From: BBC June 11, 2025
Huckabee suggests Muslim countries should give up land for Palestinian state
The US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has suggested "Muslim countries" should give up some of their land to create a future Palestinian state.

In an interview with the BBC, Huckabee said "Muslim countries have 644 times the amount of land that are controlled by Israel".
"So maybe, if there is such a desire for the Palestinian state, there would be someone who would say, we'd like to host it," he said.

The ambassador also called a two-state solution — a proposed formula for peace between Israel and the Palestinians that has generally received international backing, including from multiple US administrations — "an aspirational goal".

The two-state solution envisages an independent Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank and in Gaza, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
It would exist alongside Israel.

In a separate interview with Bloomberg, Huckabee said the US was no longer pursuing the goal of an independent Palestinian state.

State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce later said the ambassador "speaks for himself", and it is the president who is responsible for US policy in the Middle East. If everyone "speaks for himself", more chaos... Needs coordination.