US EditionUS Ambassador Huckabee Cites Biblical Claim Supporting Israel’s Regional Expansion
Ambassador Huckabee invoked Genesis 15 to claim Israel’s biblical right to land from the Nile to the Euphrates, sparking condemnation from over a dozen Arab and Islamic governments.
- During an appearance on The Tucker Carlson Show on Saturday, February 21, 2026, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee said Israel has a biblical right to much of the Middle East and stated `It would be fine if they took it all`.
- Appealing to Genesis 15, Huckabee cited a biblical promise of land from the Nile to the Euphrates, reflecting a long-standing support for Israel's territorial claims.
- Huckabee responded `It would be fine if they took it all` then clarified Israel's right to security in land it legitimately holds, referencing Genesis 15.
- The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the remarks contradict international law and U.S. policy, while Egypt's foreign ministry, Jordan, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States condemned them as extremist; CNN sought State Department comment with no immediate U.S. or Israeli response.
- Historically and legally, 1967 gains and an ICJ ruling frame why these remarks matter as they mark an unprecedented U.S. departure and echo the Greater Israel concept.
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Arab and Islamic countries have condemned statements by the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, suggesting that Israel has a biblical right to a large area of the Middle East. Huckabee, a former Baptist minister and a staunch pro-Israel politician, was asked on Tucker Carlson’s podcast about his interpretation of a biblical verse that says Israel has a right to the land between the Nile (in Egypt) and the Euphrates (in Syria and Iraq). In re…
If Donald Trump gives himself the credit for bringing back a fantastic climate of peace in Gaza with his Board of Peace, who does not seem to have understood the strategy of his president is instead the American ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. Not new to extremist statements when talking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the illegal actions of Tel Aviv in the West Bank, the diplomat, interviewed by the right-wing American commentat…
Tel Aviv., The Arab League denounced yesterday that the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, defended a regional expansion of Washington, while the Palestinian government called the official’s sayings “provocateurs,” who used Biblical arguments to justify that it would be acceptable for “Israel to control the entire Middle East, as well as the West Bank (reoccupied).”
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Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, is facing sharp criticism from the Arab and Muslim world for statements he made in an interview with right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson. Huckabee suggested that Israel has a biblical right to large parts of the Middle East.
When asked whether, according to the Bible's literal interpretation, Israel has the right to claim large parts of today's Middle East, Mike Huckabee replies: "It would be all right if they took everything.
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