 Published: 11/10/10, 8:26 AM / Last Update: 11/10/10, 8:14 AM Mike Huckabee and Malcolm Hoenlein to Speak At Beit El Dinner
 Former GOP pres. candidate Mike Huckabeeby Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Follow Israel news on  and  .Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, will deliver keynote addresses at the annual dinner of the American Friends of the Beit El Yeshiva Center and Arutz Sheva on Sunday Dec. 5 in Manhattan. Huckabee has been outspoken in his support for Israel's rights to sovereignty over the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria, where Beit El is located. He has visited Israel 12 times and most recently toured sites in the eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria, accompanied by Dr. Joe Frager, a New York physician and chairman of the Jerusalem Reclamation Project.
Last year, Huckabee launched his unofficial campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 with a visit to the Har Bracha community inSamaria last year.
He said at the time that he understood the need for a Palestinian state, but that it should not interfere with the Jewish one. "There are many, many places where a homeland for the Palestinians could in fact take place that would be consistent with their roots," he explained. "But there is only one place on earth where the Jewish people could have a homeland that is consistent with their roots.
Regarding the freeze on Jewish construction imposed by U.S. President Barack Obama, Huckabee said on his tour, “My question is how would the government of the United States feel if Prime Minister Netanyahu began to dictate which people could live in the Bronx, which ones could live in Manhattan, and which could live in Queens." He compared Obama's policy to racial segregation.
Mr. Hoenlein has traveled throughout the world meeting with state leaders and Jewish communities. He has written and lectured across the U.S. and abroad and is frequently consulted on public policy and Israel issues by high ranking American government officials.
Beit El Dinner
Chairman of the Board of American Friends of Beit El Eugen Gluck noted that with some 1,400 expected attendees, the Beit El/Arutz Sheva dinner is one of the largest and most prestigious functions of any Jewish organization. The dinner will be held on Sunday December 5 at the Marriot Marquis Hotel in Manhattan at 5pm.
The honorees this year are Rabbi Dr. Richard and Sandy Weiss of Hillcrest, NY, Dr. Joshua and Shifra Fox of Lawrence, NY, Dr. Joseph and Karen Frager of Jamaica Estates, NY, and Dr. Jeffrey and Esther Weber of Marine Park, Brooklyn.
For reservations and more information, contact Baruch Gordon: baruch@IsraelNationalNews.com ‘Huckabee the Maccabee’ in Eastern Jerusalem to Challenge ObamaAv 27, 5769, 17 August 09 07:58 (Israelnationalnews.com)
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will take on the policies of U.S. President Barack Obama when he appears in eastern Jerusalem Monday to begin a three-day tour of Israel. Israel National News, Israel National Radio and INN TV will cover the opening event at the Shepherd’s Hotel, the Jewish-owned property whose renovation President Obama has tried to force Israel to block in order to prevent Jewish residents from moving in.
Nicknamed ‘Huckabee the Maccabee’ in name of the Jewish warriors who fought Greek invaders nearly 2,000 years ago, the former Arkansas governor will attend a gala dinner at the hotel, along with more than 100 guests.
Huckabee also will visit other Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem, the Jewish areas of the Judean holy city of Hevron and the Jerusalem suburb of Maaleh Adumim, located east of the capital. President Obama has refused to fulfill a promise by former President George W. Bush that Maaleh Adumim and other major Jewish populations centers in Judea and Samaria will remain under Israeli sovereignty if a new Palestinian Authority state is created.
The national religious Ateret Kohanim Yeshiva is sponsoring Huckabee's trip.
Likud Knesset Member Danny Danon, who will accompany Huckabee, said on Sunday that the visit is a sharp message protesting President Obama’s policy against construction for Jews in the area.
MK Danon also said that Obama's failure to bring the Palestinian Authority back to the negotiating table is in line with his failure on the domestic front, where the president’s health care plan is in deep trouble.
The leftist Peace Now organization plans to stage a protest when Huckabee visits eastern Jerusalem. Its American branch and the relatively new anti-nationalist J Street lobby have become highly influential in the White House since President Obama was elected.
The pro-Zionist Im Tirtzu group will face Peace Now outside the hotel when it supports Huckabee's backing for a united Jerusalem. © Copyright IsraelNationalNews.com Subscribe to the free Daily Israel Report - israelnn.com/subscribe |
Huckabee: Would Israel Tell Obama Who Can Live in the Bronx?
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday that the United States should not be telling Jewish people where they can and cannot live in Jerusalem, and he compared such a policy with racial segregation [watch video].
“My question is how would the government of the United States feel if Prime Minister Netanyahu began to dictate which people could live in the Bronx, which ones could live in Manhattan, and which could live in Queens,’” he said. Huckabee spoke with reporters as he toured the remains of the ancient Jewish City of David (Ir David) in eastern Jerusalem Monday.
“The position that our government has taken recently is far more harsh [than the previous administration’s], even halting peace talks until there is compliance with these demands,” he noted. “I’m not sure where we would get the authority to demand of the Israelis what they should do in their own country.”
After touring the Pool of Shiloach (Silwan) and Hezekiah’s Tunnel, the governor said, “I think that there is some concern that many of us have who have been coming to Israel for many years. I’m not Jewish, so I am not trying to stand up for the Jewish people but for the freedom of the Israeli people who I feel have an organic relationship to the United States as the only democracy in the Middle East, as the only place where freedom and liberty and personal capacity to make choices really thrives. It’s in the vital interest of not just the Middle East but the world that freedom exists.”
Asked if he would support an Israeli military strike against Iran, the man touted as the leading candidate for the Republican presidential ticket in 2012 stated he “would support Israel doing whatever Israel needs to protect [itself].” He added that the United States would never want anybody to tell it the boundaries of how it can protect itself. “I think we can certainly advise as a friend to Israel,” he explained, “but we have no right to dictate and outright tell another country what it should or shouldn’t do. Heck, we don’t do that with North Korea!
“I’d like to think that the rights of Jewish people in their own homeland would be the same as the rights of American people in their homeland,” Huckabee said. “We take our rights very seriously.”
Huckabee's visit was arranged by Ateret Kohanim, a group that facilitates Jewish settlement of Jerusalem's eastern neighborhoods. New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, along with activists Dr. Joe Frager and Dr. Paul Brody, joined the tour and explained to Huckabee the significance of the Jewish housing projects in eastern Jerusalem.
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