Huckabee and Transfer

By Matthew Yglesias
Mike Huckabee comes out in favor of removing Palestinians from Palestine and establishing a Palestinian state somewhere else. Maybe Egypt or Saudi Arabia. A play to pick up some of Giuliani's supporters? The sentiments are outrageous on their own terms, and also a stark reminder that Israel's real friends in the United States shouldn't be blind to the dangers posed by the irrealism and extremism of the Christian Zionists.

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