US ambassador to Israel says US no longer pursuing goal of independent Palestinian state

Mike Huckabee suggested any future Palestinian state should be carved out of a Muslim country'

Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, has said that the US is no longer pursuing the goal of an independent Palestinian state, marking what analysts describe as the most explicit abandonment yet of a cornerstone of US Middle East diplomacy.

Asked during an interview with Bloomberg News if a Palestinian state remains a goal of US policy, he replied: I don't think so."