New US Envoy: Israel’s Struggle against its Enemies is a ‘Battle between Heaven and Hell’
Mike Huckabee, an Evangelical, declares Israel ‘a chosen place for a chosen people,’ lauds Trump for reversing Biden’s ‘ridiculous policies,’ says his top goal is returning the hostages
April 28, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
In an overtly religious speech that was explicitly eschatological in tone, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee declared Monday that “Israel is a chosen place for a chosen people” and that the Jewish state’s struggle against its enemies constitutes a “battle between heaven and hell, between good and evil, between light and darkness.”
Addressing a conference hosted by the Jewish News Syndicate in Jerusalem, the former Arkansas governor praised US President Donald Trump for having “reversed a lot of the ridiculous policies of the previous administration.”
One such policy, Huckabee said, was “to not give Israel the necessary tools to fight a war against the worst savages that we have seen, not just in our century, but perhaps in human history” — apparently referring to Hamas.
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