Former Arkansas GOP Gov. and current presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, in a Newsmax interview, accused President Joe Biden of holding Israel to a different standard than Ukraine.
He said he was concerned Biden appeared to be putting pressure on the Israelis regarding how they will conduct themselves going into Gaza.
"And I'm not sure that it's our place to tell Israel how to defend itself and how to avenge the slaughter," he said. "The just absolutely barbarian slaughter of women, babies and elderly people" by Hamas. Huckabee said Israel would of course minimize civilian casualities: "I think Israel is going to take every step possible to minimize civilian deaths. But on the other hand, this is all for one reason: Hamas terrorists — evil, evil people started this. They're the ones who have precipitated an incredible onslaught against civilians, both in Gaza as well as in Israel.
"Well it seems to be a double standard. And I'm not sure why the president seems to be so intent on unrestricted, unqualified support for Ukraine, but then he wants to put restrictions on Israel. If anything, it's got to be a same standard applied to both.""I go back to 9/11," he said. "The fact is, we were not anti-Muslim. In those days afterward we were anti-terrorist.
"But here's one thing I wish Joe Biden would focus on. It wasn't a bunch of Jews in the streets demanding that we end every last Palestinian and every last Arab or Muslim, but it was a group of people, in fact, led by one of our congressmen, Rashida Talib, who basically joined them in saying, 'From the river to the sea.' What that chant means is let's eliminate Israel completely from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea."Jeffrey Rodack | editorial.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Mike Huckabee to Newsmax: Biden Should 'Re-place' Iran SanctionsPresident Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are hitting all the right notes in supporting Israel, but the administration shouldn't be relaxing sanctions on Iran, the world's largest state sponsor of terror and the power behind Hamas, Mike Huckabee said.
Read more »
Mike Huckabee to Newsmax: Biden Should 'Re-place' Iran SanctionsWhile President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are hitting all the right notes in publicly supporting Israel, the administration should not be relaxing sanctions on Iran, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said.
Read more »
Huckabee to Newsmax: House GOP Needs to 'Circle the Wagons'Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told Newsmax Wednesday that Republicans need to 'circle the wagons' and get on with the process of electing a new House speaker after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from the position two weeks ago. 'This has gone on way too...
Read more »
Mike Lawler to Newsmax: GOP Must Find 'Path Forward'Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., told Newsmax on Thursday that Republicans need to 'find consensus on the path forward' after Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed to secure enough votes to become speaker after two rounds of votes. Lawler, who was one of more than 20 Republicans to vote...
Read more »
Mike Lawler to Newsmax: GOP Must Find 'Path Forward'Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., told Newsmax on Thursday that Republicans need to 'find consensus on the path forward' after Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed to secure enough votes to become speaker after two rounds of votes. Lawler, who was one of more than 20 Republicans to vote...
Read more »
The latest AI copyright lawsuit involves Mike Huckabee and his booksA lawsuit filed by Mike Huckabee alleges that Meta, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and EleutherAI used his pirated books to train AI.
Read more »