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.
In line with my above comment:
“At worst he was a doddering old man whose views on Israel were formed before any of us were born and never updated for the shit they’ve been pulling since the 90s.”
the truth is, there is no “lesser evil.” And as we argue over this and obsess over the differences between administrations that share the same genocidal goals but employ different tactics, the pile of Palestinian and Lebanese bodies only grows
How does saying oh it’s okay that he let all those people die, he was just old and still wanted to be the one in charge absolve him of anything?
Why do you try so hard to protect his image?
He didn’t “let” anything. Bibi flat out wasn’t listening to anyone, Biden was not special in that regard.
The only way you’re going to stop the genocide in Gaza is to invade Israel and make them stop. Nobody has the balls to do it.
Since day one, the Biden administration has upheld Trump’s most controversial moves: keeping the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, failing to reopen the PLO mission in Washington, and desperately seeking normalization agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors that erase Palestinians entirely. While Biden restored funding to UNRWA, his administration promptly cut it again under pressure from an Israeli smear campaign.
You see how that’s worse right? Biden gave unconditional support and assistance to someone actively working against him and ignoring him.
Or was he just too senial to know he was getting taken advantage of while being president and actively campaigning?
Oh, it’s definitely worse. Biden was absolutely blind to what Bibi was doing to him.
mainstream media coverage has focused more on Biden’s toothless rhetoric and supposed “frustration” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than on his administration’s support for Israel’s war effort. In doing so, it created the impression that a change in Israeli tactics was always just one more harsh rebuke away, ignoring the glaring reality of U.S. complicity
And yet still you pedanticly defend Biden for his atrocious actions and manner he handled the situation.
Manner, yes, but I wouldn’t call weak action “atrocious”. He got owned by Bibi, not sure why he allowed that.
But the blame for the genocide is ALL on Bibi and Likud. Our fault is failing to recognize it for what it is.
At 81, Biden is the oldest president in U.S. history, with a political career that spans over half a century — one that he built with the help of the pro-Israel lobby. He once boasted that he did “more fundraisers for AIPAC in the ’70s and early ’80s than just about … anybody,” and in turn the president has received more funding from the Israel lobby than any other U.S. politician since 1990.
In Biden’s view, the Israelis killed on October 7 were “murdered,” “massacred,” and “not just killed, slaughtered.” But when describing the massacre of Palestinians, Biden embraces a different tone. “I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed. I’m sure innocents have been killed, and it’s the price of waging a war.”
A useful example of the consequences of this is the now infamous “humanitarian pier” that the Biden administration championed as a solution to get humanitarian aid past Israel’s blockade. The pier was a technical disaster, collapsing in turbulent water after failing to deliver aid and costing the U.S. taxpayer over $230 million. But what it did accomplish was to distract temporarily from the Biden administration’s refusal to use its ample leverage to compel Israel to stop restricting humanitarian aid to Gaza. In doing so, they bought Israel more time to starve the Strip.
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No, I ban people who wish death on others, your PM to me proves that’s the correct decision.
Honestly atrocious is the kindest way I could phrase how terrible his actions are.
I’m not sure how to even respond to someone who is trying to carry water for him either.
It’s super simple, you lay the blame where it belongs, on Bibi and Likud. Leave the old man out of it.
You can stop giving them weapons, you can actually try something. If you think us cannot tell Israel what to do then you are blind