Settlement champion Huckabee confirmed as US Israel envoy

The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian who has said Israel enjoys a divine right to the West Bank, as ambassador to Israel.

Huckabee will head to the US embassy in Jerusalem as Israel seizes large areas of Gaza, part of a renewed military campaign that has had President Donald Trump’s blessing.

The Senate voted largely on party lines to confirm Trump’s nominee, with one Democrat, John Fetterman, supporting him.

Huckabee, a Baptist minister who served as…