Interior Minister Moshe Arbel, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, discuss strengthening strategic alliance, the fight against terrorism, and domestic issues in Jerusalem meeting.
Interior Minister MK Moshe Arbel on Tuesday met in his office with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
During the meeting, the two discussed issues including immigration, border control, the status of Evangelical churches in Israel, the fight against terrorism, and strengthening the strategic alliance between the two countries.
Minister Arbel emphasized the desire to deepen cooperation, while Ambassador Huckabee expressed the United States’ commitment to Israel’s security and conveyed condolences over the recent murder of two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, DC.
Huckabee, who took office last month, told Arutz Sheva – Israel National News that the partnership between the US and Israel is “incredibly intense.”
He also stressed that the relationship “is not a one-way street where Israel benefits greatly from America and America gets nothing in return; America gets a lot in return, and it’s a true partnership.”
“It’s not just a geopolitical relationship and an economic relationship, it’s a spiritual relationship. We are both living on the same foundation of a Judeo-Christian understanding of Western civilization, we can not escape that.”Huckabee, who took office last month, told Arutz Sheva – Israel National News that the partnership between the US and Israel is “incredibly intense.”
He also stressed that the relationship “is not a one-way street where Israel benefits greatly from America and America gets nothing in return; America gets a lot in return, and it’s a true partnership.”
“It’s not just a geopolitical relationship and an economic relationship, it’s a spiritual relationship. We are both living on the same foundation of a Judeo-Christian understanding of Western civilization, we can not escape that.”
