Israel’s visa application process for evangelicals has faced bureaucratic hurdles until U.S. Ambassador Huckabee threatened reciprocal treatment for Israeli citizens seeking U.S. travel, resolving an ongoing diplomatic dispute. The issue emerged when a low-level clerk in Israel’s Interior Ministry began blocking the routine granting of visas for Christian organizations and workers as has been practiced for decades. The dispute reached public attention last week when U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, in a letter to Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel, expressed