{"id":27758,"date":"2025-06-09T18:48:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T22:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=27758"},"modified":"2025-06-09T18:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T22:48:28","slug":"mike-huckabee-affirms-israels-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2025\/06\/mike-huckabee-affirms-israels-history","title":{"rendered":"Mike Huckabee Affirms Israel\u2019s History"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27761\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2025\/06\/Mike-Huckabee_credit-USAmbIsrael-X-Inset-Public-Domain.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27761\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2025\/06\/Mike-Huckabee_credit-USAmbIsrael-X-Inset-Public-Domain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@USAmbIsrael \/ X | Inset: Public Domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, is speaking out against attempts to erase the Jewish history of the nation of Israel. He noted how archaeology has confirmed a strong Jewish presence from the days of antiquity. \u201c&#8221;First of all, archeology is a daily reminder of the connection between this land and the Jewish people going all the way back to 3,500 to 3,800 years, whether it\u2019s Shilo, whether it&#8217;s Jerusalem,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/huckabee-condemns-efforts-erase-jewish-history-holy-land-absurd\"><em>Fox News Digital<\/em><\/a>. \u201cThe excavations at the\u00a0City of David\u00a0alone are a validation of the biblical record of what really did happen here,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes people on the far-left love to say &#8216;follow the science, follow the science,&#8217; and I would say to them, as it relates to the land and the connections to the Jewish people, follow the science of archaeology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Huckabee has refused to participate in attempts to undermine Israel\u2019s Jewish claim, including refusing to attend a conference in New York between France and Saudi Arabia which seeks to promote the recognition of a Palestinian State. Huckabee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/huckabee-slams-french-backed-palestinian-statehood-push-at-un-says-us-israel-are-inseparably-linked\/ar-AA1FPYXP?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">called the meeting<\/a> \u201cinappropriate.\u201d \u201c&#8221;It\u2019s incredibly inappropriate in the midst of a war that Israel is dealing with to go out and present something that I think increasingly Israelis are steadfast against,\u201d he said, noting that the events of October 7<sup>th<\/sup> had made Israelis less open to the idea of a Palestinian state. \u201cIf France is really so determined to see a Palestinian state, I have a suggestion for them\u2013carve out a piece of the French Riviera and create a Palestinian state. They are welcome to do that, but they are not welcome to impose that kind of pressure on a sovereign nation. And I find it revolting that they think they have the right to do such a thing,\u201d he said. He hoped that the two countries would \u201creconsider\u201d the meeting without the US\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n<p>He also affirmed the United States\u2019s commitment to Israel, despite the tensions that have been speculated on by media outlets. \u201cI don\u2019t think pro-Israel Americans need to be concerned that there\u2019s some rift between the United States and Israel. Are there sometimes differences of opinion on the next steps in the war in Gaza, getting the hostages home, or maybe to avoid an all-out war with Iran? Of course, that\u2019s natural,\u201d he said. \u201c It\u2019s critically important that the United States maintains its partnership\u2014and I use that word very deliberately\u2014it\u2019s not a friendship, it\u2019s not an alliance, it\u2019s a partnership, which means we are yoked together in our intelligence sharing, military \u2014 so many ways in which our nations are linked inseparably.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, is speaking out against attempts to erase the Jewish history of the nation of Israel. 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