Huckabee urges severe consequences for settler violence: 'Crime is crime, terror is terror'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Taking action was also in Israel's "best interest," Huckabee said, since "their reputation does not do well when it appears that this tiny little group of marauders are somehow representative of the larger population.
46% : "I think the Scripture is pretty clear -- Thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not kill, and thou shalt not even covet," said Huckabee, a Baptist minister who has long cited his faith as the reason he supports Israel and the settler movement.
42% : US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called on Saturday for "severe consequences" for violent settlers as he met with Palestinians in the central West Bank.
30% : Also during the visit on Saturday, Huckabee denied Israel was planning to force Palestinians out of Gaza, days after Defense Minister Israel Katz said plans to remove Palestinians from the Strip were merely "frozen" by the White House.

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