"'Oh, Mike, we like you. We really think the world of you. We just enjoy being with you. So excited to be here with you and have dinner with you,' 'But your wife, we can't stand her. We don't like her a bit. I hope she's not going to be at the table.' I would say, 'Well, she will be. You won't be. Get out.' Because if you were to insult my partner, you have insulted me."
"The United States across the world has a lot of friends. We have a lot of allies. But we only have one partner. The one partner we have, which is Israel, is a relationship like no other."
Mike Huckabee, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, told more than 200 U.S. lawmakers at the 50 States, One Israel conference that Israel occupies a unique, partner-like status with the United States. He likened the relationship to a marriage, using a dinner analogy to argue that insults toward Israel amount to insults against the United States. Huckabee emphasized that while the United States has many friends and allies globally, it has only one partner: Israel. The remarks took place during a conference hosted by Israel's Foreign Ministry that included Israeli leadership and drew attention amid legal and political scrutiny.
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