U.S. Ambassador to Israel nominee Mike Huckabee told Newsmax on Wednesday that he’s “hopeful” the ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas will hold because President Donald Trump is now in office.
“We all want it to happen,” Huckabee said on “America Agenda.” “I think everybody is praying it will be successful, but we got to be real clear. The Israelis are a government legitimately elected by their own people. They operate in a democracy. Hamas is a terrorist organization. They’re thugs, criminals, savages. They brutally murdered and just massacred over 1,200 innocent civilians on Oct. 7, 2023. So, you have to always think about that we’re not dealing with a legitimate government that operates by any rules that any other government on Earth will operate by.
“So, when I say I’m hopeful, I’m hopeful because Donald Trump is president,” he continued. “He’s the only reason that we’ve had any breakthrough at all. And what I’m really hopeful for is that every hostage is able to be released immediately, because they’ve been held unnecessarily and unlawfully for all this time. These are innocent people being held and so it grieves me to think of what these families have been through for over 470 days.”
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