Posted on 07/18/2025 4:50:49 AM PDT by hcmama
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has threatened to publicly declare that Israel no longer welcomes Christian groups to Israel over what he said was Jerusalem’s failure to approve tourist visas for evangelical missions.
The threat was issued in a letter that Huckabee sent on Wednesday to Interior Minister Moshe Arbel, which was leaked to Hebrew media on Thursday. Arbel pushed back on the allegations in a response letter that was obtained by The Times of Israel.
“It would be very unfortunate if our embassy were forced to publicly announce throughout the United States that the State of Israel does not welcome Christian organizations and their representatives, and instead engages in harassment and negative treatment of them. We are also obligated to warn Christians in America that their generous donations are being met with hostility, and that tourists should reconsider their travels,” the US envoy wrote, according to the Belaaz Jewish news site.
Huckabee sent copies of his letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana.
Given Huckabee’s longstanding support for Israel and close ties with the current government in particular, the rhetoric in his letter represented a shockingly quick deterioration.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
Yes that is true, Israel has it’s faults like any other entity.
Seven million Palestinians in Israel?
About 2 Million Paliatians live in Israel.
Huckabee at heart surely shares your view, but it sounds as if he is engaged in what he and Trump view as a negotiation. As such the resolution will ideally benefit both sides.
Never said that. Not sure where you got that from. And I looked it up. Recent estimates say there are closer to 14 MILLION of those savages on the planet. Israel is just really bad at killing them I guess.
Are we being “approached and proselytized” by pro-Hamas sociopaths and psychopaths?
I wasn’t sure what you meant. Hence, my question mark.
House passes Trump’s cuts to foreign aid;
Israel’s annual $4 billion foreign aid was not touched
The GOP-led House gave final approval to the spending bill just ahead of a Friday midnight deadline otherwise the money under the law must be spent.
Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump’s push for $9 billion in spending cuts − slicing into public broadcasting stations PBS and NPR, as well as the United States’ foreign aid efforts − crossed the Congressional finish line just after midnight on July 18 and soon will hit the Republican’s desk for signature into law.
The House approved the measure, in response to Trump’s official request, in a 216-213 party line vote. Two Republicans voted no on the second-term president’s plan, which represents just a fraction of the almost $200 billion that Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency claims to have saved the federal government.
A bulk of the cuts in the legislation strips away funding authorized by a previous law for foreign aid, including peacekeeping efforts and global health initiatives.
Israel’s annual $4 billion foreign aid was not touched; it will go on.
Yawn
Ho hum
Massie exposes foreign aid in DOD appropriations bill: “A misappropriation of military funds”
X ^ | July 18 | Thomas Massie / Posted on 7/18/2025, 10:32:27 AM by RandFan
Foreign aid in DOD approps bill:
$300 mil Syria & Iraq military
$118 mil overseas disasters
$15 mil AIDS in Africa
$500 mil Israel
$350 mil Kuwait
$1.27 bil foreign security
$500 mil Taiwan
$500 mil Jordan
$267 mil reimburse countries
(Excerpt) Read more at x.com ...
Proverbs 29:1. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Somebody did something. I heard.
As a goyim why i want to visit the country with the most homosexuals and lesbians on the planet.
According to The Times of Israel 30% of their citizens per capita float their boat to the wild side.
Dont get mad at me the Times of Israel said it. Go look it up yourself.
With the anal raping assaults of Palestinean prisoners by IDF soldiers it would appear that the Times of Israel would be correct in its reporting.
Why doesn’t the Israeli nation allow DNA testing to see who is Jewish and who is a poser?
Answer is, most are posers. Israel is a Secular nation, with few following the tenets of the Torah.
The Israels are ethnically cleansing everywhere they are involved. What are they doing in Sudan? Like Hitler protecting Germans in the Rheinland.
Shoving babies in microwaves, is that as debunked as Iraqis dumping babies out of incubators.
It may have happened once—One nut case Islamic dude might have done it but is so demented that only a crazed loon would do something like put the baby in an oven. Even Allah would be disgusted and the person doing such a thing would go instantly to the Islamic Hell (a very unpleasant place).
I think it’s mostly that they’re not too fond of groups entering Israel to proselytize for Christianity. Not an unusual position for any faith.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.