The brief
Mike Huckabee, a staunch defender of Israel, said Israel had intervened at the request of the United States to try to impose order. The remarks are especially striking from Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor who in the past has embraced Jewish settlement in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, and rejected the idea of a Palestinian state. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- Mike Huckabee, a staunch defender of Israel, said Israel had intervened at the request of the United States to try to impose order.S1
- The remarks are especially striking from Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor who in the past has embraced Jewish settlement in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, and rejected the idea of a Palestinian state.S2
