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Mike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel, has suggested that he would not object if Israel were to take most of the Middle East, stressing what he described as the Jewish people’s right to the land.

In an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired on Friday, Huckabee was pressed about the geographical borders of Israel, which he argues are rooted in the Bible.

Carlson told Huckabee that the biblical verse had promised the land to the descendants of Abraham, including the area between the Euphrates River in Iraq and the Nile River in Egypt.

Such a swath would encompass modern-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and parts of Saudi Arabia.

“It would be fine if they took it all,” said Huckabee, who was appointed by President Donald Trump last year.

Carlson, who appeared taken aback by the statement, asked Huckabee if indeed he would approve of Israel expanding over the entire region.

“They don’t want to take it over. They’re not asking to take it over,” the ambassador replied.

The US envoy, an avowed Christian Zionist and staunch defender of Israel, later appeared to walk back his assertion, saying that it “was somewhat of a hyperbolic statement”.

Still, he left the door open for Israeli expansionism based on his religious interpretation.

“If they end up getting attacked by all these places, and they win that war, and they take that land, OK, that’s a whole other discussion,” Huckabee said.

The Department of State did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment on whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio shares Huckabee’s views on Israel’s right to expand.

The principle of territorial integrity and the prohibition against the acquisition of land by force have been a bedrock of international law since World War II.

In 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories is illegal and must cease immediately.

But Israeli law does not clearly demarcate the country’s borders. Israel also occupies the Golan Heights in Syria, which it illegally annexed in 1981.

The US is the only country that recognises Israel’s claimed sovereignty over the Syrian territory.

After the 2024 war with Hezbollah, Israel also set up military outposts in five points inside Lebanon.

Some Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have openly promoted the idea of a “Greater Israel” with expanded borders.

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stirred international outrage in 2023 when he spoke at an event featuring a map that included the Palestinian territories and portions of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan as part of Israel, set against the colours of the Israeli flag.

In his interview with Carlson, Huckabee tried to argue that Israel’s right to exist is rooted in international law, but he also attacked the legal institutions that oversee international law for their opposition to Israeli abuses.

“One of the reasons I’m so grateful President Trump and Secretary Rubio are pushing hard, trying to get rid of the ICC [International Criminal Court] and the ICJ is because they have become rogue organisations that are no longer really about an equal application of law,” he said.

Beyond his professed religious devotion to Israel, Huckabee has faced criticism for failing to speak up for the rights of US citizens who have been killed and imprisoned by Israeli forces during his ambassadorship.

Last year, Huckabee even sparked anger from some conservatives in the US when he met with convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, who sold US intelligence secrets to the Israeli government, details of which later made it to the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.

Pollard, a former civilian analyst in the US Navy, served 30 years in jail and moved to Israel in 2020 after his release. He never expressed regret for his crimes, and in 2021, he called on Jewish employees in US security agencies to spy for Israel.

Huckabee said he does not agree with Pollard’s views, but he denied hosting him, arguing that he simply held a meeting with him at the US embassy in Jerusalem.

Asked if anyone can walk into the embassy to meet the envoy, Huckabee acknowledged that such a meeting requires a pre-approved appointment.

“He was able to come to the US embassy to have a meeting at his request. I did, and frankly, I don’t regret it,” Huckabee said.

“I met with a lot of people over the course of the time I’ve been here and will meet with a lot more.”

44Bulldog:
The type of news I like to read

paxonel:
Why is America helping them?
They should just fight their war by themselves.

Anyway, I will see what will become of them when Donald Trump's tenure is over.

Incognito403:
The whole middle east was promised to them 3000 years ago?

Lol. The yahoods are a clown 🤡

Freedom4us:
Nothing anyone can do to stop.

Mark 12:11
This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

In fact the bible states clearly that the God of Israel will set up base in Iran.
Elam is iran.

Jeremiah 49
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.

When you consider that the fastest growing church is in Iran and God said He will set up His throne in Elam ie Iran.
We can see that God wants to deal with the mullahs in Iran and nothing the god of Iran can do to stop it.

Freedom4us:
Nothing anyone can do to stop.

Mark 12:11
This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

In fact the bible states clearly that the God of Israel will set up base in Iran.
Elam is iran.

Jeremiah 49
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.

When you consider that the fastest growing church is in Iran and God said He will set up His throne in Elam ie Iran.
We can see that God wants to deal with the mullahs in Iran and nothing the god of Iran can do to stop it.

Incognito403:
This one will be twisting biblical verses to fit his desires.

A lie can go for decades but the truth will catch up one day. Keep it up.

44Bulldog:
The type of news I like to read

Incognito403:
This one will be twisting biblical verses to fit his desires.

A lie can go for decades but the truth will catch up one day. Keep it up.

Freedom4us:
God said He will fight for Israel.

Exodus 14:14
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

This is why no moslem can beat Israel.

Elam in the bible is Iran.

And God said He will set up His throne in Elam ie Iran.
Where is the lie?

Jeremiah 49
38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.

This video explains it further


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dUmloTfsvQ

better accept that the God of Israel is superior to the god of islam, PERIOD.

itsMeHeiz:
How does anyone with sane mind and a working brain supports this? The very people using bible stories as a basis to kill and maim people all in the name of God doesn't attend the church nor believe in the bible but ready to use certain words in the bible to justify killing. Our igbo brothers and sisters claiming to be Jews will always support them and bash every nation opposing such ideology and tag them terrorists for rightfully protecting what's theirs. Its a matter of years before the brainwashed souls realise they have been scammed using the bible. Meanwhile, we are looking forward to inviting baba Adeboye to crusade in Israel and see how the Jews will stone him because they call Christians idol worshippers over there with no media to report it yet looked supportive of brainwashed fools parading as Christians.

It only requires you to remove your brain to be a bigot religious sentiment embracer. The war in middle east will never stop until every right thinking people admits Israel is being used to scam the mind of the people thinking they are on the right path.

Fiscus105:
I doubt if you know TB Joshua once adviced by Israeli govt to relocate his headquarters to Isreal.

I doubt if you know that Netanyahu spoke publicly about Christians be pececuted in Nigeria.

PMForce:
Kindly watch these from Christians living in Israel. And not "Advice"

1. https://youtube.com/shorts/NQBRJyrHkD8?si=CuZcsMf6LS-IoG1Y

2. https://youtube.com/shorts/AMbyJ_ZJ16I?si=Ewz4JVgOhNEO9Beu

oz4real83:
The more land Israel takes in the middle east, the more the land that terrorism has influence over will reduce . I support 100percent, may God bless America, Israel and Nigeria

paxonel:
Why is America helping them?
They should just fight their war by themselves.

Anyway, I will see what will become of them when Donald Trump's tenure is over.

Fiscus105:
The same comments are coming out from Christians leaving in Nigeria, why Israeli government not killings Christians in Israel, can we say the same here?


I biliv you read post about Sharibu marks 8 years in the hands of Islam extremists and you refused to make a single comment.

Femiwilli:
I checked oh, all he said is in the bible.
Instead of arguing blindly, be wise and accept the truth.
THE GOD OF ISRAEL IS UNSTOPPABLE
No wonder why Iran is being battered like Egypt was before the exodus,
It's God that iran is fighting

Helinuss:
Lol

All US presidents support Israel. Trump is not the first and wont be the last