JERUSALEM: Arab and Islamic countries issued a joint condemnation on Sunday (Feb 22) of remarks by United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who suggested Israel had a biblical right to a vast swath of the Middle East. In an episode released on Friday, Carlson pushed Huckabee on the meaning of a biblical verse sometimes interpreted as saying that Israel is entitled to the land between the River Nile in Egypt and the Euphrates in Syria and Iraq. The statement, released by the United Arab Emirates' foreign ministry, was signed by the UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria and the State of Palestine, as well as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Published at: 2026-02-21 21:11:00
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