A former evangelical Christian pastor with zero overseas diplomatic experience, will play a crucial role in helping President-elect Trump try to end the war in Gaza. Naturally he is a long time supporter of Israel's annexation of the West Bank. Seeing that the Trump administration policy will be to remove the Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank -- there really is not much negotiation needed in regards to ending the war. Only on where to ship the Palestinians to. So answer this question -- does the Biden administration with their three step plan for a ceasefire and eventual peace with the two-state solution look so bad now? Mike Huckabee, Former Arkansas Governor, Is Trump’s Choice for Ambassador to Israel If confirmed, Mr. Huckabee, a former pastor who has never served as an overseas diplomat, would play a crucial role in helping Mr. Trump try to end the war in Gaza. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/politics/mike-huckabee-ambassador-to-israel.html
Uhhh ohhh..... Trump taps Israel backer Mike Huckabee as U.S. ambassador Huckabee has led paid tour group visits to Israel for years, frequently advertising the trips on conservative-leaning news outlets Associated Press Tuesday 12 November 2024 https://c.newsnow.com/A/1251440514?-15254:37150 President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Trump announced Tuesday. Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes as Trump has promised to align U.S. foreign policy more closely with Israel’s interests as it wages wars against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. “Mike has been a great public servant, Governor, and Leader in Faith for many years,” Trump said in a statement. “He loves Israel, and the people of Israel, and likewise, the people of Israel love him. Mike will work tirelessly to bring about Peace in the Middle East!” Donald Trump has selected former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as U.S. Ambassador to Israel (AP) Huckabee has led paid tour group visits to Israel for years, frequently advertising the trips on conservative-leaning news outlets. David Friedman, who served as Trump’s ambassador to Israel in his first term, said he was “thrilled” by Trump’s selection of Huckabee.
Peace? America & Israel will attempt to force peace on their terms. Lets see how this works out. LMAO
America somehow (it's all to do with brainwashed religion) can't extract itself from Israeli clusterfucks.
US claims Israel 'not violating law' on Gaza aid, agencies say otherwise https://www.newarab.com/news/us-claims-israel-not-violating-law-gaza-aid-despite-crisis Vedant Patel claimed that Israel's actions concerning aid entry to Gaza are a 'step in the right direction', despite evidence and testimonies stating otherwise The United States said on Tuesday that Israel was not violating US law on the level of aid entering Gaza but called for further progress, a month after outgoing President Joe Biden's administration threatened to withhold some military support. Israel had announced the opening of an additional aid crossing into Gaza, just hours before the deadline set by outgoing President Joe Biden's administration to improve the humanitarian conditions in Gaza or risk a cut to military assistance. Gaza has been in the grips of a dire humanitarian crisis since the outbreak of war on October 7 last year, which has killed at least 43,665 Palestinians. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a letter last month to Israel voicing alarm over the humanitarian situation in Gaza and setting a deadline of November 13 to comply with US law on permitting humanitarian assistance. Asked if Israel had met the demands, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said of Israel, "We have not made an assessment that they are in violation of US law." Ron Dermer, a top advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, personally updated Blinken on Israel's efforts in a meeting Monday in Washington, the State Department said. "The overall humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to be unsatisfactory," Patel said. "But in the context of the letter, it's not about whether we find something satisfactory or not; it's what are the actions that we're seeing." "These actions that we have seen, we think that these are steps in the right direction," he said. "We want to see more steps. We want to see these steps sustained over a significant period of time, and ultimately, we want to see these steps have a result on the situation." The finding comes despite Israel not meeting a series of metrics set explicitly in the letter, including allowing a minimum of 350 trucks per day into Gaza. Patel said that the United States has seen "some progress" on allowing in assistance, including the opening of new crossings into Gaza. Israel has been accused by leading rights groups and NGOs over the year for deliberately blocking aid entry to the Gaza Strip, contributing vastly to the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the Strip. UN agencies have also warned of a looming famine in northern Gaza, which has been under a siege for over a month. Almost 2,000 Palestinians have been killed there since early October, while aid and other necessities have not entered the area for over 50 days. "After this 30-day period is up, we are constantly assessing and evaluating, and if we do not see consistent progress, if we do not see the results on the ground, then we will, of course, make appropriate assessments about their compliance with international law," he said. The administration, however, has only about nine weeks left in office and President-elect Donald Trump has promised to give freer rein to Israel. Biden has repeatedly voiced alarm over Israeli treatment of civilians but has also mostly declined to exercise US leverage by stopping the flow of weapons. Aid at 'lowest level' On the eve of the deadline, Israel's military said it opened the Kissufim crossing "as part of the effort and commitment to increase the volume and routes of aid". But the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and eight humanitarian groups said Israel was still not doing enough. The eight organisations including Oxfam and Save The Children said: "The humanitarian situation in Gaza is now at its worst point since the war began in October 2023." A top UN official on Tuesday condemned the "daily cruelty" in Gaza, describing "acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes." "What distinction was made, and what precautions were taken, if more than 70 percent of civilian housing is either damaged or destroyed?" Joyce Msuya, interim chief of the OCHA humanitarian agency, told the UN Security Council. "We are witnessing acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes." Asked about whether there were signs the situation had improved ahead of the US deadline, Louise Wateridge, an UNRWA emergencies officer, said "aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months".
Trump's Israel ambassador? A guy who jokes about Jews in ovens Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Mike Huckabee on Oct. 29 in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a longtime Republican commentator, as the U.S. ambassador to Israel. “Mike has been a great public servant, Governor, and Leader in Faith for many years,” Trump said in a statement. “He loves Israel, and the people of Israel, and likewise, the people of Israel love him. Mike will work tirelessly to bring about Peace in the Middle East!” But Huckabee’s nomination comes with a controversial past that raises eyebrows, especially given the region’s current conflict. After all, this is the same Mike Huckabee who made reprehensible comments about Jews in 2015. After then-President Barack Obama signed a nuclear deal with Iran, Huckabee claimed that Obama was marching Israelis “to the door of the oven.” Facing significant blowback, including from the Anti-Defamation League, Huckabee backtracked by alleging that the Jewish community loved his Holocaust reference. But naturally, conservative media—from Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham to far-right outlet Breitbart—rushed to his defense at the time. Still, Huckabee’s history of insensitive remarks extends beyond that infamous statement. In 2006, after radio host Don Imus said he looked “emaciated,” Huckabee riffed on the Holocaust. "I have just come out of six weeks at a concentration camp held by the Democrat Party of Arkansas in an undisclosed location, making a hostage tape," said Huckabee, then the governor of Arkansas. "That's why I look that way." Aside from his nearly 11 years in the governor’s mansion, Huckabee is a former Southern Baptist minister who has since become a conservative media figure. He has long led evangelical tours of Israel based in a belief of the nation’s importance to Christianity’s end-times prophecies. He also unsuccessfully ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016. His daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is the current governor of Arkansas and was previously Trump’s former White House press secretary and infamous for her lying. The elder Huckabee’s nomination comes as the Israel-Hamas war has led to sky-high tensions in the region. In its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Hamas reportedly killed approximately 1,200 people and took over 200 hostages. Since then, Israel has reportedly killed nearly 42,000 Palestinians. Throughout this year's presidential campaign, Trump has vowed that as president he will continue the United States' support of Israel. In addition to his crassness toward Jews and the Holocaust, Huckabee said during his 2008 presidential campaign that “there's really no such thing as a Palestinian.” "You have Arabs and Persians," Huckabee said. "And there's such complexity in that. But there's really no such thing. That's been a political tool to try and force land away from Israel." As Huckabee prepares for his new role, many will be watching to see whether his rhetoric on Israel and the Middle East will align with the current U.S. administration's policies, and how it will impact the region and beyond.