The Aporia · ‘The Israel Experience with Mike Huckabee’: The Ambassador’s Family Sells Trips to Israel

The article discusses Mike Huckabee's role as the U.S. ambassador to Israel and criticizes his family’s travel business, which organizes trips to Israel for profit. The piece claims that while serving in this diplomatic position, Huckabee promotes Israeli interests over American ones, denying the Palestinian conflict and human rights abuses in Gaza. It draws parallels between Huckabee’s actions and ethical concerns raised during the Trump presidency regarding conflicts of interest and support for controversial policies.

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Mike Huckabee, now 71 years old and serving as the United States’ chief representative to Israel, recently recalled his first trip to the country in 1973. At that time, he was a young man from Arkansas who had just graduated high school and went on a celebratory trip with a wealthy friend. Huckabee described feeling spiritually connected to the land of the Bible and seeing the pioneering spirit among Israeli people. He emphasized Israel's significance by stating that even if one wasn't religious, they would recognize its special place chosen by God.

In his current role as ambassador, Huckabee is responsible for negotiating and engaging with Israel while also protecting Americans there. This personal connection to Israel has influenced his perspective on the country’s importance both spiritually and geopolitically.

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Huckabee’s critics say he’s represented Israel’s interests as much, if not more, than America’s – and he’s done so while actively denying Israel’s genocide in Gaza, its occupation of Palestine, and its project of apartheid.

left criticizes Huckabee for supporting Israel's actions
It remains a brutal irony that Trump was elected again in part due to depressed voter enthusiasm resulting from the Biden-Harris administration’s nearly unconditional support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

left accuses Biden-Harris of supporting Israeli actions
his top diplomat in Jerusalem, Huckabee, is a genocide denier who has gone as far as to say there is “no such thing as a Palestinian.”

left criticizes Huckabee for denying the existence of Palestinians

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“And if I wasn’t even a believer, I would still come to the conclusion that the only explanation for Israel is God.” Five decades later, Huckabee, 71, is now the United States’ chief representative to Israel, tasked with negotiating and engaging with the nation, and protecting Americans if they are ever threatened there.

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🔮 “Part of it, quite frankly, was spiritual for me because here I was in the land of the Bible for reasons that one day God will reveal, but a land that He had chosen,” he continued.

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‘The Israel Experience with Mike Huckabee’: The Ambassador’s Family Sells Trips to Israel · assertive framing

We believe this is the moment to capture the damage the Trump administration has inflicted throughout the U.S. and the world – and profile some of the people most responsible. asserted

administration → believe → people

You can read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 here. asserted

You → read → Part

The only way we can report original, long-form stories like these is with your support. asserted

we → report → support

Mike Huckabee, a God-fearing young man from Arkansas, had just graduated from high school, and his “very wealthy” friend wanted to go on a celebratory trip. asserted

friend → fear → trip

So the pair went to Israel. asserted

pair → go → Israel

“When I was there it was like I was in a place that I felt at home even though I’d never been there before,” Huckabee said about his first trip to Israel, noting he “saw the pioneer’s spirit among the Israeli people.” asserted

he → feel → people

“Part of it, quite frankly, was spiritual for me because here I was in the land of the Bible for reasons that one day God will reveal, but a land that He had chosen,” he continued. asserted

he → reveal → that

“I think of all the real estate on planet earth, He picks this little spot of land about the size of New Jersey and says: This is mine, right here.” asserted

This → think → Jersey

they → come → Americans

So far, Huckabee’s critics say he’s represented Israel’s interests as much, if not more, than America’s – and he’s done so while actively denying Israel’s genocide in Gaza, its occupation of Palestine, and its project of apartheid. asserted

he → say → apartheid

Meanwhile, his family’s business has continued to take people on pricey tourist trips to Israel. asserted

business → continue → Israel

The Huckabee family’s travel company has taken hundreds of people to Israel over the years in what used to be called “The Israel Experience with Governor Mike Huckabee.” asserted

what → take → Huckabee

Promotional materials and disclosures reviewed by Zeteo show the company, now operated by Huckabee’s son, is still taking Americans on trips to Israel, even as Huckabee serves as the U.S. ambassador to it. asserted

Huckabee → review → it

The situation mirrors, in miniature, how Donald Trump, his family, and some of his top advisers have – at a historic, record-shattering rate – cashed in on his presidency, including on business in the Middle East, with little concern about ethics or the appearance of corruption. asserted

Trump → mirror → corruption

It remains a brutal irony that Trump was elected again in part due to depressed voter enthusiasm resulting from the Biden-Harris administration’s nearly unconditional support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. asserted

Trump → remain → Gaza

Now, back in power, Trump and his overtly Christian-nationalist and warmongering administration are not only supporting Israel’s constant violence against Palestine, as well as Lebanon; his top diplomat in Jerusalem, Huckabee, is a genocide denier who has gone as far as to say there is “no such thing as a Palestinian.” asserted

who → support → Palestinian

Critics say he has met those words with actions, as he constantly fails Palestinians and Americans at the behest of Israel. asserted

he → say → Israel

‘The Israel Experience with Mike Huckabee’: The Ambassador’s Family Sells Trips to Israel

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