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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Mike Huckabee

US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 4, 2025, 3:08 am
Trump appoints Ortagus as deputy Mideast envoy, but admits he’s not excited about it
In making announcement, US president-elect appears to reference the ex-State Department spokesperson’s previous criticism of him, warns that he expects results soon
By Jacob Magid
Anti-Israel protesters disrupt a Hanukkah event in Little Rock, Arkansas, December 25, 2024. (Screengrab from @Lubavitch on X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 28, 2024, 6:29 pm
Anti-Israel protesters disrupt Hanukkah event attended by Trump’s pick for ambassador
Mike Huckabee takes part in Arkansas gathering hosted by Chabad; activists say they are protesting Huckabee’s ‘Christian Zionism’
By ToI Staff
The Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 3, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 27, 2024, 6:36 pm
Seeing opportunity under Trump, some settlers hope to take over Tomb of the Patriarchs
Right-wing ministers and MKs believe time is ripe for scrapping a longstanding status quo dividing the Hebron holy site between Jewish and Muslim worshipers
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Republican US presidential nominee former president Donald Trump (R) and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee during a roundtable at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center, October 29, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
November 15, 2024, 10:41 am
Is Trump’s pick of Huckabee as envoy to Israel a harbinger of West Bank annexation?
While proponents and opponents of move agree next US administration will seriously weigh it, some note president-elect’s unpredictability
By Ron Kampeas
Mike Huckabee gestures at a campaign event at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center, October 29, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
November 13, 2024, 8:17 pm
Trump ambassador pick Huckabee says administration could back West Bank annexation
Former Arkansas governor, an ardent settlement supporter, cautions that he will not be the one to set policy; does not rule out resettling Gaza Strip
By ToI Staff
Mike Huckabee takes questions from the media, prior to laying a brick at a new housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, Aug. 1, 2018. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
November 12, 2024, 10:40 pm
Trump picks settlement backer Mike Huckabee as next US ambassador to Israel
Ex-Arkansas governor has visited Israel often since 1973; slammed Biden’s pressure on Israel to moderate war in Gaza, opposes Palestinian nationalism; Steven Witkoff named Mideast envoy
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (C) and Likud MK Danny Danon (R) tour the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza near the Gaza border on December 20, 2023. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
December 21, 2023, 9:40 am
Devastation of Gaza border towns a ‘gut punch,’ says Huckabee during evangelical tour
Touring Kfar Aza, where Hamas killed dozens on October 7, prominent evangelicals call to eradicate terror group, say American Christians need to be better informed on war
By Sam Sokol
Daniel Uhlfelder protests Florida beach reopenings dressed as the Grim Reaper. (Courtesy/Daniel Uhlfelder via JTA)
May 9, 2020, 5:23 am
Jewish lawyer dresses as the Grim Reaper to protest Florida beach reopenings
Daniel Uhlfelder, who has feuded with Mike Huckabee and sued state governor Ron DeSantis, says unusual demonstration inspired by his family’s Holocaust history
By Josefin Dolsten
Tourists visit the archaeological site of Tel Shiloh in the West Bank, March 12, 2019. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
March 27, 2019, 4:32 pm
Ancient West Bank site draws Christians, and controversy
Tel Shiloh archaeological digs popular with Evangelical tourists, but ignore Muslim history of site
By Ilan Ben Zion
US ambassador David Friedman and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee play Lynyrd Skynyrd in Jerusalem, February 12, 2019. (Facebook screenshot)
February 14, 2019, 11:12 am
US ambassador jams with Mike Huckabee in Jerusalem
David Friedman sits in on ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ with former Arkansas governor’s band
By ToI Staff
From left: Environment and Jerusalem Affairs Minister Ze'ev Elkin, Culture Minister Miri Regev, Ateret Cohanim Chairman Matti Dan, Likud MK Nurit Koren and Jeruslam mayoral candidate Moshe Leon sign the visitors' book at the former Yemenite synagogue acquired by the right-wing Ateret Cohanim organization in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, August 1, 2018. (Sue Surkes)
August 1, 2018, 10:24 pm
Jewish Yemeni heritage center launched in heart of Arab East Jerusalem
Former US governor Mike Huckabee joins ministers at cornerstone ceremony for $3 million project in former Silwan synagogue
By Sue Surkes
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)
August 1, 2018, 1:39 pm
Mike Huckabee dons hard hat, lays bricks for new West Bank settlement homes
Former Arkansas governor and Trump confidant says US president would be thrilled to see Israeli construction over the Green Line; refers to Efrat as a ‘bridge to peace’
By Jacob Magid
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, right, interviews US President Donald Trump at the White House on June 18, 2018. (YouTube screen capture)
June 24, 2018, 10:40 pm
Evangelicals appreciate US Embassy move more than Jews, Trump says
In White House interview, US president tells Mike Huckabee he never understood why previous presidents balked at the relocation — until world leaders started calling
By JTA
7.62X39mm round are loaded into 30 round magazine for an AK-47 at Good Guys Gun and Range on February 21, 2018 in Orem, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images/AFP)
March 1, 2018, 12:21 am
Comparing America to Israel on gun laws is dishonest – and revealing
US conservatives like to point out that both societies are well-armed, but the similarity ends there: Israelis trust their state, and don’t fear each other
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee attends a special session for the strengthening of political ties between Israel and the US at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 3, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2018, 4:36 am
Huckabee says US should follow Israel’s lead to prevent mass shootings
Twitter angrily responds that it’s not more guards, but strict gun laws that stop these kinds of attacks
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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