Mike Huckabee said set to be US envoy to Israel, tasked with moving embassy to Jerusalem

[geek tragedy]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/mike-huckabee-said-set-to-be-us-envoy-to-israel-tasked-with-moving-embassy-to-jerusalem/

Huckabee is a strong supporter of Israel, and a frequent visitor.

He is also a bitter opponent of Palestinian nationalism. “I have to be careful saying this, because people get really upset—there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian,” Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, told a rabbi in Massachusetts in 2008, according to the New Yorker. “That’s been a political tool to try to force land away from Israel.”

Last year, in similar vein, he told the Washington Post, “The idea that they have a long history, dating back hundreds or thousands of years, is not true.”

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Many right-wing Israeli politicians have hailed Trump’s victory as an opportunity to have the embassy relocated, and to expand settlement construction. Education Minister Naftali Bennett even said Trump’s election meant Israel could officially drop its commitment to the two-state solution.

It should, but doesn't, seem hyperbolic to suggest that 2016 marks the end of humanity's progress and evolution.

[msongs]

1. the israelites' behaviors have not changed in 3000 years regarding palestine inhabitants nt

[DURHAM D]

2. Oh brother, I know some people who will be

excitedly celebrating the end of times.

[Uponthegears]

3. Ditto

The first two words that came to mind were: "MF'n DominionIsts"

[BeyondGeography]

4. The provocateur-in-chief has a vision

I keep telling people I'll consider the Trump years a success if he doesn't blow up the world. They think I'm kidding.

[Va Lefty]

5. Might not b the worst thing in the world

2 get this prick out of the Country

[Mosby]

6. it's the daily mail claiming this

I say it's BS.

[ericson00]

7. turns out it doesn't seem to be true

or else more news outlets would be talking about it.