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[U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike] Huckabee slams French push for Palestinian state: ‘Carve it out of the French Riviera’
Times of Israel ^ | 1 June 2025 | TOI Staff

Posted on 06/02/2025 11:07:07 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee dismissed France’s potential upcoming recognition of a Palestinian state, calling the move “revolting” while Israel fights Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

“It’s incredibly inappropriate in the midst of a war that Israel is dealing with to go out and present something that I think increasingly Israelis are steadfast against,” he told Fox News.

Huckabee’s comments came after French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that recognizing a Palestinian state, with conditions, is “not only a moral duty, but a political necessity.”

Macron also said that European countries should “harden the collective position” against Israel if it did not respond appropriately to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including keeping open the possibility of sanctions.

France is considering recognizing a Palestinian state ahead of a United Nations conference, which France and Saudi Arabia are co-hosting from June 17-20, to lay out the parameters for a roadmap to a Palestinian state, while ensuring Israel’s security.

“October 7 changed a lot of things,” said Huckabee, referring to the Hamas-led terror onslaught in 2023 that started the Gaza war. “If France is really so determined to see a Palestinian state, I have a suggestion for them — carve out a piece of the French Riviera and create a Palestinian state. They are welcome to do that, but they are not welcome to impose that kind of pressure on a sovereign nation.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; France; Gaza; Government; Hamas; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abrahamaccords; france; gaza; hamas; huckabee; israel; waronterror
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1 posted on 06/02/2025 11:07:07 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

that would be a Nice place to put it


2 posted on 06/02/2025 11:08:37 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I thought France already was a Palestinian State.


3 posted on 06/02/2025 11:09:08 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: chajin

Well played. 👏 👏 👏


4 posted on 06/02/2025 11:10:14 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Mr. Mojo

They already have Paris.


5 posted on 06/02/2025 11:10:58 AM PDT by marron
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To: Mr. Mojo
I have a suggestion for them — carve out a piece of the French Riviera and create a Palestinian state

They already are, Mike, they already are.

6 posted on 06/02/2025 11:12:07 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

It should have been carved out of Germany and Poland in 1946


7 posted on 06/02/2025 11:13:24 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: Palio di Siena

Put it between Russia and Ukraine.


8 posted on 06/02/2025 11:15:09 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: alternatives?

That’s fine - the lands should have been taken from those countries that
perpetuated the holocaust


9 posted on 06/02/2025 11:19:18 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The “Palestinians” already have their own state, Gaza. They could not even manage that, using it for only one purpose: to attack Israel. They had a thriving export business consisting of two 747s a week loaded with fruits and vegetables to Europe—they screwed that up too, ransacking and destroying the greenhouses. The problem is the phony religion, once that is addressed maybe there will be peace in the middle east. DO NOT hold your breath.


10 posted on 06/02/2025 11:28:11 AM PDT by Fungi
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To: marron

“We’ll always have Paris”....


11 posted on 06/02/2025 11:30:34 AM PDT by Herodes
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To: Fungi
The “Palestinians” already have their own state, Gaza Egypt.
12 posted on 06/02/2025 11:39:49 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate: "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: Mr. Mojo

yet ANOTHER reason for the USA to unjoin NATO ...


13 posted on 06/02/2025 11:41:14 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Mr. Mojo

The US should have not taken part in the UN, they should have brought the people wanting to live in peace, to the US. We should hever get involved in this literally Un-Godly blaspemy. When the tribes of Israel return to Zion, it will by Gods Holy hand, and there will be peace in the land.

I wish the blinders would fall from the eyes of Christians who believe to the bottoms of their hearts, that supporting the modern nation Israel is a Holy thing to do. The UN founded that nation, funded by the Rothschilds and those who print paper bills called money.

It is a thorn in the side of the world that will lead to the Apocalypse. COME OUT OF HER, death and destruction will come before “Gods Exodus”.


14 posted on 06/02/2025 12:14:22 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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right on, Ambassador Hucklebee!

and Mercon is just the kind of guy to do it, too

France is already a long-gone lost cause and he knows it

giving half of France away formally to the Fakestinian terrorists would not change much for France

its sorta like ladies on the Titanic giving away half their jewelry while the ship was sinking


15 posted on 06/02/2025 12:17:00 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Mr. Mojo

Sounds as though someone in France can’t see the forest for the trees.


16 posted on 06/02/2025 12:33:39 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: Mr. Mojo

Typical liberal response, they’re always good at spending other people’s money, but when it’s their own, no dice.


17 posted on 06/02/2025 12:38:56 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Makes perfect sense. The orginal “PLestinian,” Yassir Arafat, was born in Egypt


18 posted on 06/02/2025 12:48:27 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Mr. Mojo

Go Huck! 😆


19 posted on 06/02/2025 2:46:04 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: oldtech

Too many burning tires and such, eh?


20 posted on 06/02/2025 4:37:01 PM PDT by Roncesvalles
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