U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee indicated in a recent interview that the United States no longer firmly backs the creation of a Palestinian Arab state specifically within the boundaries of historic Israel and suggested that such a state might potentially be formed in a different location.
Speaking with Bloomberg journalist Ethan Bronner, Huckabee questioned the long-held assumption about where a future Palestinian state must exist. “Does it have to be in Judea and Samaria? Does it need to be somewhere different? Does it need to be an opportunity for people to have a place that is completely their own? Or is it going to be in the existing areas that are currently under the dominion of the PA?”
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