{"id":120053,"date":"2025-03-26T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=120053"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:39:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T08:39:02","slug":"26-00-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=120053","title":{"rendered":"Mike Huckabee Says Hamas Should Have \u2018No Future in Gaza\u2019 During Confirmation Hearing for Israel Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Mike Huckabee Says Hamas Should Have \u2018No Future in Gaza\u2019 During Confirmation Hearing for Israel Ambassador<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Corey Walker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mike Huckabee looks on as Donald Trump reacts during a campaign event at the Drexelbrook Catering and Event Center, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, US, Oct. 29, 2024. Photo: REUTERS\/Brendan McDermid<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Huckabee vowed to help ensure the complete eradication of Hamas in Gaza during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday to become the\u00a0next US ambassador to Israel<\/a>, lambasting the Palestinian terrorist group for carrying out its Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of the Jewish state.<\/span><\/p>\n

Huckabee, an evangelical Christian,\u00a0said that if he is confirmed, \u201cHamas will have no future in Gaza.\u201d He went on to say that the terrorist group massacred Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, \u201c\u200b\u200bin a way that was most physically painful and in a way that was most personally humiliating.\u201d The former governor of Arkansas called for \u201caccountability for what was done to Jewish people\u201d during the largest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, Huckabee praised US President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201chistoric\u201d brokering of the\u00a0Abraham Accords<\/a>\u00a0during his first term in office from 2017-2021. He indicated that he would help build upon them, arguing that the normalization agreements between Israel and Arab countries provide the Middle East with \u201chope\u201d for a more peaceful future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During Trump\u2019s first term in office, his administration\u00a0also recognized Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the\u00a0Golan Heights<\/a>, a strategic region on Israel\u2019s northern border previously controlled by Syria, and moved the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, recognizing the city as the Jewish state\u2019s capital.<\/span><\/p>\n

Huckabee heaped praise on Israel, saying that he feels \u201cgrateful\u201d for the opportunity to serve as the US ambassador to the Jewish state. He recounted the \u201capproximately 100\u201d trips that he has taken to Israel over the course of his life, adding that the Jewish state has left a profound \u201cimpact\u201d upon him. Huckabee stressed the importance of appointing a strong ambassador to Israel, stressing the urgency of freeing the remaining hostages in Gaza and defeating Hamas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Huckabee\u2019s opening statement was intermittently interrupted by protesters, who accused him of attempting to use his Christian faith to launder Israel\u2019s reputation and justify a so-called \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d and \u201cgenocide\u201d in Gaza. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) repudiated one of the agitators as a \u201cCode Pink lunatic\u201d and accused the far-left activist organization of being \u201cfunded by communist China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a vocal critic of Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza, pressed Huckabee about his views on Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Israel potentially annexing the territory. Huckabee evaded the question, stating that it would be inappropriate to weigh in on potential policy proposals by Israeli officials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) asked Huckabee to explain the significance of the US-Israel relationship. In response, Huckabee warned that Iran, which US intelligence agencies have long called the world\u2019s foremost state sponsor of terrorism,\u00a0perceives the destruction of Israel<\/a>\u00a0as the first step to the ultimate dismantling of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael is the appetizer, and [the United States] is the\u00a0entree,\u201d Huckabee said, adding that Iran wishes to acquire a nuclear weapon to destroy Israel as part of its eventual goal of toppling Western civilization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not just about Israel. It is about us, and if we don\u2019t stand with them, they stand alone. And if they fall alone, we fall next,\u201d Huckabee said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), pressed Huckabee on whether he believes the Trump administration\u2019s alleged \u201cpivot to Russia\u201d has made US allies, including Israel, hesitant to share sensitive intelligence information. Booker pointed out that during the first Trump administration in 2017, Trump \u201cshared intelligence about an Islamic State threat with specifics that came from a spy embedded in the terrorist group on behalf of Israel.\u201d The senator said that Trump\u2019s leak \u201cplaced that person\u2019s life at risk and cut off Israel from his intel.\u201d Huckabee responded that if confirmed he would \u201cwork diligently\u201d to ensure that sensitive information is handled \u201cwith integrity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Huckabee has long been a stalwart ally of the Jewish state. He has repudiated the anti-Israel protests that erupted in the wake of Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel and criticized former US President Joe Biden for sympathizing with the protesters during his speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC). The former governor also lambasted the anti-Israel encampments at elite universities, stating that there should be \u201coutrage\u201d over the targeting and mistreatment of Jewish college students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Huckabee has\u00a0defended Israel\u2019s right to build settlements<\/a>\u00a0in the West Bank, acknowledging the Jewish people\u2019s ties to the land dating back to the ancient world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no such thing as the West Bank \u2014 it\u2019s Judea and Samaria,\u201d Huckabee has said, referring to the biblical names for the area preferred by Israel. \u201cThere is no such thing as settlements \u2014 they\u2019re communities, they\u2019re neighborhoods, they\u2019re cities. There is no such thing as an occupation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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