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Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, is a self-professed Christian Zionist who unconditionally supports the state of Israel. That is a large part of why he was considered by President Donald Trump as a candidate to be US envoy to Israel.

One of the defining features of colonial regimes is a strategy of divide and rule. Successive Israeli governments have repeatedly resorted to this tactic to undermine Palestinian unity and erase any semblance of a collective Palestinian national identity.

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Periods of war are exceptional times, during which it is perfectly understandable that governments would place certain restrictions on the population. When there is danger to the public from rockets, drones or flying debris, officials understandably prefer that large gatherings be avoided.

When the foreign ministers of Turkiye, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, Jordan, Egypt and the UAE wanted to visit the Palestinian city of Ramallah last weekend, their goal was not a photo op in the city’s Al-Manara Square. It was a clear show of support for Palestinian nationalism.