In an overtly religious speech that was explicitly eschatological in tone, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee declared Monday that “Israel is a chosen place for a chosen people” and that the Jewish state’s struggle against its enemies constitutes a “battle between heaven and hell, between good and evil, between light and darkness.”

Addressing a conference hosted by the Jewish News Syndicate in Jerusalem, the former Arkansas governor praised US President Donald Trump for having “reversed a lot of the ridiculous policies of the previous administration.”

One such policy, Huckabee said, was “to not give Israel the necessary tools to fight a war against the worst savages that we have seen, not just in our century, but perhaps in human history” — apparently referring to Hamas.

Stating he is “convinced today that what the world needs is a real dose of understanding what people are up against, who live in this, the most contested piece of real estate on God’s entire planet,” Huckabee declared that Israel is engaged in a conflict against “people who are evil.”

“This is not a geopolitical struggle. The left versus the right, the liberal versus the........

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