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.

x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, speaks to the media during his visit to the West Bank village of Turmus Aya, near Ramallah, on September 5, 2026 [Alaa Badarneh/EPA] By Al Jazeera Staff and News Agencies Published On 26 Sep 2026 26 Sep 2026 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 “biblical literacy”.

In an interview with NewsNation on Thursday, the ambassador suggested there were three sources of declining support for Israel.