Huckabee's Israel land remarks condemned as 'dangerous' as controversy rumbles on

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/22/mike-huckabee-israel-comments-condemned-arab-muslim-countries

Arab and Islamic countries jointly condemned remarks by the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who suggested Israel had a biblical right to a vast swath of the Middle East.

Huckabee, a former Baptist minister and a fervent Israel supporter, was speaking on the podcast of Tucker Carlson.

In an episode released on Friday, Carlson pushed Huckabee on the meaning of a biblical verse sometimes interpreted as saying that Israel is entitled to the land between the Nile River in Egypt and the Euphrates in Syria and Iraq.

In response, Huckabee said: “It would be fine if they took it all.”

When pressed, however, he continued that Israel was “not asking to take all of that”, adding: “It was somewhat of a hyperbolic statement.”

The backlash widened sharply on Sunday as more than a dozen Arab and Islamic governments – alongside three major regional organisations – issued a joint statement denouncing the US diplomat’s comments as “dangerous and inflammatory”.
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[Irish_Dem]

1. The Trump Crime Syndicate continues to take a wrecking ball to the world.

[oasis]

2. Hucksterbee was born to be a a con-artist.

[malaise]

3. One more effin

Xtian nationalist

I hate all religions equally

[PatSeg]

7. He's definitely a snake oil salesman

He's been peddling all kinds of crap for years - books, videos, diets, and of course his version of Christianity.

[mwmisses4289]

4. Huckster and his family are redemptionists

(is that the word? the ones who believe god will take them to heaven and leave everyone else behind?)
Anyway, while they see Israelis as jesusless heathens, according to them it is necessary for isreal to take over as much territory as possible so the judgement day will come.
Wonder what the christian fundamentalists would do if god really did come down, looked at them and asked why didn't you follow the sermon on the mount, just before striking them dead?

[malaise]

5. ROFL

Rec

[leftstreet]

6. He sounds more like an Ambassador to the US

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