{"id":19440,"date":"2025-04-10T01:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=19440"},"modified":"2025-04-10T00:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:11:37","slug":"pro-israel-advocate-confirmed-as-u-s-ambassador-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/pro-israel-advocate-confirmed-as-u-s-ambassador-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Israel Advocate Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"538\">The U.S. Senate approved the nomination of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the next American ambassador to Israel on Wednesday evening. The vote passed 53\u201346 along clear party lines\u2014all Republicans voted in favor, with just one Democrat, Senator John Fetterman, joining them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19442\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19442\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/F170103YS31-scaled-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/F170103YS31-scaled-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/F170103YS31-scaled-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/F170103YS31-scaled-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/F170103YS31-scaled-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/F170103YS31-scaled-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Huckabee at the Knesset, Archive | Photo: Yonatan Sindel\/Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"853\"><strong data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"571\">\u201cOver 100 Visits to Israel\u201d<\/strong><br data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"574\" \/>Huckabee, an evangelical with strongly conservative views, is considered one of Israel\u2019s most enthusiastic supporters in American politics. Over the years, he has expressed unwavering support for Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and has visited Israel more than 100 times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"1120\">Sources close to Huckabee said that his deep familiarity with the Israeli political landscape will be a major advantage\u2014especially amid the ongoing war and economic issues currently under discussion between the U.S. and Israel, including the topic of trade tariffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Huckabee, a staunch pro-Israel conservative, will be appointed U.S. Ambassador to Israel: \u201cWe urgently need an experienced envoy in the region, and I have no doubt he\u2019s the right person for the job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":19441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2241,2563,2276,8],"tags":[2687,1494],"class_list":["post-19440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel-advocacy","category-knesset","category-people","category-politics","tag-mike-huckabee","tag-us-ambassador-israel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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