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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Chelsie Napiza

US Ambassador Huckabee Dismisses Economics and Defence, Credits Israel's Survival to Divine Covenant: 'God Favours It'

Mike Huckabee (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

US ambassador to Israel has framed the country's survival not as a product of military power or economic strength, but as the fulfilment of 'divine will', triggering an international diplomatic crisis.

Mike Huckabee, who has visited Israel more than 100 times and described the ambassadorial posting as a 'divine assignment' in one of his first speeches in Jerusalem, used the Carlson platform to articulate a faith-based case for the US-Israel relationship that drew immediate condemnation from across the Arab world.

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