President-elect Trump is nominating former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be the U.S. ambassador to Israel, he announced Tuesday in a social media post.
President-elect Trump will nominate Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, giving the former Arkansas governor who's never held a diplomatic post a key role amid heightened Middle East tensions.
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as the next US ambassador to Israel, saying the conservative pundit and Baptist minister "will work tirelessly to bring about Peace in the Middle East!"
In the midst of the Israel-Hamas war, President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Huckabee, a loyalist and former Republican governor, to serve in the key post as ambassador to Israel.
By Kit Maher and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has nominated former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to serve as United States ambassador to Israel. “Mike has been a great public servant, Governor, and Leader in Faith for many years.
Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes as Trump has promised to align US foreign policy more closely with Israel's interests.
“There’s really no such thing as a Palestinian,” Mike Huckabee said in 2008 and has insisted over the years on referring to the occupied West Bank as "Judea and Samaria."
Mike Huckabee has visited Israel more than 100 times, spurred by his political diplomacy and his evangelical Christian belief that the country is sacred.
President-elect Donald Trump says that he wants ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to represent America's interests in the troubled Middle East region as U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday he had nominated Mike Huckabee as US ambassador to Israel under his incoming administration, putting a stalwart supporter of that country's government in a key role.
WASHINGTON >> President-elect Donald Trump said today he was nominating former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, tapping a staunchly pro-Israel conservative whose choice could signal future U.S. policy toward conflicts in the Middle East.
