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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Luca Ittimani

US election updates: Trump picks hardliner as ambassador to Israel in slew of job appointments

Donald Trump Mike Huckabee United States Israel Elon Musk Vivek Ramaswamy Department of Government Efficiency Joe Biden Kristi Noem Mike Johnson
Mike Huckabee attends a brick-laying ceremony at a new housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat in 2018. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate the former Arkansas governor as ambassador to Israel.
Mike Huckabee attends a brick-laying ceremony at a new housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat in 2018. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate the former Arkansas governor as ambassador to Israel. Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Donald Trump has announced seven new appointments for his incoming administration, recruiting Mike Huckabee as the US ambassador to Israel and Steven Witkoff as Middle East envoy.

Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, has a track record of hardline, occasionally provocative, pro-Israel rhetoric and previously said Israel has a rightful claim to the West Bank. In 2018, he said he dreamed of building a “holiday home” in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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