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Mike Huckabee named US ambassador to Israel
9 April 2025 20:00 BST
The US Senate confirmed on Wednesday that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will be the Trump administration’s next ambassador to Israel.
The move came after a vote of 53 to 46.
Huckabee is a staunch supporter of Israel and of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In 2017, he told CNN that “there is no such thing as the West Bank”.
“It’s Judea and Samaria,” Huckabee said, referring to the territory’s biblical name, which is used by Israeli settlers. “There’s no such thing as a settlement. They’re communities, they’re neighbourhoods, they’re cities. There’s no such thing as an occupation.”
Many US rights groups have denounced Huckabee’s nomination because of his “extreme anti-Palestinian views”.