Mike Huckabee, the former governor and Nashville-area talk show host, has been announced as Donald Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel. What to know.

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Trump announced Tuesday.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has been tapped to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. President-elect Donald Trump said Huckabee will work to bring "peace in the Middle East."

If confirmed, Mr. Huckabee, a former pastor who has never served as an overseas diplomat, would play a crucial role in helping Mr. Trump try to end the war in Gaza.

In the midst of the Israel-Hamas war, President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Huckabee, a loyalist and former Republican governor, to serve in the key post as ambassador to Israel.

Some observers are worried that the conservative evangelical minister could be a destabilizing influence on an already volatile region

President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Arkansas Governor and Baptist minister Mike Huckabee to become the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel. On his Trinity Bible Network show (below), Huckabee told his live audience that he doesn’t need the job — he mentions that he sits on several boards of corporations and owns a travel company (he