On Friday, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, told Newsmax that Israel must “continue the complete annihilation of Hamas” and should not adhere to the ceasefire agreement that was established earlier this year.
Speaking on “National Report,” Huckabee explained that Israel doesn’t “have a choice” when discussing the country’s decision to remain in control of the Philadelphi corridor, the border area between Egypt and Gaza, which was one of the conditions of the ceasefire with Hamas.
Israel also recently rejected a proposal to release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of an exchange for six Israeli hostages held by Hamas. The government cited “Hamas’ repeated violations — including the disgraceful ceremonies that dishonor our hostages and the cynical use of hostages for propaganda.”
“There is no negotiation with Hamas that represents anything of honor, decency, and trustworthiness,” Huckabee stated. “They just are not capable of that. They’ve made it very clear even in recent days that their goal is still the same, to kill Jews and to annihilate Israel. So they haven’t changed anything. They just want to have Israel back off and let them have time to rearm, regroup, and do more mayhem. So the fact that the [Israeli Defense Force] and the state of Israel is going to continue to prosecute the war against Hamas should be no surprise to anyone.”
Huckabee also remarked that it would be “an outright shock and, frankly, stunning if Israel” agreed to a ceasefire that would allow Hamas to survive.
“It would be a bigger surprise and an outright shock and, frankly, stunning if Israel said, ‘Yeah, we’re just going to walk away and let Hamas get their arms back and heck, come back at us again,’ which they’ve pledged to do.”
He added: “There’s no choice here. Israel must continue the complete annihilation of Hamas because Hamas has its goal as the total annihilation of Israel.”
{Matzav.com}