Mike Huckabee suggested any future Palestinian state should be carved out of ‘a Muslim country’

Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, has said that the US is no longer pursuing the goal of an independent Palestinian state, marking what analysts describe as the most explicit abandonment yet of a cornerstone of US Middle East diplomacy.

Asked during an interview with Bloomberg News if a Palestinian state remains a goal of US policy, he replied: “I don’t think so.”

The former Arkansas governor chosen by Donald Trump as his envoy to Israel went further by suggesting that any future Palestinian entity could be carved out of “a Muslim country” rather than requiring Israel to cede territory.

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[–] -2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I never said they did, they didn't enter into the equation at all at the time. The world decided to give Jewish people a homeland and they picked (then) Palestine.

Things could have gone a lot differently otherwise, very fun speculative novel based on the idea of giving them Sitka, Alaska instead:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yiddish_Policemen%27s_Union

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The world decided to give Jewish people a homeland and they picked (then) Palestine

    Most of the world didn't decide this and more importanly the local population refused

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    At that point, following the holocaust, it didn't matter what the locals wanted, it was imposed on them regardless.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    So you agree that the support for Israel since the beginning was wrong right?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Support for Israel was not. Supporting Israel at the expense of any other people was.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Supporting Israel at the expense of any other people was.

    Bro that's the whole history of israel. Israel should have zero protection against anybody until they go back to pre 67 territory

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