Jewish figures on the far right are increasingly expressing concerns about President Donald Trump’s handling of an antisemitism rift among the Republican party, after its instigator Tucker Carlson reportedly visited the White House for the third time in weeks on Monday. The visit, reported by Punchbowl News journalist Jake Sherman, came days after his combative […]
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Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, said they will conduct an interview after Carlson published a video from the Middle East that included harsh criticism of Huckabee. The planned sit-down, hashed out over social media, comes as Carlson has troubled the Jewish world and fractured the conservative movement by […]
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is calling on Israel to “aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet,” a Palestinian-American beaten to death in the West Bank on Friday. Mussallet’s family and Palestinian officials say Jewish settlers beat Mussallet severely and then prevented paramedics from reaching him for hours. Huckabee’s call, issued on X, marked […]
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WASHINGTON — When Donald Trump appointed David Friedman as his ambassador to Israel eight years ago, American Jews sensed — correctly — that it would presage big changes in the U.S.-Israel relationship. Unlike any of his predecessors, Friedman was an Orthodox Jew and a public supporter of West Bank settlements. His ascension led to the […]
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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump named Mike Huckabee as his ambassador to Israel, picking an evangelical Christian who favors Jewish sovereignty in parts of the West Bank and who, if confirmed, would be the first non-Jew to fill the role in 13 years. “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected former Governor of […]
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