The mainstream media has often called for a possible two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.
Talking about this on American Family Radio, former Governor and nominee for Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, offered these thoughts.
“And what that would have to involve is that you would have basically two governing authorities, and in many ways, trying to oversee the same piece of real estate. That's not practical. I don't think that's going to happen, and President Trump has not pushed for that. He's the first president in a long time that has not.”
While Israel controls the land, there is freedom for Arabs in Israel, Huckabee said.
“What you may end up with is a situation where if the Israelis do control their property as they have, they include, you'll see many medical doctors, attorneys, and others, who are Arab. They live very freely in Israel, 
and they come, and they go, and they don't have any restrictions. They can do anything they want.”
He said there is a distinct line between Arabs, whether they are Muslim or Christian, and those who believe in the Palestinian idea that Israel doesn’t have a right to exist. He said those with that view cannot be involved in governing the land in which people are trying to coexist.
Huckabee served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He previously sought the Republican nomination for president in both 2008 and 2016, winning the 2008 Iowa caucuses in a surprise victory. Between presidential runs, Huckabee was the host of the Fox News show "Huckabee" from 2008 to 2015.
He is the father of current Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who formerly served as White House press secretary in the first Trump administration.
Huckabee’s position represents a 180-degree turn from current U.S. policy.
Over his last two years in office, President Joe Biden has often called for a two-state solution.
Huckabee won’t call for a two-state solution and also won’t play word games.
The imaginary West Bank
"There are certain words I refuse to use. There is no such thing as a West Bank. It's Judea and Samaria," Huckabee said in 2017, using the Israeli terms for the territory that is internationally recognized as the West Bank, ABC News reported.
"There's no such thing as a settlement. They're communities. They're neighborhoods. They're cities," he added.
Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican House rep and Trump’s pick as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is also a friend to Israel.
She’s been an outspoken critic of the U.N.’s handling of the conflict and made headlines for taking on university presidents during a congressional probe into antisemitism on college campuses last year.
