Senate confirms Mike Huckabee as Israel ambassador

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Mike Huckabee as the Trump administration’s ambassador to Israel Wednesday.

Senators installed Huckabee in a vote of 53 to 46, with all Republicans backing the Trump appointee along with Sen. John Fetterman, a staunchly pro-Israel Democrat from Pennsylvania.

Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and self-identified Christian Zionist, will now assume the high-profile post during a time when U.S.-Israel relations have been shaken by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and as the United States opens nuclear talks with Iran, Israel’s sworn enemy.

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