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<\/a><\/p>\nPublished On 26 Sep 202626 Sep 2026<\/p>\n
US 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 \u201cbiblical literacy\u201d.<\/p>\n
In an interview with NewsNation on Thursday, the ambassador suggested there were three sources<\/a> of declining support for Israel.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n He cited disinformation and foreign propaganda, a hatred of those who believe \u201cthere is a God and that he\u2019s made up the rules for life\u201d, and not knowing the Bible.<\/p>\n \u201cYou add all that together, I guess you just want to be mad at Israel and blame them for everything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n 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 \u201clook at the truth\u201d.<\/p>\n A Pew Research poll in April indicated<\/a> that, although favourable opinion of Israel remained relatively strong at 65 percent among white evangelicals, such as Huckabee, 60 percent of the US adult population held an unfavourable view of Israel.<\/p>\n An AP-NORC poll from July suggested that Americans who believed Israel committed genocide<\/a> in Gaza outnumbered those who did not, although roughly half said they did not know enough to answer.<\/p>\n For Israel, the decline in support has become alarming<\/a> as prominent critics of Israel won several elections, including Zohran Mamdani, who became New York City mayor.<\/p>\n