Moshe Arbel is a Haredi Rabbi....and the Minister of the Interior in Israel. Mike Huckabee is an evangelical Baptist minister....and the United States Ambassador to Israel.
                 Ambassador Huckabee just did something rather remarkable. He sent an official letter to the Israeli Minister of the Interior....and copies to other Israeli leaders including Benjamin Netanyahu....he wasn't fooling around....and in the letter he threatened reciprocal measures against Israel if the issue was not resolved quickly.
                 So what is the issue? Numerous Christian evangelical organizations are applying for visas to Israel....probably more than usual....and Isreal is making it hard for them to get those visas. Huckabee's argument is that we are Israel's strongest ally....an understatement....and they are treating us this way.
                 The Israeli position....at least from this government minister....is that they appreciate the support....but do not appreciate evangelicals trying to convert them....and thus changing their heritage.
                  Evangelicals look at this as a simple freedom....but Jews do not evangelize individuals unless asked to evangelize.
                  I would think that this would get resolved. I read a couple of dozen comments on this from Israelis....this whole thing is in the Jerusalem Post....and most of the comments support the Israeli Minister of the Interior. None of this is really new. What interests me is....did Mike Huckabee do this on his own? Did President Trump find about it after the fact? Or did Huckabee run it by Trump first to get the OK.
                 The Freedom Caucus in our congress was....(it still exists)....a group of real conservatives who actually believed what they preached. They were heroes of a sort back in the Obama years. Trump wasn't in office but a few months....and an issue arose....and Trump blurted out immediately.....he never has any patience in these things....that he was going to primary the Freedom Caucus members who had the audacity to disagree with him. More recently as we are all aware today as we read the newspapers....(that is an archaic slip....for few read the few newspapers today)....more recently Trump attacked his radical MAGA people....once again without any patience to think anything through.
                 So....if the day comes when evangelicals cause the problem....then they also will all of a sudden be the enemy.