Huckabee on Israel (via Ben Smith):
“There’s great division within the American Jewish Community about the level of support for Israel,” he went on. “I think they all support Israel, want to see it succeed.But you’ll find people all over the board about whether they think is ought to have … absolute control over its border and whether they should give up land for peace and just thow many countries can oversee Jerusalem at one time.”
“I don’t find that kind of dichotomy generally within the Evangelical community,” Huckabee said. “It’s pretty adamant: There ought to be one city. It ought to be a Jewish state. And it ought tot be secure. So maybe one of the hard things is to convince some of our Jewish friends that Evangelicals are the best friends they’ve got — because I think generally, that’s the case.”
I’m convinced. Evangelicals and other Christian supporters of Israel do far more to sustain political support for Israel in Washington than the Jews ever could. And that’s why the anti-Israel left is so determined to smear them as religious fanatics. Huckabee’s just fighting the smears.
