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Mike Huckabee's stunning, terrifying new gift to the Israeli right

JL;DR SUMMARY Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, stirred controversy by suggesting that a potential Palestinian state should be carved out of another Muslim country rather than existing Palestinian territories, marking a significant shift from longstanding U.S. diplomacy. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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West BankTrump AdministrationTwo State SolutionPalestinian StateInternational RelationsRight Wing PoliticsMiddle East PolicyMike HuckabeeU.S. Diplomacy

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Elections must be held by next year. Perhaps the understanding that America will not save them will get Israelis to elect a leadership that is rational one that understands the Palestinian problem is existential."
Israel
"If Israel comes to control all of that territory while denying voting rights to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, it will no longer be able to credibly claim to be a democracy."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Many Israeli Jews would, in response, likely leave. The demographic balance would tilt, and, I have little doubt, the state would eventually be renamed Palestine."
United States
"This comes as the United Nations prepares to host a conference on the two-state solution, and several European states, led by France, are considering symbolic recognition of a Palestinian state, albeit with conditions."
Jordan
"A third option which sounds radical, but is far from new would be for Gaza to return to Egyptian control, while part of the West Bank would be absorbed again by Jordan."
Egypt
"A third option which sounds radical, but is far from new would be for Gaza to return to Egyptian control, while part of the West Bank would be absorbed again by Jordan."
France
"This comes as the United Nations prepares to host a conference on the two-state solution, and several European states, led by France, are considering symbolic recognition of a Palestinian state, albeit with conditions."
Syria
"They are Arabs of the Levant, ethnically and culturally indistinguishable from Syrians, Jordanians and the Lebanese."
Lebanon
"They are Arabs of the Levant, ethnically and culturally indistinguishable from Syrians, Jordanians and the Lebanese."

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