EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stressed the importance of acknowledging the Jewish people’s historic connection to the Land of Israel, describing global efforts to deny this link as “absurd.”

“First of all, archeology is a daily reminder of the connection between this land and the Jewish people going all the way back to 3,500 to 3,800 years, whether it’s Shilo, whether it’s Jerusalem,” Huckabee told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview in Jerusalem on Thursday.

His comments came as Jews worldwide celebrate Shavuot, the biblical holiday commemorating God’s giving of the Torah to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

“The bullas can be seen, they are on display at the Israel Museum and in traveling exhibitions. They have gone from one side of the world to the other because the Palestinians created a narrative attempting to erase any connection between Jews, and by extension Christians, to the Land of Israel,” continued Spielman.

Huckabee emphasized that archaeological discoveries continue to affirm the scriptural narrative connecting the Jewish people to the land.

A picture taken on October 12, 2017 shows the logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris. (JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty Images)

“Every time some new discovery is unearthed it validates the biblical record, so the proof is pretty strong that that connection is not something that goes back to 1948 or 1917 the Balfour Declaration – it goes all the way back to the time of Abraham. That’s pretty far back,” he said.

For his part, Spielman voiced concern that the message isn’t resonating with the mainstream, particularly among younger generations.

“On campuses in the U.S., people are chanting ‘From the River to the Sea,’ and calling the Jews colonizers,” he said, in reference to the mantra calling for the “liberation” of “Palestine” through the elimination of Israel.

“This expression comes from people taught to believe that the Jews have no connection to the Land of Israel, and I’m fearful because it leads to violence. When people come to erase your history, they are on their way to trying to erase you as a nation.

“We have seen it before and if we do not stop the trend, it will happen again,” he added.