Huckabee Interview With The Jewish Press: "'Better For Israel To Be Respected Than Loved'"

The Jewish Press reports that "Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and a 2008 Republican presidential candidate, completed a three-day tour of some of Israel's holiest and most contentious sites last week with leaders of Ateret Cohanim. During his eleventh visit to Israel since 1973, Huckabee toured Jewish neighborhoods within East Jerusalem and Samaria and consistently affirmed his support for Jews living in any and all parts of the Jewish homeland. Many consider the former governor-turned FOX News talk show host a leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Huckabee's statement that the 'United States government shouldn't tell Israel where Jewish people can live' was a direct rebuke of the Obama administration's pressure on Israel for a settlement freeze. And his dismissal of the notion of 'two people owning the same piece of real estate' was aimed at advocates of a divided Jerusalem. Huckabee's trip included a visit to the Shepherd Hotel in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the site of a planned housing project for Jewish families. The Obama administration has demanded the project be halted... Huckabee faulted the Obama administration for being 'more concerned about twenty families moving into the Shepherd Hotel than about Ahmadenijad building nuclear weapons.' Huckabee was his typical courteous but blunt self during an interview with The Jewish Press." To read the full interview of this unabashedly pro-Israel politician visit http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/40536 Tweet