Despite explicitly saying he would be fine if Israel took most of the Middle East in accordance with his interpretation of the Bible, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee has suggested the remark was selectively edited. The comment by the United States envoy, made during an interview with podcaster Tucker Carlson, sparked outrage and condemnation across the Arab world, including from Saudi Arabia.
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 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.
