A Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria probably won’t happen “in our lifetime” and is no longer Washington’s goal, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday.
“Unless there are some significant things that happen that change the culture, there’s no room for it,” Huckabee told Bloomberg, adding that a culture shift is unlikely to take place “in our lifetime.”
When asked by Bloomberg if an independent Palestinian state is the goal of the Trump administration, the diplomat responded: “I don’t think so.”
A Palestinian Arab state does not necessarily need to be established in Judea and Samaria, he stated, insisting that Palestinian self-governance in another Muslim country “should be and could be on the table.”
Ambassador Huckabee’s suggestion for a Palestinian Arab state established outside of Judea and Samaria is out of the box thinking. His view challenges the decades long conventional focus on Judea and Samaria as the primary location for the delusional two-state solution.
It’s high time for Israel to mobilize all its allies to help it advocate for such an alternative. With the war still raging we understand this cannot be the primary focus – not just yet anyway. Then again, maybe we can count on President Donald J. Trump to mobilize the effort!!
Source:
Huckabee: No Palestinian state likely ‘in our lifetime’, by JNS Staff, June 11, 2025