As Huckabee touts what he sees as his top achievements in his role so far, what he doesn’t mention is just as significant. Huckabee, a zealous Christian Zionist, has largely acted in the interests of Israel, even when it diverges from longstanding U.S. policy
‘These actions are part of a systematic policy aimed at dismantling the authentic Christian presence in Palestine,’ says the Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine.
“Shame on you,” says Father Jacques Noble-Abed of Taybeh, in the occupied West Bank, referring to US evangelicals who support Israel. “Because this is not the teaching of Jesus in the Gospel.”
Rev Canon Dr Richard K. Toll writes an open letter to the bishops, priests, deacons, and lay leadership of the Episcopal Church amidst the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
In a rare shift, U.S. evangelical leaders, GOP lawmakers, and right-wing influencers—led by Ambassador Mike Huckabee—are openly criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank. One conservative pundit stated, “The Israeli government is really screwing up. This horrific war must come to a complete end.”
The last remaining town in the West Bank inhabited entirely by Christians faces ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers targeting residents and their property.
The secret chat logs of a far-right zionist organization includes plans to burn Qurans and attack pro-Palestine protesters with pepper spray.
The Bible-thumping, messianic rhetoric of Israeli and American politicians reveals a dangerous irony: they don’t oppose theocracy (unless it’s the Islamic kind) and cloak their own fanaticism in terms like ‘Judeo-Christian values’ and ‘the West’
Secular and state-funded religious schools in Israel will soon begin teaching compulsory courses on Jewish and Zionist identity, including religious ceremonies and Bible. Bottom line: the state will decide what it means to be a Jew in Israel.
The annual pogrom in Jerusalem’s Old City included assaults on Palestinians, property destruction, and racist chants. Even when police intervened for a change, the incitement to genocide persisted.