Huckabee on Jerusalem
JTA Israel correspondent Dina Kraft interviews former Gov. Mike Huckabee during his two-day visit to Israel.
The former GOP presidential candidate is visiting Israel courtesy of the Jerusalem Reclamation Project, the U.S. fund-raising arm for Ateret Cohanim, a Jewish organization that buys Arab properties in eastern Jerusalem to boost the Jewish presence in Arab neighborhoods of the city.
Critics say organizations like Ateret Cohanim are an obstacle to peace, making it more difficult for the Israeli and Palestinians to divide sovereignty over Jerusalem.
But Huckabee says bringing Jews into Arab neighborhoods is good for eastern Jerusalem. He also says he doubts a two-state solution ever will solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Margaret Hood
08/21/08 11:54 PM
No it will not settle issues between Jews and Arabs. The God given Covenant with Irael is timeless and Jerusalem is never, never to be divided. I don’t say so. but the LORD God does and declares if anyone devides the land I have Given to Israel thu Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, “shall be cursed.” And that is the end of that!