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Arab nations condemn US ambassador's Israel remarks
Multiple Arab nations have condemned the US ambassador to Israel after he said "it would be fine" if Tel Aviv took control of almost all of the Middle East.
In an interview published on Friday, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson pressed Mike Huckabee on his interpretation of Bible verses, where he said God promised Abraham and his descendants land that would today include "basically the entire Middle East". "That would be the Levant, so that would be Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon," Carlson said.
"It would also be big parts of Saudi Arabia and Iraq." The ambassador replied: "I'm not sure we'd go that far. I mean, it would be a big piece of land." Carlson then asked if Israel had a right to control that entire area, to which Mr Huckabee responded: "It would be fine if they took it all." The Donald Trump-appointed ambassador added, however, that Israel was not looking to expand its territory and that it has a right to security in the land it legitimately holds.
The comments sparked an immediate backlash from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman, as well as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States. Egypt's foreign ministry called Mr Huckabee's remarks a "blatant violation" of international law, adding: "Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territory or other Arab lands." Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry labelled the comments as "extremist rhetoric" and "unacceptable.
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