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 days ago

    the contentious point has never been that democrats should have run a better campaign. on that we all agree. the relevant issue has always been that not voting democrat would result in a worse outcome.

    surprise surprise. it did.

    • hark@lemmy.world
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      Democrats being better than republicans wasn’t a contentious point either, it’s the lowest bar to clear. The problem is how do we get democrats in office? Clearly, democrats doing the bare minimum and then shaming voters is not working. Telling voters that one pile of shit is better than another is meaningless to the average voter when they’re eating shit regardless.