{"id":39161,"date":"2025-04-18T16:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/huckabee-visits-iconic-holy-site-in-israel-delivers-trumps-prayer-for-peace\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T16:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:56:43","slug":"huckabee-visits-iconic-holy-site-in-israel-delivers-trumps-prayer-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/huckabee-visits-iconic-holy-site-in-israel-delivers-trumps-prayer-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Huckabee visits iconic holy site in Israel, delivers Trump&#8217;s prayer for peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Passover and Holy Week came to a close, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee fulfilled a vow he had made to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>. In his first act as ambassador, Huckabee placed a prayer from Trump into the Western Wall.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks at the Western Wall, Huckabee said that Trump &#8220;handwrote&#8221; the prayer and handed it to the new ambassador at the White House. Along with the note, Trump reportedly gave Huckabee a directive to bring it to the holy site as his first official act as ambassador.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-hold-extraordinary-holy-week-events-trump-honors-easter-the-observance-deserves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE PLANS &#8216;EXTRAORDINARY&#8217; HOLY WEEK AS TRUMP HONORS EASTER WITH &#8216;THE OBSERVANCE IT DESERVES&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This morning, I visited [the Western Wall] in Israel\u2019s eternal capital, Jerusalem, and placed a prayer from [the president] between the stones. On behalf of President Trump and the American people, I say to Israel: our commitment to you is unwavering, and we pray for the immediate return of all the hostages. Israel will never be alone,&#8221; Huckabee wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>Trump famously relocated the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2018, a move that drew intense praise and criticism at the time. He has also enjoyed a close relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during both of his terms in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/easter-passover-foods-americans-most-like-dislike-according-new-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EASTER AND PASSOVER FOODS THAT AMERICANS MOST LIKE AND DISLIKE, ACCORDING TO NEW DATA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Western Wall Foundation included a photo of the note that Huckabee said was from Trump, which appeared to read, &#8220;For peace in Israel. D.T.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-demands-biden-issue-apology-over-blasphemous-trans-visibility-day-easter-sunday-appalling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TRUMP DEMANDS BIDEN ISSUE APOLOGY OVER &#8216;BLASPHEMOUS&#8217; TRANS VISIBILITY DAY ON EASTER SUNDAY: &#8216;APPALLING&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Placing notes, like the one from Trump, in the wall is a common practice. The notes are typically collected twice a year \u2014 once before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, and then again before Passover.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Huckabee\u2019s visit to the Western Wall came as the Trump administration emphasized Holy Week, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/president-donald-trump-hosts-easter-dinner-worship-prayers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House Faith Office<\/a> leading events, including a pre-Easter dinner with faith leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We pray that America will remain a beacon of faith, hope, and freedom for the entire world, and we pray to achieve a future that reflects the truth, beauty, and goodness of Christ\u2019s eternal kingdom in Heaven,&#8221; Trump said in a White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/2025\/04\/presidential-message-on-holy-week-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement on Holy Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Passover and Holy Week came to a close, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee fulfilled a vow he had made to President Donald Trump. In his first act as ambassador, Huckabee placed a prayer from Trump into the Western Wall. In his remarks at the Western Wall, Huckabee said that Trump &#8220;handwrote&#8221; the prayer &#8230; <a title=\"Huckabee visits iconic holy site in Israel, delivers Trump&#8217;s prayer for peace\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/huckabee-visits-iconic-holy-site-in-israel-delivers-trumps-prayer-for-peace\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Huckabee visits iconic holy site in Israel, delivers Trump&#8217;s prayer for peace\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}