{"id":51726,"date":"2026-02-22T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=51726"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:50:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:50:52","slug":"muslim-states-condemn-us-envoy-over-remarks-on-israels-biblical-rights-to-take-over-much-of-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=51726","title":{"rendered":"<h2>Muslim states condemn US envoy over remarks on Israel\u2019s \u2018biblical rights\u2019 to take over much of Middle East<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51727\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-22-at-9.45.23-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-22-at-9.45.23-AM.png 572w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-22-at-9.45.23-AM-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Arab and Muslim-majority countries have condemned US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee for arguing that Israel has a biblical right to much of the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Tucker Carlson released on Friday, Huckabee, a Baptist minister and self-described Christian Zionist, said it\u00a0<em>\u201cwould be fine\u201d<\/em>\u00a0if Israel took territory stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates. He later added that Israel is not seeking to expand its territory and has a right to maintain its security.<\/p>\n<p>The Arab League, a coalition of 22 member states, slammed the remarks as\u00a0<em>\u201chighly extremist,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0saying they are\u00a0<em>\u201cinconsistent with the fundamental principles and norms of diplomacy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cStatements of this nature \u2013 extremist and lacking any sound basis \u2013 serve only to inflame sentiments and stir religious and national emotions at a time when states are convening under the framework of the Board of Peace to explore ways of implementing the Gaza peace agreement,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said Gamal Roshdy, spokesman for Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/632883-muslim-states-condemn-us-envoy\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/632883-muslim-states-condemn-us-envoy\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}