US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East
Source: AP
Updated 4:25 PM EST, February 21, 2026
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) Arab and Muslim nations on Saturday sharply condemned comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East.
Huckabee made the comments in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired Friday. Carlson said that according to the Bible, the descendants of Abraham would receive land that today would include essentially the entire Middle East, and asked Huckabee if Israel had a right to that land.
Huckabee responded: It would be fine if they took it all. Huckabee added, however, that Israel was not looking to expand its territory and has a right to security in the land it legitimately holds. His comments sparked immediate backlash from neighboring Egypt and Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States.
Saudi Arabias foreign ministry described Huckabees comments as extremist rhetoric and unacceptable, and called for the State Department to clarify its position on them. Egypts foreign ministry called his comments a blatant violation of international law, adding that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territory or other Arab lands.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/israel-ambassador-huckabee-middle-east-arab-muslim-e88a235c48bfb904f0ee7f8a72edf250
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Tetrachloride
(9,523 posts)from South Asia
trusty elf
(7,541 posts)as US ambassador to Israel.




raccoon
(32,315 posts)murielm99
(32,874 posts)Of course he is saying stupid things. What else do we expect?
travelingthrulife
(4,960 posts)so the baby Jesus will come back is the perfect choice for ambassador to Israel under the grips of a fascist NuttyYahoo.
William Seger
(12,340 posts)I looked it up to be sure: Arabs are descendants of Abraham via Ishmael, and Jews and Christians are descendants via Isaac. Anyway, Huckabee's "thinking" is the kind of nationalism (a.k.a. tribalism) that we don't need and shouldn't want in the modern world.
Xolodno
(7,329 posts)Rest of the Christians are Gentile in origin. Irony, Muslims used to protect Jewish people from those blood thirsty Christians. As far as tribalism goes, you don't even know the half of it. Jews from the mid-east (including those that remained in the "Holy Lands" have often been looked down upon as second class by their European brethren. When you dig deeper into the three main branches, it becomes a mess.
Behind the Aegis
(56,057 posts)He is ambASSador, why?
This is what happens when anti-Semites are given a platform to speak their "truth".
rpannier
(24,882 posts)Can't get much worse
IronLionZion
(51,066 posts)MAGA wants more distractions from Epstein files. As if the US buildup near Iran isn't enough.
twodogsbarking
(18,209 posts)Trust_Reality
(2,283 posts)I wonder which inspires more wars, greed or religions. Probably religions.
k0rs
(150 posts)One of the main purposes of religion is to justify greed.
Deminpenn
(17,365 posts)Which one will win?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(134,331 posts)electric_blue68
(26,603 posts)Arrgggg!
Sighhhh...
Linda ladeewolf
(1,132 posts)pwb
(12,580 posts)So there's that.
pandr32
(14,096 posts)Abrahamic religions include Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. I seem to think that whole Middle Eastern area already belongs to his descendants. I also am an Atheist and believe his story is mythical.
JoseBalow
(9,402 posts)electric_blue68
(26,603 posts)Kid Berwyn
(23,894 posts)Real estate. Stocks. Bonds. Cash. Really likes cash.
Mike Huckabee hauls in $9.4 million for Florida beach house
By Jack Flemming
Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2021
Politician Mike Huckabee has sold his Florida beach house a cause of headaches and controversy during the time he owned it for $9.4 million. Late last year, he announced he was moving back to Arkansas, where he served as governor from 1996 to 2007.
It was a speedy sale for Huckabee. He listed the home in Santa Rosa Beach for $9.5 million in late December and had an offer in hand about a week later, according to the Multiple Listing Service. Records show he paid $800,000 for the vacant property in 2009 and erected the mansion two years later.
The construction wasnt cut and dried, however. In 2014, Reuters reported that Huckabee needed political help to push the permits through since state regulations wouldnt allow the mansion to be built so close to the eroding beachs sand dunes.
During his time in the home, Huckabee was also engaged in a battle to block public use of the beach. In an email published by the Tampa Bay Times, he argued that his land extended to the water line of the Gulf of Mexico and should therefore be off-limits to public beachgoers.
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https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-02-24/mike-huckabee-hauls-in-9-4-million-for-florida-beach-house
flashman13
(2,250 posts)What could possibly go wrong?
Mblaze
(951 posts)When Yahweh testifies live before the committee.
AloeVera
(4,099 posts)Huckabee just said the quiet part aloud.
The imminent attack on Iran is not about nuclear fears or "security". No one should buy that. Once Iran falls, Netanyahu is going to "remake the ME" just as he promised. Believe him.
progree
(12,859 posts)from the OP link AP story
https://apnews.com/article/israel-ambassador-huckabee-middle-east-arab-muslim-e88a235c48bfb904f0ee7f8a72edf250
That would be the Levant, so that would be Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon. It would also be big parts of Saudi Arabia and Iraq, Carlson said.
Huckabee replied: Not sure wed go that far. I mean, it would be a big piece of land.
such a "diplomat"
czarjak
(13,543 posts)Wrong and damned Proud Boy of it too!