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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    Oh, it’s definitely worse. Biden was absolutely blind to what Bibi was doing to him.

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      mainstream media coverage has focused more on Biden’s toothless rhetoric and supposed “frustration” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than on his administration’s support for Israel’s war effort. In doing so, it created the impression that a change in Israeli tactics was always just one more harsh rebuke away, ignoring the glaring reality of U.S. complicity

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        Manner, yes, but I wouldn’t call weak action “atrocious”. He got owned by Bibi, not sure why he allowed that.

        But the blame for the genocide is ALL on Bibi and Likud. Our fault is failing to recognize it for what it is.

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          At 81, Biden is the oldest president in U.S. history, with a political career that spans over half a century — one that he built with the help of the pro-Israel lobby. He once boasted that he did “more fundraisers for AIPAC in the ’70s and early ’80s than just about … anybody,” and in turn the president has received more funding from the Israel lobby than any other U.S. politician since 1990.

          In Biden’s view, the Israelis killed on October 7 were “murdered,” “massacred,” and “not just killed, slaughtered.” But when describing the massacre of Palestinians, Biden embraces a different tone. “I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed. I’m sure innocents have been killed, and it’s the price of waging a war.”

          A useful example of the consequences of this is the now infamous “humanitarian pier” that the Biden administration championed as a solution to get humanitarian aid past Israel’s blockade. The pier was a technical disaster, collapsing in turbulent water after failing to deliver aid and costing the U.S. taxpayer over $230 million. But what it did accomplish was to distract temporarily from the Biden administration’s refusal to use its ample leverage to compel Israel to stop restricting humanitarian aid to Gaza. In doing so, they bought Israel more time to starve the Strip.

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            No, I ban people who wish death on others, your PM to me proves that’s the correct decision.

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          Honestly atrocious is the kindest way I could phrase how terrible his actions are.

          I’m not sure how to even respond to someone who is trying to carry water for him either.

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            It’s super simple, you lay the blame where it belongs, on Bibi and Likud. Leave the old man out of it.

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                No, no it was not. As I’ve already said, Israel’s retaliation started immediately on 10/7 before we approved a single dime of aid, much less sent any. They don’t NEED our help. They’ll USE it, but they don’t NEED it.

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                  Israel is always getting aid, even more under Biden.

                  Then notice the continue part mate.

                  Also who do you think is keeping the un or any other countries from going in to stop Israel?