Trump picks Mike Huckabee as next US ambassador to Israel

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) lays bricks at a housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on August 1, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) lays bricks at a housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on August 1, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

US President-elect Donald Trump announces his decision to nominate former Arkansas governor and longtime backer of the settlement enterprise Mike Huckabee to the be next US ambassador to Israel.

“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!” Trump says in a statement.

Huckabee has been one of the evangelical Christian community’s most ardent supporters of Israel.

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