away from Israel." In 2017, he told Politico,
"There's no such thing as a settlement. They're communities, they're
neighborhoods, they're cities. There's no such thing as an occupation."
Meanwhile, Trump has named his longtime friend and golfing partner Steve
Witkoff as a special envoy to the Middle East. Witkoff is a real estate
investor from Florida with no foreign policy experience.


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