Huckabee blames ‘biblical illiteracy’ for waning support for Israel in US

A Pew Research poll in April indicated 60 percent of the US adult population held an unfavourable view of Israel.Published On 26 Sep 202626 Sep 2026US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says that the recent souring of public opinion in the United States towards Israel is the result of a lack of “biblical literacy”.In an interview with NewsNation on Thursday, the ambassador suggested there were three sources of declining support for Israel.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iran’s Pezeshkian slams ‘terrorist’ US but extols diplomacy in UN speechlist 2 of 3Israel’s ambassador to the US says son injured in West Bank car-ramminglist 3 of 3Israel’s Netanyahu set to address UN General Assemblyend of listHe cited disinformation and foreign propaganda, a hatred of those who believe “there is a God and that he’s made up the rules for life”, and not knowing the Bible.“You add all that together, I guess you just want to be mad at Israel and blame them for everything,” he said.Huckabee claimed that accusations of genocide in Gaza and that Israel is an apartheid state are false, and Americans would have a more favourable view of Israel if they would “look at the truth”.A Pew Research...