Overview
- During a Tucker Carlson interview posted Friday, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said of a Genesis 15 claim that it “would be fine if they took it all,” referring to land from the Nile to the Euphrates.
- More than a dozen governments with the OIC, Arab League and GCC issued a joint rebuke on Sunday, calling the remark “dangerous and inflammatory” and a violation of international law and the U.N. Charter.
- Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Kuwait and Oman lodged separate protests, with Riyadh urging a State Department clarification and Amman labeling the comment an assault on regional sovereignty.
- Huckabee later characterized the line as “somewhat of a hyperbolic statement,” and a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said his comments signaled no change in U.S. policy or Israeli intentions to alter borders.
- Critics tied the episode to heightened concern over Israeli settlement growth and new West Bank measures, noting the statements also cite President Trump’s declared opposition to annexation.