Leading US Republican party presidential candidate Mike Huckabee discussed recent event in Egypt and said that "the situation could threaten the world and all those who seek peace and security. The real threat to Israelis not the bomb but the people behind it, not weapons but the madmen behind them."

At a Knesset meeting Huckabee said that the US government was committed to its relationship with Israel. "I will continue to protect the Israeli people's historical right to live in Israel," he promised at a special meeting Monday, (Yael Branovsky)