President Trump’s pick to be the US ambassador to Israel, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, told Israeli media on Wednesday that full Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank will be possible under the next Trump administration.
When asked about the possibility in an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, Huckabee said, “Of course … There has never been an American president that has been more helpful in securing an understanding of the sovereignty of Israel… and I fully expect that will continue.”
Huckabee has close ties to Israeli settler organizations and has long been outspoken about his desire for Israel to annex the West Bank, which he calls “Judea and Samaria.”
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is also in charge of expanding settlements in the West Bank, recently said that Trump’s election victory provides an “important opportunity” to annex the territory. “The year 2025 will be, with God’s help, the year of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria,” he said.
The Times of Israel reported this week that Trump aides have cautioned Israeli ministers in recent months not to assume the president-elect will back Israel supporting the West Bank. But the appointment of Huckabee is a sign that the administration will be supportive of the move.
In the Israel Army Radio interview, Huckabee would not commit to backing Israeli settlements in Gaza, an idea favored by many Israeli ministers and lawmakers. “I do not want to make any comments about policy because those won’t be mine to make,” he said. “That’ll be the president’s. It will be my job to carry out the policy that he prescribes.”
Huckabee is an Evangelical Christian who believes God gave historic Palestine to the modern state of Israel. He said back in 2008 that there’s “no such thing as a Palestinian” and argued the Palestinians should be expelled to other Arab states.
During a visit to a West Bank settlement in 2017, Huckabee said, “I think Israel has title deed to Judea and Samaria. There are certain words I refuse to use. There is no such thing as a West Bank. It’s Judea and Samaria. 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.
Paywall: anyone have access for a synopsis? Maybe antiwar could interview Sy Hersh?
THE ACCUSATIONS THAT COULD BRING BIBI DOWN
It’s a story out of the tabloids of the 1920s
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/the-accusations-that-could-bring
Few outside the media are questioning Mizrahi’s caution, given the issues surrounding the case. They essentially involve actions taken by Netanyahu who is desperate to stay in office. He was allegedly the catalyst of blackmail, theft of highly secret documents, and falsification of transcripts of secret cabinet meetings, all of stemming from his casual public release of one of the Israeli military’s most sensitive documents on Hamas’s operational control of the October 7 hostages, who, if still alive, have been captive for thirteen months.
The issues have energized and enraged the sometimes—but not always—accommodating Israeli press, who realize that underneath the media hoopla is the fact that the cases, once unraveled, could tell the distraught and embittered families of the hostages that they were right all along: Netanyahu did not make a hostage release deal with Hamas when one was possible because to do so would have jeopardized his standing with Israel’s religious far right. Their openly stated goal is to gain control of Gaza and the West Bank, as mandated by a fanatical reading of the Bible. And to hell with the fate of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank continuously under murderous Israeli military attack.
Oct 7 2023 – Netanyahoo Knew The Attack Was Coming – He Let It Happen On Purpose
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/11/oct-7-2023-netanyahoo-knew-the-attack-was-coming-he-let-it-happen-on-purpose.html#comments
Hersh has clearly taken charge of monetizing his own work instead of working “for” a publication. I respect that decision but haven’t subscribed myself. Perhaps we’ll be able to score an interview with him — it would let him promote his Substack to a friendly audience. I just forwarded your suggestion to Eric Garris.
You rock it TK, you truly do!
No surprises here. Hezbollah has taught us that the only way you can stop Zionists from stealing your land is by shooting them. Don't look to the US or anyone else to stop them for you.
The sleazy guy from the TV ads? …Oh. wut. Sleazy is a job requirement?
Throwing another TKA at Israel will NOT solve the situation in the Middle East!
PS- TKA means "total kiss ass"
Maybe they don’t want it solved.
Maybe they have another sollution in mind.
Israel needs land to accommodate the expected rising of its Jewish population. By percentage, that rise is expected to be one of the largest of any state.
For this purpose, Israel has already stolen territory from another state: the Golan Heights. Israel will try to add Gaza, the West Bank, and a sliver of Southern Lebanon. Gaza will be first to test the reactions of our president and the UN.
The Palestinian population is rising too, only faster. The last thing they want are more Palestinians – excuse me, “Israeli Arabs” – on their books. Therefore the “transference” of the indigenous people of the land must be accomplished prior to annexation.
This they now do. Huckster Huckabee will be aiding and abetting the blood letting.
well not anymore
There is no such thing as a Mike Huckabee. It's a$$hole and douchebag.
As I have predicted. I would say odds that Israel will add more of the West Bank to its country in next four years are 80%. The chance of taking all of the West Bank, maybe 20%. As for Gaza, Israel will likely take a buffer zone, but leave the rest alone.
There is such a thing as an occupation. Huckabee's occupation is that of a professional liar.
Got to bring about those end times. Remember he views all the Jews dying as a good thing, as part of the plan.