TEHRAN - The United States has pulled no punches in supporting Israel despite the heinous crimes perpetrated by the regime over the past decades.

All US presidents, regardless of their affiliation with the Democratic or Republican parties, have unequivocally backed Israel.

However, they have employed different tactics.

Since the start of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023, President Joe Biden has provided Israel with unwavering political and military support.

His administration blocked several efforts at the United Nations Security Council aimed at establishing a ceasefire in Gaza.

Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, doubled down on his position that there is “no such thing” as the occupied West Bank, referring to the Palestinian territory as the “promised land” and “Judea and Samaria”.The White House has also allocated $17.9 billion in military assistance to Israel, marking a historic expenditure more than a year into the conflict in Gaza.

Washington’s staunch support for the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has caused a huge outcry.

To appease domestic opposition, the Biden administration has made critical remarks of Israel’s brutal war on Gaza which has so far killed more than 43,700 Palestinians in the enclave. 

More than a month ago, the Biden administration also set a deadline for Israel to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The 30-day deadline lapsed on Tuesday; however, the White House announced that it will not impose restrictions on arms transfers to Israel, contrary to its previous threats.

This is while Israel has obstructed the delivery of essentials such as food to northern Gaza. Experts have warned the United Nations Security Council that famine is "occurring or imminent" in parts of northern Gaza.

The United States under the leadership of a Democratic president has used political ploys to shift focus away from its involvement in Israel’s brutalities in Gaza.

Trump tactic

But President-elect Donald Trump is revealing the true face of the United States.

Huckabee was the governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He ran twice for the Republican presidential nomination, in 2008 and 2016. During that time, he claimed, “There’s really no such thing as a Palestinian.”

Huckabee’s positions clearly indicate that under the presidency of Trump, the United States will not mince words when supporting Israel’s fascist and apartheid ideology.

Biden has thrown his full weight behind Israel’s savageries while launching a charm offensive towards Palestinians. But Trump has taken a more overt approach in his backing for the regime.

His pick for ambassador to Israel has publicly acknowledged Washington’s support for the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Speaking to Israeli media, Mike Huckabee doubled down on his position that there is “no such thing” as the occupied West Bank, instead referring to the Palestinian territory as the “promised land” and “Judea and Samaria”. It is the biblical term often employed by right-wing Israelis to refer to the occupied West Bank.

He added, “It is a land that is ‘occupied’ by the people who have had a rightful deed to the place for 3,500 years, since the time of Abraham.”

Huckabee, who has been an outspoken advocate for Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, vowed to continue to use his preferred “nomenclature unless I’m instructed otherwise”.

Huckabee has also advocated for the forcible displacement of Palestinians during Israel’s war on Gaza. 

“If the so-called Palestinians are so loved by the Muslim nations of the world, why won’t any of those nations at least offer to give temporary refuge to their brothers and sisters in Gaza,” Huckabee said in October last year. 

Huckabee is the first non-Jewish American to be named ambassador to Israel in almost two decades.