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EXCLUSIVE: American ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee underlined the importance of recognizing the historical link of the Jewish people with the land of Israel, describing global efforts to deny this link as “absurd”.
“First of all, archeology is a daily reminder of the link between this land and the Jewish people dates back 3,500 to 3,800 years, be it Shilo, whether Jerusalem, Huckabee told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview in Jerusalem on Thursday.
His comments came while Jews around the world celebrate Shavuot, the biblical holidays commemorating the gift of God from Torah to Moses and the Israelites of Mount Sinai.
Visitors arrive at Sebastia National Park in Samaria. Sebastia was the Israelite kingdom under the reigns of Omri and Ahab. (Hillel maeir / tps-il)
Huckabee underlined archaeological evidence as a strong support for the biblical account. “The excavations at City of David Only a validation of the biblical file of what happened here. Sometimes people on the far left love to say “to follow science, to follow science”, and I would tell them, with regard to the earth and the links with the Jewish people, follow the science of archeology. “”
The remarks come in the midst of a diplomatic war ongoing by the Palestinian Authority – which obtained the status of state of non -member observers in the United Nations in 2012 – to revise historical accounts in international forums where anti -Israeli majorities are common.
For example, the educational, scientific and cultural organization of the United Nations in 2016 recorded the Patriarch cave – the place of burial of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their women Sarah, Rebecca and Leah, located in Hebron – under the name of “The State of Palestine” on its “World Heritage List”.
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The Patriarch cave, also known as Machpelah cave. The site is the place of burial of the patriarchs and matriarchs of the Jewish people, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah. (Photo by Yishai Gilad / TPS)
In a separate movement, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a non -binding resolution in 2021 referring to the Mont du Temple – the most sacred site in Judaism, located in Jerusalem but beyond the borders of 1967 – only by its Islamic name, “Haram al -Sharif”.
“For 20 years, I have been resting against an AP effort, Hamas, anti-Israeli NGOs funded by Europe and the UN to try to prevent excavations from coming to life,” said Doron Spielman, author of the new book “When the Stones Speak: the remarkable discovery of the city of David and what you do not want, a book that shows the city and the city of the city and the city and the city of the city and the city of the city and Israel native connection to the Holy Land of the Jews.
“There are thousands of discoveries that prove the link of the Jewish people with the biblical heartBut in particular the impressions of the clay seal of Yehuchal – the son of Shelemiah – and Gedaliah – the son of Pashur – who were found on the site considered as the palace of King David, “said Spielman.” They are directly mentioned in the Bible as having tried to kill the prophet Jeremiah. “”
The American ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabe is a note in the Western wall while Holy Week and Passover end. (@ Usambisrael / x)
In 2008, Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar revealed the discovery of an impression of clay seal, or bulla, bearing the name Gedaliah, son of Pachhur. The artifact was determined during a excavation in the city of David, located just south of Mont du Temple in Jerusalem. The bulla was found near the place where, in 2005, a similar seal inscribed with the name that Yehuchal had been discovered.
The two individuals are known to the Bible as officials who served under King Zedekiah, the last monarch in the kingdom of Judah before the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the first temple in 587 BC
“The Bullas can be seen, they are exhibited at the Israel Museum and traveling exhibitions. They have passed from one side of the world to the other because the Palestinians have created a story trying to erase any link between the Jews and by Christian extension, to the land of Israel,” Spielman continued.
Huckabee stressed that Archaeological discoveries Continue to assert the scriptural story connecting the Jewish people to the earth.
A photo taken on October 12, 2017 shows the logo of the siege of the United Nations for the United Nations in Paris. (Jacques Demarthon / AFP via Getty Images)
“Each time a new discovery is discovered, it validates the biblical file, so the proof is quite strong that this connection does not go back to 1948 or 1917 the declaration of Balfour-it goes back to the era of Abraham. It is quite far,” he said.
For his part, Spielman expressed his concern that the message does not resonate with the dominant current, in particular Among the young generations.
“On campuses in the United States, people sing” from river to sea “and call the Jewish colonizers,” he said, in reference to the mantra calling for the “liberation” of “Palestine” by the elimination of Israel.
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“This expression comes from people who have learned to believe that the Jews have no connection with the land of Israel, and I am afraid because it leads to violence. When people come to erase your story, they are about to try to erase you as a nation.
“We have already seen it and if we do not stop the trend, it will happen again,” he added.
