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U.S. Ambassador: U.S. and Israel "Absolutely Aligned" on Iran
(Ha'aretz) Itamar Eichner - U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on Monday that "the United States and Israel are absolutely aligned on Iran. Iran cannot continue their nuclear and ballistic program. Iran is not Israel's problem; it is the world's problem. For 47 years, Iran has said 'death to America.' They preface that with 'death to Israel,' but only because Israel is in the way." (Ynet News) Huckabee said, "There's a lot of significant and legitimate doubt that the Iranians will ever agree to something that would cause them to lay down any ambitions of nuclear weaponry. At some point, the United States needs to say: enough is enough, we're not going to continue to believe that they're ever going to be different than they are. And it's time for them to either make a radical change of their point of view and their direction, or for them to experience what we call in the south, the 'second kick of a mule.'" "They cannot remain a nuclear threat. They cannot continue to build extraordinary surpluses of ballistic missiles and aim them, not just at Israel, but also at the rest of the world." (Times of Israel) Huckabee added, "Israel stands in the way of Iran's ultimate goal: the destruction and annihilation of American culture." Referring to accusations against him for being a Christian Zionist, he said Christian Zionism "is a simple understanding that as Christians we recognize there wouldn't be such a thing as Christians if there wasn't such a thing as Judaism. It simply wouldn't exist. We have a debt, an obligation, if you will, to be grateful, for you're the trunk of the tree from which our branches derive. If God could break a covenant with the Jewish people, then what on earth would I possibly have as a foundation to think that he would ever keep a covenant with me?"