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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 07:55 PM Nov 2016

Mike Huckabee said set to be US envoy to Israel, tasked with moving embassy to Jerusalem

http://www.timesofisrael.com/mike-huckabee-said-set-to-be-us-envoy-to-israel-tasked-with-moving-embassy-to-jerusalem/

Huckabee is a strong supporter of Israel, and a frequent visitor.

He is also a bitter opponent of Palestinian nationalism. “I have to be careful saying this, because people get really upset—there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian,” Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, told a rabbi in Massachusetts in 2008, according to the New Yorker. “That’s been a political tool to try to force land away from Israel.”

Last year, in similar vein, he told the Washington Post, “The idea that they have a long history, dating back hundreds or thousands of years, is not true.”

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Many right-wing Israeli politicians have hailed Trump’s victory as an opportunity to have the embassy relocated, and to expand settlement construction. Education Minister Naftali Bennett even said Trump’s election meant Israel could officially drop its commitment to the two-state solution.


It should, but doesn't, seem hyperbolic to suggest that 2016 marks the end of humanity's progress and evolution.
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Mike Huckabee said set to be US envoy to Israel, tasked with moving embassy to Jerusalem (Original Post) geek tragedy Nov 2016 OP
the israelites' behaviors have not changed in 3000 years regarding palestine inhabitants nt msongs Nov 2016 #1
Oh brother, I know some people who will be DURHAM D Nov 2016 #2
Ditto Uponthegears Nov 2016 #3
The provocateur-in-chief has a vision BeyondGeography Nov 2016 #4
Might not b the worst thing in the world Va Lefty Nov 2016 #5
it's the daily mail claiming this Mosby Nov 2016 #6
turns out it doesn't seem to be true ericson00 Nov 2016 #7

BeyondGeography

(39,999 posts)
4. The provocateur-in-chief has a vision
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 08:14 PM
Nov 2016

I keep telling people I'll consider the Trump years a success if he doesn't blow up the world. They think I'm kidding.

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