Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, is a self-professed Christian Zionist who unconditionally supports the state of Israel. That is a large part of why he was considered by President Donald Trump as a candidate to be US envoy to Israel. But for a short while this month, it seemed Huckabee had momentarily forgotten his hard-line ideological positions — including his refusal to use the term “West Bank” and his general denial of Palestinian nationalism.

Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, is a self-professed Christian Zionist who unconditionally supports the state of Israel. That is a large part of why he was…

Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives and the Netanyahu government are pleased.