"Carlson pointed out that this area in modern geography would include like, basically the entire Middle East. The Levant Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon it'd also be big parts of Saudi Arabia and Iraq, Carlson said. Huckabee said: I'm not sure it would go that far, but it would be a big piece of land. He continued: Israel is a land that God gave, through Abraham, to a people that he chose. It was a people, a place and a purpose."
"The interview with Huckabee was conducted in Israel on a trip that generated headlines when Carlson claimed he had experienced bizarre treatment at Ben Gurion airport. But Israeli and US officials said he underwent routine security questioning. Carlson has increasingly questioned US support of Israel, moving him from the center to the fringe of the Make America Great Again movement. Huckabee represents a more traditional pro-Israel conservative position."
Mike Huckabee asserted that Israel has a divine claim to land traced to Abraham and suggested it would be acceptable for Israel to control the entire region. Tucker Carlson cited a biblical promise extending from the wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates and noted that modern geography would encompass the Levant plus large parts of Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Huckabee said the promised territory might not reach that far but called it 'a big piece of land,' describing Israel as 'a people, a place and a purpose.' The interview occurred during Carlson's Israel trip amid disputed airport treatment claims and contrasts Carlson's shifting stance with Huckabee's traditional pro‑Israel conservatism.
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