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.”
As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, US conservatives are taking special note of one form of Israeli belligerence: attacks on Christians in the Holy Land.
Israeli forces kill at least 88 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday – on the first day of 10-hour “humanitarian pauses”; a smattering of aid enters, including airdrops that injure more than 10; Mike Huckabee claims GHF is “safe” as 29 aid-seekers are killed; Hamas comments on ceasefire negotiation breakdown; Handala update
I was astonished by the lack of response when I asked senators about the deadly beating of a 20-year-old American by Israeli settlers.
Israel kills over 100 in Gaza, including dozens of aid-seekers; 3 children die of malnutrition, including an infant; Israel may be open to ending the war, at last; Mike Huckabee stands up for Palestinian victims; Flotilla ship Handala on its way to Gaza
Israeli forces have killed 109 Palestinians across Gaza, including 28 aid-seekers; a 29-year-old man died of malnutrition; ceasefire rumors; tragic milestone in West Bank; is Yemen next on Israel’s hit list? or Egypt?
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’
Israel kills at least 89 in Gaza, mostly aid-seekers; latest on Israel-Iran-US; Congress pushes back; Huckabee’s super-Zionist message to Trump; Palestinian prisoners punished for celebrating; more
Israeli forces kills more than 70 in Gaza, including 36 aid-seekers, 3 more in West Bank; post-Madleen, Global March To Gaza is the latest campaign to break the siege; Amb. Huckabee says two-state solution is dead; France’s ‘uninterrupted flow’ of weapons to Israel; IAEA an ‘instrument for Israel’; more
At least 22 killed Saturday, including father of nine children recently massacred; more assassinations at aid sites; torture report; Freedom Flotilla ship on its way to Gaza; Israel forbids high level visitors to West Bank; Huckabee mouths off; more.