Huckabee Arrives In Israel As New U.S. Ambassador, Visits Western Wall : NPR

Israel's new US ambassador Mike Hakabi has given him a note from President Trump in the Western wall cracks in the Hakabi sacred city in the old city of Jerusalem on April 18.

Mike Hokkibi recently confirmed as a US ambassador to Israel, during a visit to the Hakabi holy site in the old city of Jerusalem on April 18, holding a note given by President Trump in the western wall cracks.

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Tel Aviv, Israel – The US ambassador to Israel arrived in Israel this week, and his first order on Friday was to visit the western wall in Jerusalem, one of the most famous Judaism places. He touched the wall and bowed his head in prayer.

Hakabi said President Trump had instructed him to enter the wall’s prayer by the president – the last rest of the Jewish temple was destroyed by the Romans about 2,000 2,000 years ago. Some Jews traditionally put paper pieces in the ancient wall with prayer, hoping that they will go to God.

The article was read “for peace in Israel” and was signed with the initial DT, which Hokkabi said was standing for Donald Trump.

“It is a matter of honor that the United States President, President Donald Trump, and to offer a prayer that he wrote a hand, gave me the White House last Thursday, with the instruction that my first act as an ambassador is to pray for his peace.

In 2017, Trump Transmit The US Embassy in Jerusalem, recognizing it as the capital of Israel, as a controversial move Palestinian The eastern part of the city says Israel occupied in 1967, it should be the future capital of the Palestinian state.

'Start a new view': President Trump announces the capital of Jerusalem Israel

Hokkibi is a long -time supporter of Israel, and has previously spoken against efforts to negotiate a ceasefire agreement with Hamas to end the war in Gaza. He called the unauthorized settlements “communities” in the occupied West Bank.

Arkansas was a former governor of Arkansas and once a presidential candidate, Hokkabi Baptist minister, and has led the “Israeli experience” that takes tour groups to the Bible and of historical importance, such as the garden of Galil, the Jetman’s garden and the old city of Jerusalem.

“There are some words I refuse to use,” He said in 2017. “There is nothing like the West Bank – it is Judah and Samaria, he said, using the terms of the Bible for the West Bank.” “There is no such thing as a settlement. They are communities. They are locals. They are cities. There is no occupation of it.”