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Huckabee says West Bank is part of Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRepublican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee declares the West Bank to be part of Israel.
Huckabee makes the remarks Tuesday while visiting a West Bank settlement.
He tells reporters, “if you’re going to visit Israel you should visit all of Israel, and that would include Judea and Samaria,” the biblical names for the West Bank, AP reports.
Both Democratic and Republican administrations have viewed the West Bank as the site of a future Palestinian state. With the exception of Jerusalem, Israel has not annexed the territory, so it is not part of Israel under Israeli law.
Huckabee is in Israel to meet with officials to discuss the nuclear deal with Iran.
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