Mike Huckabee suggested any future Palestinian state should be carved out of ‘a Muslim country’

Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, has said that the US is no longer pursuing the goal of an independent Palestinian state, marking what analysts describe as the most explicit abandonment yet of a cornerstone of US Middle East diplomacy.

Asked during an interview with Bloomberg News if a Palestinian state remains a goal of US policy, he replied: “I don’t think so.”

The former Arkansas governor chosen by Donald Trump as his envoy to Israel went further by suggesting that any future Palestinian entity could be carved out of “a Muslim country” rather than requiring Israel to cede territory.

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    Decades of broken promises and bad-faith negotiations prove that the U.S. has never had a “peace process” for the Mideast. Our process has always been, "Israel always gets whatever it wants and fark everything else. "

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      Idk, doesn’t really fit with the timeline. Why commit a slow af 77 year genocide when you’ve got the backing of UN Veto power and their world’s most powerful military? I think the Biden admin really did pursue peaceful coexistence, they just sucked ass at it and Netanyahu wanted Trump to win so he dragged the conflict out.

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        Fact, Biden went on stand to say he is a Zionist. Fact, He did nothing to secure co-existince Fact, Based on UN veto records nothing changes through out the history of the United States when it comes to Palestinians rights.

        Let’s not get Biden foreign policy any credit that never been there because you like the guy.

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          I want there to be a distinction in the minds of voters as much as there is in reality between not doing enough and what the Trump admin is doing.

          We were always going to keep our strongest ally in this proxy war, but we did not promote killing or removing every palistinian. The latter IS what the Trump admin is pushing for.

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            You seem not to be following the news. For someone who was reading news daily of how many killed, every time Blinken visit Israel next day at least 50 to 100 killed.

            Reality is the US was promoting killing and removing every Palestinian. They literally asked Egypt and Jordan to take them. It was not “not doing enough” vs " outright support" it is “laying about support” vs “not laying about support”

            The same happening with countries that says “we stop arm shipment” yet they are sending directly previous deals and re-routing new deals…

            Again if you like Biden domestic policy and prefer to be lied to when it comes to foreign policy it is okay. But lets not pretend that one is better.

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              The news talked about the administration withholding large bombs bought and paid for while still pushing through small armaments without congressional approval. The news talked about Biden swearing at Netanyahu over the phone. The news quoted Netanyahu’s favorable opinion of Trump.

              The news later talked about Trump delivering those large bombs. The news talked about Tanks on the ground in West Bank for the first time in decades.

              Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth openly admits that death or mass exodus is the plan now when it wasn’t before.

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        Because the US was first in a systemic competition against the USSR and China and after that still relied on the region for oil until recently.

        Biden however stated in the 80s already, that if there wasnt an Israel he would have the US create one. He was always a racist imperialist