Trump names Huckabee as Israel envoy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : As President, Trump moved the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and helped broker the 2020 Abraham Accords, which expanded Israel's diplomatic relations in the Middle East.
53% : "Mike has been a great public servant, Governor, and Leader in Faith for many years," Trump said on Tuesday in a statement.
43% : Touting his support for Israel, Trump in September called himself "a protector" of Israel and warned the Jewish state would cease to exist if Harris won.
40% : Trump announced the Huckabee pick while Israeli President Issac Herzog was at the White House visiting outgoing President Joe Biden.
38% : Trump has expressed steadfast support for Israel in its war against Hamas.
33% : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has spoken to Trump three times since Trump defeated Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in last week's election.
32% : Trump will inherit a widening Middle East conflict after Israel and Iran have traded airstrikes in recent weeks.
24% : He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for President in 2008 and in 2016 against Trump.
20% : Trump in April said Israel needs to "finish what they started" in Gaza but also said Israel is "losing the PR war" with the images of bloodshed coming out of Gaza, where the Palestinian death toll has passed 43,000.

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